Kristin Tennant has said: “ According to foremost memory scholar Pascal Boyer, what’s happening in people’s minds—possibly how our brains are organized— influences human cultures.” There are lots of factors that could influence a person; however, memory is one of the most vital aspect. First of all, it is undeniable that most of our knowledge and life experience derives from memory, for example, the memory of school, the memory of how to walk, the memory of how our mother cooks etc… I remember when I was in primary school, teachers always give us soup with rice in it. Thus until today, I still used to mixing soup with rice and eating them together. Moreover, from my point of view, our personalities are also shaped by memory. Although people are born with different kinds of character, memories could make a huge influence on them potentially, especially some traumatizing memories. For example, when I was young, I used to cry and scream when my parents didn’t give me what I want. Like other children, I expected them to compromise; however, this never worked. After a few time, I understood when I needed help or wanted something, cry would not help at all. I need to earn it by myself. Those memories make me an strong and independent person. In conclusion, memory shapes people from various ways, involuntarily and intentionally.
