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Whether your religious or non-religious, this passage has proven throughout history, how our environment, beginning with our parents, shapes our identity influencing the many decisions we make in life. Often question of what shapes the personality of a person comes to play. Is it genes that shapes a person’s personality? Are personalities formed through hereditary traits? Is the environment we live in a primary source of our personality? In â€Å"Desire’s Baby† we see a loving relationship quickly turn sour through discovery on innocence, with anger soon becoming a revelation of shame. In â€Å"Passing of Grandison†, the drive of the young protagonist, only for his own gain, is accomplished in an unexpected way as the true picture is hidden†¦show more content†¦In the end, its revealed, as part of an old letter between his parents, that Armand mother belonged to the race he despised so much. As the conclusion of his mother writes, â€Å"But, abov e all, night and day, I thank the good God for having so arranged our lives that our dear Armand will never know that his mother, who adores him, belongs to the race that is cursed with the brand of slavery.† â€Å"The Passing of Grandison† follows Dick Owens and his slave, Grandison, as they travel north. To prove he is capable of heroic deeds to win the affection of Charity Lomax, Dick decided to take one of his father’s, Colonel Owens, slaves and set him free. His plan is thwarted when placed with his father’s most trusted slave, Grandison. Being extremely loyal to the Colonel, we see the resiliency of Grandison as Dick brings suggestions of freedom, Grandison, said Dick one morning, after finishing his toilet, this is the chance of your life to go around among your own people and see how they live. Have you met any of them? Yas, suh, I s seen some of em. But I don keer nuffin fer em, suh, Dey re diffe nt f m de niggers down ou way. Dey lows dey re free, but dey ain got sense nuff ter know dey ain half as well off as dey would be down Souf, whar dey d be preciated. Soon enough, after theShow MoreRelatedReligion : A Non Religious Person1241 Words   |  5 PagesAs a non-religious person, asking myself what it means to say that religion is about drawing boundaries and making connections, is kind of mind boggling. Thinking through it over and over again, religion can draw boundaries by doing what is right and wrong based on one’s religion and their opinion of what one believes in. One’s boundaries contain the inside and outside, what one is comfortable with. Religion can make connections through over time with history, through the individuals who came beforeRead MoreReligious Language And Non Cognitive Language1713 Words   |  7 PagesReligious language is essentially the communication about religious ideas, faith and belief. 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