The greatness of individuals can be decided only by those who live after them, not by
their contemporaries.
The author infers that individual achievements are recognized only after the individual dies and that his/her contemporaries seldom admire the greatness in his/her lifetime. I partially agree with this view in that some of the well-known greatnesses are readily recognized even when the individuals are alive. It seems that whether the greatness is readily recognizable or not depends on which field the achievement is contributed to. Several examples of achievements in science, art and business will be given to present that some greatnesses of individuals are recognized by their contemporaries while others are neglected during their lifetime.
Many scientific innovators achievements are known to have been ignored by their contemporaries. To illustrate, Copernicus’ hypothesis and formulation on heliocentric cosmology was rebutted by most of his contemporaries. Likewise, Galileo Galilei’s opposition to geocentric view was highly controversial and severely criticized by the Catholic Church because the theory did not concur with the Bible. As a result, Galileo Galilei had to spend the rest of his life under house arrest. Although there are some scientists who were well respected by their contemporaries, such as Thomas Edison and Einstein just to name a few, scientific achievements are more likely to be recognized by those who live after them.
As for artistic achievements, the greatnesses appear to be immediately acknowledged more often than not. Mozart, the greatest and most prolific composer, for instance, became known to the public at an early stage of his life. He produced over 600 musical works, which secured favored positions in the repertoires of his contemporary musicians, not to mention modern pianists. Another example of artistic innovators that were respected by their contemporaries is Michelangelo, who engaged in versatile artistic fields as a painter, sculptor and architect. The Pope recognized his talents and commissioned him to create a great amount of artistic works for the Church. Not only are these artists admired by the current art lovers and critics, they have long enjoyed their fame and greatness since the inception of their artistic careers. It is also true that in some cases artists were totally ignored by their contemporaries, like Van Gogh, who sold only a few paintings in his life time. Nevertheless, in the artistic field, the public tend to appreciate and evaluate achievements more promptly than, other fields.
Similarly, in the realm of business, greatnesses of individuals are more readily recognized by the people with whom they live, compared to the fields of science and art. One of the most well-known entrepreneurs, Bill Gates, who brought a revolution to technology and communication in the twentieth century, is already one of the most influential people in the world. Henry Ford, too, enjoyed a nationwide recognition from the contemporaries when he doubled the minimum wage for his employees and reduced their working hours significantly. He introduced innovative and unconventional business concepts which resulted in both appraisal and criticism from the public. To sum, greatnesses of business figures are more easily recognized since they affect society in more apparent and prompt ways.
Examples of human greatnesses in science, art, and business have been presented to state that some achievements of individuals are recognized by their contemporaries. Scientific achievements are more likely to be recognized by those who live after them whereas greatnesses in art and business are more readily recognized. In conclusion, I partially agree with the author’s slightly skewed view that greatnesses of individuals are not recognized by their contemporaries.
Grammar and spelling errors:
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Suggestion:
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, if, likewise, nevertheless, similarly, so, well, whereas, while, as for, for instance, in conclusion, such as, as a result, in some cases
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 31.0 19.5258426966 159% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 1.0 12.4196629213 8% => OK
Conjunction : 20.0 14.8657303371 135% => OK
Relative clauses : 21.0 11.3162921348 186% => OK
Pronoun: 48.0 33.0505617978 145% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 84.0 58.6224719101 143% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 12.9106741573 93% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3185.0 2235.4752809 142% => OK
No of words: 571.0 442.535393258 129% => OK
Chars per words: 5.57793345009 5.05705443957 110% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.88831323574 4.55969084622 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.25488384108 2.79657885939 116% => OK
Unique words: 280.0 215.323595506 130% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.490367775832 0.4932671777 99% => OK
syllable_count: 1008.0 704.065955056 143% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.8 1.59117977528 113% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 6.24550561798 112% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 25.0 20.2370786517 124% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 23.0359550562 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 35.0461181873 60.3974514979 58% => The essay contains lots of sentences with the similar length. More sentence varieties wanted.
Chars per sentence: 127.4 118.986275619 107% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.84 23.4991977007 97% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.92 5.21951772744 113% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 7.80617977528 38% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 10.2758426966 127% => 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: 0.309172965253 0.243740707755 127% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0852377495915 0.0831039109588 103% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0816349560291 0.0758088955206 108% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.190225817814 0.150359130593 127% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0674731710585 0.0667264976115 101% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.3 14.1392134831 115% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 32.22 48.8420337079 66% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 14.2 12.1743820225 117% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 15.38 12.1639044944 126% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.79 8.38706741573 105% => OK
difficult_words: 147.0 100.480337079 146% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.0 11.8971910112 109% => 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: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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