“Be around the people you want to be like, because you will be like the people you are around”. People can’t deny the truth that they are easily influenced by the area, people around them and experiences they have as well. The environment, relationships and experiences do play an important role on shaping the individual and their world. The Wave by Morton Rhue and the poem “The Door” by Miroslav Holub are the two examples which focus on proving the effect that environment, relationships and experiences have on the individual and their world.
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The environment that people live in has a huge impact on people. The environment is the world they live in. It changes people in both positive and negative ways. The Wave, for instance, shows how the individual and their world are affected by the setting. Before the wave was introduced, students in the school, particularly in Mr Ross class didn’t do their homework and assignments and they didn’t often follow his instructions too. However when their environment changed with the introduction of the Wave where the environment became more strict, there were improvements seen in the class. “The class homework assignment had improved. On a multiple choice test they might all do well. Moreover, Robert – the class creepy became more confident, more active and started to participate in class. He was like a new person. Therefore, the Wave had changed student’s behaviour in Mr Ross’s class which also means the environment does shape the individual and their world.
People are also affected by the relationship that they have with the others. In The Wave by Morton Rhue, Laurie’s parents often talked to Laurie about the things that they had heard about the Wave thing, so that Laurie could make up her mind as well as made a own decision about join or not to join the Wave. Besides that, the friendship between Laurie and Amy has resulted in Amy’s view and thinking about everything. Since Amy became Laurie friends, Amy