It must have been a typical day when Paula Bernstein answered the phone, but what she learned that day would forever change her life. On the other side of the globe lived someone who shared her exact DNA. In an effort to solve the long pondered question of nature vs nurture, the twin sisters were raised in two different families. In the novel East of Eden, John Steinbeck the author falsely proclaims that monsters are born to human parents. Nature may determine genes, but nurture is the reason certain personality traits are expressed. Nurture influences a person’s personality more significantly because it sparks mental development, gives life experiences, and changes the way people express themselves. To start, nurture is fundamental in …show more content…
The people, and event that children are exposed to, change what they want to be when they grow up. Tucker explains how motivation comes from the environment, “In sport, the decision to train is rarely made without some assurance that the training will deliver a result and reward”(6). This shows that people and events of their upbringing create children’s personalities. The motivation to work comes from an outside source. Children are inspired to become like their role models, are told to follow their dreams by their parents and sometimes realizes they want more in life than what their parents have. In addition to the physical changes that people undergo, they are also being changed chemically.In Nature vs. Nurture: Mysteries of Individuality Unraveled, Jeanna Bryner explains, “Identical twins are born with the same epigenome. But over time, environmental factors such as chemical exposure, diet, and other lifestyle differences can alter these markers”(1). Even though identical twins were born the same, they become less alike as they get older. How genes are expressed changes as a result of the different lifestyles and personality. nurture is more significant to a person’s personality because life experiences and the way people are raised change their