Are people the way they are because of their genes (nature), or because of how they were brought up (nurture)? Multiple sources provide insight that points towards humans being nurtured as opposed to being nature. One source is Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein which is about Dr. Victor Frankenstein and how he creates a creature who is nurtured by society through multiple events. He obtains multiple traits throughout the story. The next source is “The Nature vs. Nurture Debate” which discusses both topics in detail. It asks the questions whether humans are more affected by their genes or the way they are raised. The final source is a Ted-Talk video in which he talks to an audience about a book he was going to release. He states how humans are “blank
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The creature in the story is effected by multiple events that happen throughout the story that shape is character and personality. He says, “Perhaps if my first introduction to humanity had been made by a young soldier, burning for glory and slaughter, I should have been involved with different sensations” (Shelley 139). This quote proves that the creature feels he was nurtured. He is stating in this quote that he would be a different person if he were watching a soldier as opposed to the De Lacey family. This is relevant because it is directly saying he was nurtured by society. To strengthen th argument, another quotation in the story proves how humans are nurtured. As the story continues to develop, the creature starts to hate humans more and more after events that took place between himself and humans. “There was none among the myriads of men that existed who would pity or assist me; and should I feel kindness towards my enemies? No: from that moment, I declared everlasting war against the species, and, more than all, against him who had formed me and sent me forth to this insupportable misery” (Shelley 146). This quotation provides the answer that humans are nurtured. He didn’t hate humans when he was first created. He adapted the hate through experiences with them. He says, “from that moment I declared everlasting war against the species.” This statement means before that …show more content…
The video discusses how humans are clean slates when they are born without certain traits. It explains, “The human brain is capable of a full range of behaviors and predisposed to none” (:51 to 1:00) (Stephen Jay Gould). This quotation proves that were a capable to do anything that living beings brains are capable o. It just needs to be nurtured. It’s relevant because it says the word “predisposed” which is pretty much nature and it is saying that humans have no set genes, everything they have is nurtured. To accommodate that example, another quotation provides more insight to how humans are nurtured. It reads “Humans have no instincts” (:40 to :50) (Ashley Montagu). This quotation is another example that shows humans are nurtured because Montagu is saying they have “no instincts.” Instincts mean a fixed pattern or quality. It is providing insight that humans are not instinctive and on a certain pattern. They are the exact opposite and rarely followed a fixed pattern
The creature in the story is effected by multiple events that happen throughout the story that shape is character and personality. He says, “Perhaps if my first introduction to humanity had been made by a young soldier, burning for glory and slaughter, I should have been involved with different sensations” (Shelley 139). This quote proves that the creature feels he was nurtured. He is stating in this quote that he would be a different person if he were watching a soldier as opposed to the De Lacey family. This is relevant because it is directly saying he was nurtured by society. To strengthen th argument, another quotation in the story proves how humans are nurtured. As the story continues to develop, the creature starts to hate humans more and more after events that took place between himself and humans. “There was none among the myriads of men that existed who would pity or assist me; and should I feel kindness towards my enemies? No: from that moment, I declared everlasting war against the species, and, more than all, against him who had formed me and sent me forth to this insupportable misery” (Shelley 146). This quotation provides the answer that humans are nurtured. He didn’t hate humans when he was first created. He adapted the hate through experiences with them. He says, “from that moment I declared everlasting war against the species.” This statement means before that …show more content…
The video discusses how humans are clean slates when they are born without certain traits. It explains, “The human brain is capable of a full range of behaviors and predisposed to none” (:51 to 1:00) (Stephen Jay Gould). This quotation proves that were a capable to do anything that living beings brains are capable o. It just needs to be nurtured. It’s relevant because it says the word “predisposed” which is pretty much nature and it is saying that humans have no set genes, everything they have is nurtured. To accommodate that example, another quotation provides more insight to how humans are nurtured. It reads “Humans have no instincts” (:40 to :50) (Ashley Montagu). This quotation is another example that shows humans are nurtured because Montagu is saying they have “no instincts.” Instincts mean a fixed pattern or quality. It is providing insight that humans are not instinctive and on a certain pattern. They are the exact opposite and rarely followed a fixed pattern