Compose a 1250 words assignment on the culture of north korea. Needs to be plagiarism free! Culture is an aspect of the community that is prone to countless definitions and interpretations. C Lederach defines culture as the “shared knowledge and schemes created by a set of people for perceiving, interpreting, expressing, and responding to the social realities around them” (Lederach 9). On the other hand, Krober and Kluckhohn contend that culture consists of “patterns, explicit and implicit, of and for behavior acquired and transmitted by symbols, constituting the distinctive achievements of human groups, including their embodiments in artifacts. the essential core of culture consists of traditional (i.e. historically derived and selected) ideas and especially their attached values. culture systems may, on the one hand, be considered as products of action, and on the other as conditioning elements of further action” (Kroeber & Kluckhohn par. 6).

&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp. Culture, “the learned and shared behavior of a community of human beings” (Useem &Useem 169) is learned through the process of socialization and human society passes it over to the next generation “independently of its biological genes” (Parson 8). Culture upholds, identifies, and defines the cognitive abilities in a person and distinguishes him or her from another person from a different cultural background. Some thinkers define it as the “primary adaptive mechanism” of a community that gets reflected in the “day-to-day living patterns” of its individuals, pervading “all aspects of human social interaction” (Damen 367). Kluckhohn and Kelly (1945) opine that culture is a potential guide, consisting of historically created designs for living, involving explicit and implicit as well as rational, irrational, and non-rational human behavior.

&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp. In the words of the famous playwright William Somerset Maugham, “Culture is not just an ornament. it is the expression of a nation’s character, and at the same time it is a powerful instrument to mold character. The end of culture is right living” (Maugham). These words very well define the importance of culture in the shaping of the identity of a country. As a country well rooted in its cultural background, North Korea has gathered distinguishing achievements, when compared to other modern societies.