Examples Of Nurture In Persepolis

One of the most striking features of the nature vs. nurture debate, the argument over the relative roles of genes and environment in human nature, is how people continuously believe that the argument is put to an end by concluding that it is either strictly one or the other. As times progresses, and more individuals analyze the debate at hand, it becomes clear how the answer is both. Both nature and nurture, the way individuals are raised or how their environment has shaped them and the way genetics instill selective traits that help describe who an individual is, are responsible for creating people’s present identities. Yet a number of aspects can still lead to the argument of which has more of an influence, and here is where some would claim that the pull of nurture outweighs the effects of nature. This can be exemplified through the influence that the environment which author Marjane Satrapi was exposed to as a child and how her experiences revealed in Persepolis, her memoir in the form of a graphic novel, influenced her maturity into womanhood.
The loss of identity that the author suffered through due to the oppressive government she lived under as well as how she was affected by societal views which painted inaccurate stereotypes about her culture; which Satrapi continuously had to argue against. These are only a few of the various factors that depict the more important role that nurture plays in comparison to nature, because it is her experiences that helped define the woman Satrapi is