Chapter 3 signifies the importance of culture and the different views of it in society. Culture is the ways of thinking, the ways of acting, and the material objects that together form a people’s way of life. There are two types of culture: nonmaterial culture and material culture. Nonmaterial culture is the ideas created by members of a society. Material culture is the physical things created by members of a society.
I believe culture is what my background is and any part of it. I am an Indian but I was born and raised in the United States. Even though I’m so adapted to the culture in the United States, I still practice and celebrate some traditions that are a part of my culture. I used to believe the United States was a very materialistic culture because of the quick advancement in technology. Americans have pretty much incorporated technology in everything and anything possible. For example, iPads can now be used as cash registers in stores and everything is done within a couple minutes. I thought India was the true definition of culture based off on what I saw whenever I went there. But India has also become a materialistic culture and I feel it will slowly lose its non-materialistic culture among big cities.
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