a clone may turn out. In The Boys from Brazil, both boys develop their own personalities but still seem to have many similarities with one another. A bioethics researcher comments in Shannon Brownlee's article about cloning and the influence that the environment has on it states, "you could clone one - hundred Hitler embryos and not get a single Hitler because he was shaped by his environment. But you can clone one-hundred Aryans because these things are not contingent on a particular environment" (Brownlee 25). This shows that even though these two boys were raised in very different ways, they still shared many similar traits. A similar kind of case study was done involving twins. "For centuries, scientists have been trying to figure out which factors play the most important role in the development of the human personality. Is it nature, nurture, heredity, or environment" (German 65). "How will it feel to be one clone among hundreds? The anticloners ask. Probably no worse than it feels to be the millionth 13-year-old dressed in identical baggy trousers, untied sneakers and baseball cap -- a feeling usually described as `cool'.", states Barbara Ehrenreich for Time magazine (20). Imagine walking down the streets and seeing hundreds of people that are identical to you but, just go by different names and dress differently. Cloning can be used to help a certain individuals live, but what will be the cloned individuals view on life? Once cloning is done, the clone and its original should have the same rights as any other potential people (Economist 20). Many parents have great concern in regards to having a child that has been cloned. However, there are many excited parents looking forward to this breakthrough in technology. By looking at the many different reasons for cloning a child, one can better understand why it may seem appealing to parents. Cloning from an already existing human will provide the opportunity for parents to pick their ...
