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

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Nowadays there are a lot of
people
 who
emigrates
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 from their native
country
 and there is a debate
whether
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about whether
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individuals
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individuals'
individual's
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culture
 is defined by their motherland or that has only a minor influence. In my opinion, the majority of
people
 are somehow affected by their
country
 of origin, because when a person is born he acquires a nationality and it is just a part of them. One of the factors that really
makes
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 a difference is family. In my
opinion
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 it really depends on that, because if your family supports your
country
's
culture
 and
this
 is a part of their life,
then
 I think there is not much of a chance that an individual's
culture
 would not be formed by his
country
 of origin.
On the other
hand
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 there are a lot of
people
 that are not
supporting
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 their
country
's
culture
. One of the reasons might be that it is just not interesting for them, they just do not understand it and over their lifetime it has had zero influence on their personality.
Also
, if in a person's
environment
 there are not any
people
 who support the
country
's
culture
 it is just simply not in his daily life and he does not care about that. To sum it all up, it really depends on the person and his
environment
, if the
environment
 supports the
country
's cultures
then
 the chances are that he will too,
on the
contrary
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 if there is just no interest for him and his
environment
then
 it will probably make a minor influence on his
culture
.
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