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Throughout time, a person's upbringing has a lot to do with their surroundings and environment. After readingTheHate U Give' by Angie Thomas, and Romeo Juliet' by William Shakespeare, I have come to the conclusion that the environment helps shape characters. The characters that willdiscussedare, Starr Cater(The HateU Give), and Juliet Capulet (Romeo and Juliet). Two of the main female characters in both books. In both novels, it is evident that theirenvironmentsare responsible for the final outcomes of Starr and Juliet. The Hate U Give' by Angie Thomas, follows the life of an African-American teenaged girl named Starr Carter. Starr witnesses her unarmedAfrican Americanfriend get shot and murdered by a white police officer. The rest of the story follows Starrandherjourneyfor justice for her friend that was murdered. One example of how theenvironmenthelps shapestarr'scharacter is, whenstarrtells astory ofwhat her parents told her when she was twelve. When Starr was twelve, her parents told her what to as a black person(inAmerica) when stopped by a police officer. This example helps shapestarr'scharacter because of the environment she lives in, her parents must tell her about the difficulties of being black in America. The second example is when Starr says Garden heights (her neighborhood), is her home and is who she is. Starr explains that being raised in the projects is the reason she is the person she is today. Secondly, Romeo Juliet by William Shakespeare, is a story about two feuding families (Capulet's and Montague's) who's children Romeo and Juliet have fallenin love. The two were so blindlyinlovethat itledto their death. An example of how Juliet's environmenthelpshape Juliet, is when she wanted to keep her love for Romeo a secret from her family. Because of the history between the Capulets and the Montagues. Another example is when Juliet would go to friarLaurenceschurch. FriarLaurenceschurch is the only place Juliet was allowed to go. The church is a placewhereboth Capulets and Montagues would go. Juliet would meet with Romeo at the church. Theenvirnmentshaped herbecause,it was the only place she was allowed to be with her loved one. In conclusion, with the information that was written down. It is very clear that environments help shape characters. This is present in both Starr, and Juliet. That being said Starr and Juliet's environments and surroundings are responsible for the final outcome of both characters.