Many people believe that a person’s culture is defined by their country of origin, while others believe that it has only minor influence. Discuss both these views and give your opinion.

Our

culture

can be influenced by a variety of factors. Some

believe

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it to base on a country where a

person

stems from,

although

this

factor is considered to have little effect on it by others. While it is true that our birthplace plays an important role in defining our

culture

, I think that its role can,

nonetheless

, be ultimately minimised by other aspects, namely, family, and social environment. The country where we originally come from has most certainly a direct impact on our

culture

. After a

person

is born in a particular place, she or he will be exposed to and expected to absorb the cultural peculiarities of

this

place.

This

exposure over the course of formative years is highly likely to define the very

first

cultural preferences of

this

person

,

such

as food and clothing habits.

Therefore

, the significance of birthplace in terms of our

culture

should not be left unnoticed.

Nonetheless

, I deem that the influence of our homeland may, in

this

regard, still succumb to other much more substantial factors than

this

. One of these is definitely role models, who represent an example for us in different aspects of our lives. As our parents are the

first

people whom and whose behaviour along with interests we imitate, their contribution to our cultural code can be massive.

This

code is

also

further

affected by a social bubble we exist in, the manner of life, values and traditions of which could completely be opposite to those led and followed by the majority of

population

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in

this

culture

. In conclusion, even if a home country is able to characterise a

person

's

culture

to some extent, its power, from my perspective, is inferior to

that

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this

person

's parents and social milieu possess.