Nature vs Nurture

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March 7th, 2007 · 12 Comments
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The Creature claims that his evil behavior is not entirely his fault – if other people had not treated him so badly, he would have continued to behave in a virtuous manner. Today, it is often argued that a person’s environment, including people, is too a large extent responsible for his or her behavior. Do you think this is true? Explain.

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1 Lia3 // Mar 11, 2007 at 3:41 pm

Yes, I completely agree that a person’s environment has a vast impact on their behavior and decisions. A person is influenced a great percentage by their surroundings, either by mimicking or by doing the opposite. The creature is not 100% responsible for his behavior turning badly because it is natural for someone to get resentful when treated badly.
2 3Joyce // Mar 11, 2007 at 7:06 pm

Yes, I think that a person’s environment has a huge effect on a person. If you hang out with negative people, you will most likely be negative as well. In my opinon, the extent that an individual’s behavior is swayed is determined by age. A teenager is more prone to adapt to his surroundings (good or bad) than is an adult because when you are a teenager you are trying to figure yourself out.
3 William // Mar 11, 2007 at 9:38 pm

I also think that a person’s surroundings have a large affect on them. Living things always adapt to their surroundings for survival, and it is absolutely the case for the Creature in Frankenstein. iIagree with the Creature that his behavior is not his fault and it’s very hard to be rejected by society when there is nothing that you can do about it becasue he is being rejected because of something he was born with and can’t control
4 Wesley // Mar 11, 2007 at 9:46 pm

I agree, I believe that if the Creature had become educated, he would have known right from wrong. Because Victor abandoned him, he never learned the virtues of life. All he had were feelings to react upon. No one was there for him to teach him the right thing to do.
5 3ford // Mar 11, 2007 at 9:52 pm

I also agree that a person’s enviroment will effect them. That is why the Creature’s behavior was so bad because of all the bad things he had gone through. Also, I think that the Creature can’t be blamed for his wrong doing. The Creature just doesn’t know better, because he hasn’t had anybody to tell him on what’s right and whats wrong.
6 3chelsey // Mar 12, 2007 at 11:18 am

I agree 100% that your social environment plays a big role in some of your actions. The hardest part of growing up is dealing with the rude people you are surrounded by. I also agree with what Joyce and William have to say. As a teen, you seem to have a desire to fit in to ‘get by’ in school. We know from our parents that ‘words can’t hurt us’, but it is much easier said than done. The Creature is not as lucky in the situation, because he had no one to help lead him down a righteous path.
7 Frankb3 // Mar 13, 2007 at 4:44 pm

Yes, I think this is true. A child’s environment affects their personality and their development. Victor’s creation had the mental capacity of a child when he was first created. He was shunned and soon learned to fear humans. Most of the worlds criminals and mentally ill were raised in an un-nurturing environment. These people do not have a good figure in their life to tell them the right way to live their life.
8 3Charles // Mar 26, 2007 at 2:47 pm

You become what your environment would make you. If you grew up in a rough neighborhood and was raised to steal or fight for food and materials object, then there is a good chance you are going to grow up to steal for the rest of your life. The reason you will do these things when you get older because it was how you were raised and that is what you know to do. The creature was first abandoned by Victor, then after Victor, all of the people the creature crossed took one look at him and turned their heads.
9 3Bryson // Mar 26, 2007 at 8:36 pm

I think it is true because a group of people could influence your life forever. Like what Charles said, it is also true that if you were raised in a neighborhood of criminals, then you are most likely a criminal too. So when the Creature is around a group people, he tries to do the things people are doing and ends up killing them.
10 shawc // Mar 26, 2007 at 8:45 pm

What are the “good” things he learns from people? Does the Creature prefer the “good” to the “bad” things that people do? For example, don’t you think he would prefer to be treated like he sees people treated in the DeLacey family? I do think you have a point here. Although he would like to be treated as a “human,” he learns to treat others the way he is treated by humans. Although they do not “kill” him, he certainly learns the nature of violence.
11 3Natalie // Mar 27, 2007 at 5:37 pm

Yes I agree that a big part of behavior is impacted on the environment around oneself. People can change the way they act if they are around people who influence that person. I think also the creature is not all the way responsible for his behavior in which he was treated badly.
12 3Dylan // Mar 29, 2007 at 5:31 pm

yes, this is entirely true. Ones environment vastly influences ones behavior. Even the kindest dog, or person for that matter, with the best disposition and outlook will turn violent and mean if they are hit or mistreated. People on a whole like to ignore the fact that they are, in fact, animals just like everything else on the planet. If one keeps this in mind it becomes apparent that the same rules apply to the dog as do the person, hit it and it hits back, hug it and it hugs back.