Do the people who raise us affect who we become? In Wuthering Heights nature overcomes nurture. In this paper you will read about nature vs. nurture and, how it ties in with the characters of Wuthering Heights. Do you think who we grow up around affects us as adults or does it have to do with our genetics? What I want the reader to take away from this paper would be, some background on nature vs. nurture, and how it relates to the main characters in Wuthering Heights.
Many people believe that nature rather than nurture or vise versa affects who you become as an adult. There’s no way we can determine if nature or nurture plays a stronger role in our character of who we are. The nature theory suggest that there is a pre existing gene that determines who we …show more content…
‘According to John Watson, one of the strongest psychologists who propose environmental learning as a dominating side in the nature vs nurture debate, once said that he can be able to train a baby randomly chosen in a group of 12 infants, to become any type of specialist Watson wants. He stated that he could train him to be such regardless of the child's potentialities, talents and race’(Nature and Nurture Debate). Considering both theories we have to ask ourselves, are we born this way or do we become who we are by our life …show more content…
When Edgar Linton makes a comment about his long hair, Nelly says it was Heathcliff’s “violent nature” that had caused him to throw a “tureen of hot apple sauce” in Edgar’s face (page 68). He also knew how to manipulate people from a young age. Nelly says, “He never … repaid his indulgence by any sign of gratitude. … he knew perfectly the hold he had on Earnshaw’s heart, and [was] conscious he had only to speak and all the house would be obligated to bend his wishes”(page 45). Heathcliff shows no gratitude for any of his
Many people believe that nature rather than nurture or vise versa affects who you become as an adult. There’s no way we can determine if nature or nurture plays a stronger role in our character of who we are. The nature theory suggest that there is a pre existing gene that determines who we …show more content…
‘According to John Watson, one of the strongest psychologists who propose environmental learning as a dominating side in the nature vs nurture debate, once said that he can be able to train a baby randomly chosen in a group of 12 infants, to become any type of specialist Watson wants. He stated that he could train him to be such regardless of the child's potentialities, talents and race’(Nature and Nurture Debate). Considering both theories we have to ask ourselves, are we born this way or do we become who we are by our life …show more content…
When Edgar Linton makes a comment about his long hair, Nelly says it was Heathcliff’s “violent nature” that had caused him to throw a “tureen of hot apple sauce” in Edgar’s face (page 68). He also knew how to manipulate people from a young age. Nelly says, “He never … repaid his indulgence by any sign of gratitude. … he knew perfectly the hold he had on Earnshaw’s heart, and [was] conscious he had only to speak and all the house would be obligated to bend his wishes”(page 45). Heathcliff shows no gratitude for any of his