Culture, Religion, Experiences... How Do They Make You "You" ?
Culture, Religion, Experiences…How do they make you, “you”?
What do you think makes you, “you”? I think your culture, religion, and experiences contribute to make a person who they are. I believe that certain aspects of humans and their experiences work together to create a person. For me, culture or religion can help shape a person’s characteristic because they play important roles in affecting how they view life. Another characteristic that can influence who or what a person is, is their experiences. When you experience something, it can ultimately shape how you act in different situations. How Elie viewed his culture and religion was affected by his experiences in the holocaust he was only a victim in the concentration camp. Before he was very naive, along with the rest of the people in the little town he lived in. For example when Moishe the Beetle from Night was warning everybody about how the germens are going to kill all the Jew’s, they all thought he was crazy. “Even I did not believe him.” (Elie 7). Says Elie, he tried understanding his grief but the only thing he was able to do is have was pity him. Elie was also faithful to his religion before he experienced being a holocaust victim. In the book, Elie was reflecting on flashbacks in his religious beliefs back then: “in those days, I fully believed that the salvation of the world depended on every one of my deeds, on every one of my prayers” (Elie Pg 68). However, during his stay at the concentration camps, he started feeling lonely and also he soon realized that no one was going to be there for him, not even God: “My eyes have opened and I was alone, terribly alone in a world without God, without man. Without love or mercy” (Elie 68) When he said that, it felt as though he has given up believing that God would rescue him from this pain and misery that he was experiencing. Elie, deep inside him “Felt a great void opening” (Elie 69) because of the new revelation that he was alone in his
What do you think makes you, “you”? I think your culture, religion, and experiences contribute to make a person who they are. I believe that certain aspects of humans and their experiences work together to create a person. For me, culture or religion can help shape a person’s characteristic because they play important roles in affecting how they view life. Another characteristic that can influence who or what a person is, is their experiences. When you experience something, it can ultimately shape how you act in different situations. How Elie viewed his culture and religion was affected by his experiences in the holocaust he was only a victim in the concentration camp. Before he was very naive, along with the rest of the people in the little town he lived in. For example when Moishe the Beetle from Night was warning everybody about how the germens are going to kill all the Jew’s, they all thought he was crazy. “Even I did not believe him.” (Elie 7). Says Elie, he tried understanding his grief but the only thing he was able to do is have was pity him. Elie was also faithful to his religion before he experienced being a holocaust victim. In the book, Elie was reflecting on flashbacks in his religious beliefs back then: “in those days, I fully believed that the salvation of the world depended on every one of my deeds, on every one of my prayers” (Elie Pg 68). However, during his stay at the concentration camps, he started feeling lonely and also he soon realized that no one was going to be there for him, not even God: “My eyes have opened and I was alone, terribly alone in a world without God, without man. Without love or mercy” (Elie 68) When he said that, it felt as though he has given up believing that God would rescue him from this pain and misery that he was experiencing. Elie, deep inside him “Felt a great void opening” (Elie 69) because of the new revelation that he was alone in his