What builds our identity? Who or what influences us to be the person we all are? The remarkable fact about human beings is how every individual is unique in certain ways that no one else can be compatible with. While there are people that say it is all due to genes, there are others that will hold friends and family for account. On the contrary, there are some that say environment is the primary reason. This brings up a lot of questions and demand for answers as well. Leslie Bell, author of “Twenty-Something Women and the Paradox of Sexual Freedoms”, talks about the cause and effects of splitting in general. Splitting being considered a defensive mechanism for young women who cannot cope with loads of stress or dear... There are many cases…show more content… While on the other hand, author of “When I Woke Up Tuesday Morning, It Was Friday”, Martha Stout discusses how trauma alters the brain itself. Unfortunately for many victims who do not truly get past their trauma, it inevitably returns from the past to haunt them. The thing with these victims is that they are all interconnected in certain way; one little, simple feature of their current environment can trigger them to assume they are reliving their most feared nightmare once again, if it is similar to a feature during the traumatic experience. These two authors share a mutual influence or cause. In “The Power of Context”, Malcolm Gladwell discusses this influence, the environment, a bit further. In addition, Gladwell talks about the devastating crime rate incline in New York City during the 1980s and 90s. The Power of Context and Broken Windows Theory come into play in this essay by indicating to fix the smaller environmental problems before attempting to knock down the bigger problems. Overall, the environment one is surrounded by, exerts great influence in how an individual may think, act a distinguished way, and even communicate in a certain manner or
