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Being Different Chapter 2 Summary

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The central theme of chapter 2 in the book on being different is about cultures. How they are similar and how they are different.
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The article was about culture and how no matter who you are and where you come from you has a culture. Everyone is different and comes from different places of the world, but people still have similarities that bring them together. Beliefs and values are a major aspect of having a culture.
Tradition and values we learn what we should and should not do from our parents and they learned it from their parents and so forth. Everything that someone believes and might do is part of having a culture. A culture is learned, observed and includes interacting with other, helping the spread of the

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