I think everyone is born to be innocent, pure, neutral. It's the environment they lived in and what they experienced throughout their lives that shaped the way they are now.
Take Tom Riddle and Harry Potter as an example, both are orphans, yet both led to different endings in the end. Evil vs Good. Most likely because Tom had never been showered affection before, Harry did, at least for one to two years, with his parents, and i'm sure the Dursleys didnt treated him that bad either, he had a place to call home, at least. Even when he went on to Hogwarts, there's Dumbledore, Hermione and Ron and tons of friends, to guide him along. Unlike him, I think that Tom had never a true taste of friendship before. He led a life of agony, plotted on keeping himself alive, attaining eternity.
If Harry was Tom, there still lies a possibility of turning bad, but in the series, we could see that choices made a part of life too. Tom Riddle made up the choice to be Lord, to be someone everyone feared, whereas Harry Potter, was determined to stay on the right track, to be good, and it began when he made the choice of going into Gryffindor instead of Slytherin.
Thus, I feel that the factors that probably shaped one's nature, are the environment they lived in, what they experienced throughout their lives and their choices and determination
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Date: 2009-02-19 08:45 am (UTC)Take Tom Riddle and Harry Potter as an example, both are orphans, yet both led to different endings in the end. Evil vs Good. Most likely because Tom had never been showered affection before, Harry did, at least for one to two years, with his parents, and i'm sure the Dursleys didnt treated him that bad either, he had a place to call home, at least. Even when he went on to Hogwarts, there's Dumbledore, Hermione and Ron and tons of friends, to guide him along. Unlike him, I think that Tom had never a true taste of friendship before. He led a life of agony, plotted on keeping himself alive, attaining eternity.
If Harry was Tom, there still lies a possibility of turning bad, but in the series, we could see that choices made a part of life too. Tom Riddle made up the choice to be Lord, to be someone everyone feared, whereas Harry Potter, was determined to stay on the right track, to be good, and it began when he made the choice of going into Gryffindor instead of Slytherin.
Thus, I feel that the factors that probably shaped one's nature, are the environment they lived in, what they experienced throughout their lives and their choices and determination
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