The D’Ardenne Children
Over the past several decades, researchers have investigated how siblings’ identities are affected by genetics and the environment in order to explain their similarities and differences. The two children, Emily and David, in the D’Ardenne family have many consistent and contrasting traits. Emily is a fourteen-year-old girl who enjoys academics, music, and crafts. David is an eighteen-year-old boy who takes pleasure in writing, singing, and acting. Emily and David have appearances, behaviors, hobbies, and favorite foods that are alike and also completely different.
Even though Emily and David are totally two different people, they exhibit many similarities. They have comparable tastes in fashion. Both children wear hipster eyeglasses. The frames are rectangular on the top and oval-shaped on the bottom. They like sneakers made by Nike and prefer wearing sweatshirts instead of other types of jackets. In fact, rather than wearing a winter jacket, they prefer sweatshirts with a fleece lining. Emily and David also behave similarly. Both children communicate in an intelligent, friendly manner and are very
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agreeable when socializing with other people. However, their pursuit of perfection can reveal a stubborn and opinionated side to their personalities, especially if there is a disruption in their routines. Additionally, Emily and David gravitate towards many of the same hobbies. They like superheroes, music, video games, and the same movies. For example, during Halloween David dressed up as Batman, the Green Arrow, and Luke Skywalker while Emily disguised herself as Batgirl, Captain America, and Princess Leia. Both of the children enjoy playing the piano and listening to classical music or scores by John Williams. Family movie night usually is a superhero, Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Harry Potter, or Hobbit film. David and Emily even share the same favorite foods. They love eating popcorn, ice cream, turkey tetrazzini, chicken parmesan, and chocolate. The D’Ardenne children express themselves with the same clothing style, and behaviors, but most of all, they love spending time together while eating their favorite foods or pursuing common interests. On the other hand, Emily and David are completely opposite in many ways. In particular, their physical appearances are very different. Emily has long, fine, brown hair and blue eyes. Her stature is small and petite. David has short, thick, dirty blond hair and green eyes. He is taller and has a stockier build. Their behavior also contrasts in many ways. Emily is organized, calm, plans ahead, and not very confident. David is disorganized, forgetful, does not plan ahead, but confident. The children have divergent hobbies and interests. Emily loves to sew, cook, and craft while her brother enjoys writing, running, and making movies with his friends. Additionally, they perform two different types of music. For instance, Emily is a violist and plays mostly classical music in an orchestra. David is a singer, and most of his performances are in musical theater. He volunteers as an intern at the Philadelphia Boys Choir and pursues his interest in improving his singing and acting abilities. Another difference is their favorite foods vary completely in taste. Emily loves to eat sweeter or saltier snacks and homemade meals. Her favorite foods are sweets, pasta, rice, fried rice, sushi, and soup. David prefers to eat sour and spicy foods. His favorite foods are Indian dishes, chili, peanut butter, waffles, and other foods like pizza that can be made hotter with tabasco sauce or spices. The D’Ardenne children have contrasting appearances, behaviors, hobbies, and favorite foods. They both inherited separate physical traits from their parents, have opposite behaviors, spend their free time in unique manners, and eat distinctly different favorite foods. Emily and David have similar appearances, behaviors, hobbies, and favorite foods.
However, all of their characteristics are also quite different. Even though the children are distinct and unique individuals, they love talking, sharing interests, and having fun with each other. With their various interests, Emily and David talk about many things instead of one topic or idea. This allows them to get along with each other. No matter what, these two siblings love each other because of their similarities and differences. The writer, Jeffrey Kruger, in his book, The Sibling Effect, states that “relationships with siblings are the most important ones in our lives.” The special relationship that Emily and David have exemplifies this statement and shows that their similar and varying characteristics strengthen the bond that they
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