A complete human being

“One person by himself is not a complete human being…” (p.6)

What Frye means is that a person, although may be a singular being, can not be complete without a society that effects, and shapes who they are. Within a society a human being must adapt to the given environment and situations of that society. I agree with Frye and believe that human beings learn from others around them, not necessarily by direct teachings, but by what human beings unknowingly learn from those around them within each and every interaction. Frye's quote relates in many ways to McCullough’s speech "The Love of Learning". McCullough discusses an example of Charles Sumner, and when he was at a lecture at Sorbonne the society ignored the difference of skin colours. Charles Sumner brought this idea back to the United States and later as McCullough stated, changed history. McCullough’s speech and Frye's quote both show the crucial need for interaction with a society to learn and grow as a human being, and to become a complete human being.