Genetics v. Environment in Mark Twain's Puddn'head Wilson
What does Twain's novel say about the long-standing debate of nature versus nurture? What part of the novel's characters' traits or actions does the novel attribute to their genetics or the environmental forces affecting them?
P5-2 Ch.4: "Tom" makes fun of "Chambers". "Tom" tells "Chambers" that he is stupid and that only an African American would do something like that. It is ironic because "Tom" is truly African American and "Chambers" is white.
Conclusion genetics v. environment/nature v. nurture
When the real heir is put back into his rightful position, the effects of how he was raised and where he was raised rubs off on him, making it that he is now an extremely embarrassed man that acts like a slave but is really a free white man.
P5-2 Ch.4: "Tom" makes fun of "Chambers". "Tom" tells "Chambers" that he is stupid and that only an African American would do something like that. It is ironic because "Tom" is truly African American and "Chambers" is white.
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When the real heir is put back into his rightful position, the effects of how he was raised and where he was raised rubs off on him, making it that he is now an extremely embarrassed man that acts like a slave but is really a free white man.
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