Art, generally, is one of the major branches of a nation’s culture, the collection of beliefs, and base on which people confirm their identity through linking people to its history and origin. Despite it being an essential part that upholds the value of society, it is debatable whether governments should fund the arts. In some circumstances, government funding for the arts can do harm more than good, especially when a substantial number of their citizens are hungry or unemployed. However, I mostly agree with the recommendation since governmental funding for the arts can reap not only economic benefits but also social ones under economic crisis the nation is facing.
Admittedly, there exist some cases where the recommendation that nations should suspend government funding for the arts is valid. For example, during the Socialist Realism era, any medium of art in the Soviet Union was forced to adhere to the Communist doctrine. Basically, art was exploited as a powerful propaganda tool, and the most distinguished painters during this time were those who placed Stalin on a pedestal. Art was not a channel of free expression by artists. It began to defeat the purpose of art when it was funded by the communist government. Public resources were not dispensed properly to remedy societal ills the nation was facing at that time, rather, only for the sake of upholding the regime and its doctrines. As in this case, when the government is responsible for their hungry citizens, funding for the arts may as well be suspended.
Despite the particular case above, in times of economic crisis, government funding for the arts should be fostered for both economic and social benefits, contrary to what’s stated in the recommendation. The funding by government can create a wide array of job opportunities for the unemployed, thus helping them to sustain their livelihood. To illustrate, during the advent of the Great Depression when thousands of banks went bankrupt, and unemployment increased from 4% to 25%, with no national safety net and no public unemployment insurance system, the U.S. government led by Franklin D. Roosevelt had to address such a historical disastrous economic downturn with liberal fiscal stimulus. The Federal Art Project, a part of his New Deal program, guided by the Works Progress Administration, recruited many artists to work on public artworks all over the country during the time. It turned out to be an effective solution to unemployment problem as it helped many jobless artists to pull through the hard time by assigning them public art projects to carry out.
In addition to providing basic job opportunities for artists, the scope of benefits the public art funding yield is not limited to artist groups. “Migrant Mother”, which is deemed as an icon of the Great Depression, could not have come out into the world if the photographer Dorothea Lange weren’t hired by the government through the program. It depicts hardship, pain, and suffering through the eyes of a struggling woman, which helped to inform people of the adverse conditions of the economic depression. Indeed, the WPA project was conducive to preserving a national history and culture by recording local folk songs and keeping people up with the past they could have known nothing about by interviewing former slaves in the South. As in this compelling example, a public art funding is full of potential values that can add up to a nation.
Therefore, even when significant numbers of their citizens are impoverished or out of work, it is vital to continue government funding for the arts. Government should invest in the arts, which will be advantageous to alleviating economic hardships and social growth.
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also, but, however, if, may, so, therefore, thus, well, as for, for example, in addition
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 24.0 19.5258426966 123% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 12.4196629213 97% => OK
Conjunction : 14.0 14.8657303371 94% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 11.3162921348 133% => OK
Pronoun: 28.0 33.0505617978 85% => OK
Preposition: 92.0 58.6224719101 157% => OK
Nominalization: 21.0 12.9106741573 163% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3140.0 2235.4752809 140% => OK
No of words: 607.0 442.535393258 137% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.17298187809 5.05705443957 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.96360453597 4.55969084622 109% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.93199466988 2.79657885939 105% => OK
Unique words: 325.0 215.323595506 151% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.535420098847 0.4932671777 109% => OK
syllable_count: 962.1 704.065955056 137% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 6.24550561798 96% => OK
Article: 8.0 4.99550561798 160% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.77640449438 225% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 9.0 4.38483146067 205% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 24.0 20.2370786517 119% => OK
Sentence length: 25.0 23.0359550562 109% => OK
Sentence length SD: 46.0013398054 60.3974514979 76% => OK
Chars per sentence: 130.833333333 118.986275619 110% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.2916666667 23.4991977007 108% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.66666666667 5.21951772744 70% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 7.80617977528 64% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 10.2758426966 97% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 11.0 5.13820224719 214% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.83258426966 62% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.312041324356 0.243740707755 128% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0939220654173 0.0831039109588 113% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0714705045931 0.0758088955206 94% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.192504523888 0.150359130593 128% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0619780882826 0.0667264976115 93% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.6 14.1392134831 110% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 46.1 48.8420337079 94% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.0 12.1743820225 107% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.0 12.1639044944 107% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.53 8.38706741573 114% => OK
difficult_words: 179.0 100.480337079 178% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 15.0 11.8971910112 126% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 11.2143820225 107% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.7820224719 110% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 83.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 Out of 6
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