Environmentally changing an individual through literature

Environmentally Changing an Individual through Literature
Continent, city, country, and society: the choice is never wide and never free to the individual. Where one lives their life is where they are shaped whether it be comfortably or not. Changes are made to conform ones individuality to better their society. My Antonia, Black Boy and Thirty Years from Now all show an individual transforming or seeking a way to fit into their society to an extent.
Each piece of literature’s characters differed in the degree of changing to the individual. Each character was also put into different situations. In Black Boy Richard changed his environment instead of shaping himself to fit into his society. Although various moves to different places sometimes only eased the pain momentarily of living in a racist world, his extent of changing was zero percent as an adult. Richard viewed the world as unjust and say many whites as being racists and unlawful.
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