Our personalities are predetermined by our genes before we are born and there is nothing that can be done to alter our character traits To what extent do you agree

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Our personalities are predetermined by our genes before we are born and there is nothing that can be done to alter our character traits. To what extent do you agree?

It is widely believed that a person is not capable of changing their personality, which is fully predestined at birth. Nevertheless, this viewpoint is not shared by many respected scientists and is contradicted by abundant evidence. This makes me question the alleged impossibility of character alteration and hold an opinion that it is not defined solely by genes.

The most obvious argument against the exclusive role of genes in determining one’s personality traits is that people are inevitably exposed to the influence of the environment they live in. In childhood people’s qualities, habits and attitudes are formed in accordance with their family background. Thus, being raised by steady parents or relatives makes adolescents grow into responsible and compassionate young adults, whereas being involved in aggressive and traumatic interactions with senior members of their family children may develop such traits as selfishness, opportunism, etc. Moreover, children in underprivileged areas tend to be more susceptible to act under peer pressure, form addictions and become juvenile delinquents.

The possibility to alter one’s character seems to be confirmed by latest scientific research. Recent findings of geneticists have shown that genes themselves are modified in response to the person’s lifestyle choices. Neuroscientists have discovered a human brain’s plasticity, which means that people can change their thinking patterns and develop new character traits.

All things considered, it appears utterly insensible to claim that no matter how hard they try people can never alter their personality, which is hardwired by the set of genes they receive from their parents.

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Suggestion:
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
if, may, moreover, nevertheless, so, thus, whereas

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 13.1623246493 114% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 7.85571142285 38% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 10.4138276553 77% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 7.30460921844 123% => OK
Pronoun: 22.0 24.0651302605 91% => OK
Preposition: 34.0 41.998997996 81% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 8.3376753507 84% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1468.0 1615.20841683 91% => OK
No of words: 252.0 315.596192385 80% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.8253968254 5.12529762239 114% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.98428260373 4.20363070211 95% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.23151369733 2.80592935109 115% => OK
Unique words: 169.0 176.041082164 96% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.670634920635 0.561755894193 119% => OK
syllable_count: 451.8 506.74238477 89% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.8 1.60771543086 112% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 5.43587174349 74% => OK
Article: 2.0 2.52805611222 79% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 2.10420841683 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 4.76152304609 21% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 11.0 16.0721442886 68% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 22.0 20.2975951904 108% => OK
Sentence length SD: 53.4876211832 49.4020404114 108% => OK
Chars per sentence: 133.454545455 106.682146367 125% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.9090909091 20.7667163134 110% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.54545454545 7.06120827912 64% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 0.0 8.67935871743 0% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 3.9879759519 150% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 3.4128256513 147% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.114668759212 0.244688304435 47% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0426314030031 0.084324248473 51% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0279677432471 0.0667982634062 42% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0687590774936 0.151304729494 45% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0298651801015 0.056905535591 52% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 17.5 13.0946893788 134% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 32.22 50.2224549098 64% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.44779559118 150% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 14.2 11.3001002004 126% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 16.83 12.4159519038 136% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 10.74 8.58950901804 125% => OK
difficult_words: 96.0 78.4519038076 122% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 9.78957915832 123% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.1190380762 107% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 10.7795591182 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 61.797752809 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.5 Out of 9
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