Everyone, everyone starts from a blank slate no matter who they are, how or where they are born, or to which race/family/gender they are born to. It is how one is raised, how they are nurtured that defines and shapes what one will become. However, inherited nature from out parents certainly does contribute to our actions and beliefs as children will most likely grow up watching and learning from those around them...whether that be their parents or the siblings and other relatives.
The same can be said for the second part of the discussion. People are NOT born being who they are. They become who they are through their experiences. For we are shaped by what goes on around us, what we see, hear, smell, and feel. All of these things have both a subtle and brutal effect on us. We can both learn and react to things in a good way and in bad way. This is the nature part of a being. We as human beings are predisposed by our biology to react certain ways.
Ultimately it is a fine line between nature and nurture in which effects one more. It is here that the key experiences one has in their life defines who they will become, what they will believe in, and what they will do.
In the case of Tom Riddle and Harry Potter...the same answer can be applied to both. Tom and Harry were raised in pretty much the same manner...by those adopting him or at a adoption center...without much love and care. Both of them have faced being the one always in the peoples eye, always the leader. They have faced predisposed reactions from others because of who they were born as...thus consequently who them became was effected by this. One only becomes evil if they themselves define themselves as 'evil'. For how can one truly define evil if they haven't been evil or experienced it in their own lives? ...
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The same can be said for the second part of the discussion. People are NOT born being who they are. They become who they are through their experiences. For we are shaped by what goes on around us, what we see, hear, smell, and feel. All of these things have both a subtle and brutal effect on us. We can both learn and react to things in a good way and in bad way. This is the nature part of a being. We as human beings are predisposed by our biology to react certain ways.
Ultimately it is a fine line between nature and nurture in which effects one more. It is here that the key experiences one has in their life defines who they will become, what they will believe in, and what they will do.
In the case of Tom Riddle and Harry Potter...the same answer can be applied to both. Tom and Harry were raised in pretty much the same manner...by those adopting him or at a adoption center...without much love and care. Both of them have faced being the one always in the peoples eye, always the leader. They have faced predisposed reactions from others because of who they were born as...thus consequently who them became was effected by this. One only becomes evil if they themselves define themselves as 'evil'. For how can one truly define evil if they haven't been evil or experienced it in their own lives? ...
Becky//Slytherin