Where we are born makes us different people. Our nationality will be different, and our beliefs, how we feel, and what we think will also be different. We each are all different, which creates us to build up a “colourful” community. The character of each person gives others affects.

            Many of our characteristics come from our parents, and our parents get it from their parents. Not only your genes, but you are also affected by the culture of where you grew up in, or your nationality. That is called nurture, which means the raising of people in their childhood. It is said that about 70% of your characteristic is from your parents. It is because when we are small, we copy what they do. Children are parent’s mirrors. What children do shows how their parents are like. If your parent respects others, you might copy that and respect others, too.

           The other 30% is made up by other people and the society. Your classmates, friends, and even your country affect you, too. If you see your friend doing something good, you will often do the same thing so that you can also be good. You can see that your characteristic is affected by what we see and what we feel.

              The effect each country’s unique culture also gives to our characteristics is strong. If I take America and Japan as examples, in America they point their chest to show “me”, but in Japan, they point their nose. Japanese tend to move around together, but Americans don’t. Japanese bow to show respect and thank, but American smiles and shake hands to express the same thing. Americans are moved by heroes, but Japanese are moved by sacrifice. Even the way of writing sentences, the direction cars drive in, and the traditional clothing is different. These change how we act to others. When Japanese point our nose to say “me”, some Americans don’t understand what they want to say. When an American says “Hi!” and hugs a Japanese person they’ve met the first time, the Japanese tend to be scared of that American. That means that the characteristics made from the culture creates different acts and reactions for each person.