The greatness of individuals can be decided only by those who live after them, not by their contemporaries.
The speaker argues that people’s greatness may not be recognized and accepted by their contemporaries, and such recognition may only be done in retrospect. However, I do not agree with this opinion. For people who have made great contributions, their achievements can be observed directly and immediately.
There is no denying that history is replete with examples that individuals’ greatness may not be recognized immediately. Taking Claude Monet and his masterpiece, Impression, as an example, Monet was not recognized by the mainstream genre, namely realism, because Monet’s artwork was too abstract without depicting figures in a realistic way as other painters did. It is after a period of time that the public began to realize the value and achievements made by Monet. Similarly, when Sigmund Freud finished his masterpiece, The Interpretation of Dreams, probably no one can fully understand what Freud intended to argue in his book. It was after psychopathology was established that Freud’s value was recognized. Nevertheless, some achievements and greatness can be immediately recognized.
To begin with, in politics, people’s achievements may be identified more quickly. For supporting examples one need look no further than the story of the former U.S. president, Franklin Roosevelt. In the great depression, the former president successfully saved the U.S. economy by enforcing a series of measures, some of which were quite controversial from the perspective of a free-market, but at the end, it was the president who helped the U.S. economy recover gradually, and his greatness was recognized even when he was alive. Another persuasive example is Martin Luther King and his black people movement. Although Martin Luther King was murdered, no one could deny his contributions to the movement of African Americans, and the contemporaries recognized his value without any doubt.
In addition, the key for mutual understanding is not decided by the period of people live in, but by people’s psychological features. For people who have a high level of self-confidence, they may not recognize others’ achievements easily, and such prideful people exist in all periods of times. However, if people have a modest attitude, they will be more prone to find the uniqueness and greatness of others, even if they hold different positions. Before Hong Kong was given back to China, the former prime minister of the UK, Margaret Hilda Thatcher, had severe debates with Deng Xiaoping, the former prime minister of China, and although Thatcher finally conceded, Xiaopeng still recognized her as one of the greatest prime ministers in the world. Therefore, the core factor for recognizing others’ greatness is one’s psychological attitude.
To sum up, people’s greatness and achievements may not be buried and hidden by their contemporaries. Instead, many celebrities’ greatness is recognized even when they are alive, and the key factor to recognizing others’ greatness is how one perceives the ability of himself/herself and the ability of others.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 323, Rule ID: IN_A_X_MANNER[1]
Message: Consider replacing "in a realistic way" with adverb for "realistic"; eg, "in a hasty manner" with "hastily".
... too abstract without depicting figures in a realistic way as other painters did. It is after a pe...
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Line 3, column 379, Rule ID: PERIOD_OF_TIME[1]
Message: Use simply 'period'.
Suggestion: period
...ay as other painters did. It is after a period of time that the public began to realize the va...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, however, if, look, may, nevertheless, similarly, so, still, therefore, as to, in addition, to begin with, to sum up
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 28.0 19.5258426966 143% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 12.4196629213 97% => OK
Conjunction : 18.0 14.8657303371 121% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 11.3162921348 106% => OK
Pronoun: 28.0 33.0505617978 85% => OK
Preposition: 52.0 58.6224719101 89% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 12.9106741573 46% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2619.0 2235.4752809 117% => OK
No of words: 468.0 442.535393258 106% => OK
Chars per words: 5.59615384615 5.05705443957 111% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.65116196802 4.55969084622 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.6377657601 2.79657885939 130% => OK
Unique words: 249.0 215.323595506 116% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.532051282051 0.4932671777 108% => OK
syllable_count: 808.2 704.065955056 115% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 6.24550561798 112% => OK
Article: 7.0 4.99550561798 140% => OK
Subordination: 7.0 3.10617977528 225% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 8.0 1.77640449438 450% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 21.0 20.2370786517 104% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 23.0359550562 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 73.4833345291 60.3974514979 122% => OK
Chars per sentence: 124.714285714 118.986275619 105% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.2857142857 23.4991977007 95% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.14285714286 5.21951772744 118% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 10.2758426966 88% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 5.13820224719 97% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.83258426966 145% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.200204000249 0.243740707755 82% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0666272428298 0.0831039109588 80% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.066038603577 0.0758088955206 87% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.12495433856 0.150359130593 83% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0661745444056 0.0667264976115 99% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.1 14.1392134831 114% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 40.69 48.8420337079 83% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.1 12.1743820225 108% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 15.5 12.1639044944 127% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.25 8.38706741573 110% => OK
difficult_words: 134.0 100.480337079 133% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 11.8971910112 101% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 11.2143820225 96% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.7820224719 93% => 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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