Person - Person

Person: the same in English as in German. I wonder, would I have become the same person were I to have grown up in Germany instead of England? Of course this is a ridiculous hypothetical, but I’m stuck for ideas and only have ten minutes until my oven relentlessly bleeps at me to indicate my healthy fish and chips supper is fully cooked. But say I had the exact same family conditions, would being German have made me a stronger, more determined person? More authoritative? Less cynical? More evil? I’d almost certainly be bilingual which would be a bonus - I’d take that for extra evilness. I don’t like to think I’ve been influenced too dramatically by growing up in the UK as opposed to any other wealthy western country, but I suppose that’s stupidly naïve. Everything from the school curriculum to the books I read and the TV shows I ogled day after day will have shaped my character in some way. There is a chance I’d still have an interest in travel and writing, and not necessarily David Hasselhoff and punctuality, but it seems less likely. I’d love to investigate this further, but alas, my oven is incessantly telling me my fish and chips, not bratwurst and sauerkraut, are ready to be devoured!