It is more harmful to compromise one's own beliefs than to adhere to them.Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting

The mind of an individual is moulded by two chief factors: first, which is happening inside us, and second, the activities in the outer realm we live in. When faced with situations that call for our subtleness to discern which faculty to involve, we find often find our own beliefs taking part in a superior manner. Thus, adhering to our beliefs often prove less harmful than compromising them.

Many a times, importance given to one’s own self supersedes any other parameters, be it in taking decisions or undertaking a new venture. What we firmly believe makes us an individual- an individual who is superior to any other forces around. Such is the power of individuality, which has often witnessed the test of time and place, and has grown stronger and stronger with our gradual living of life. What we accumulate in our life span - education, knowledge, reasoning capabilities, pragmatism and wisdom, forms the basis of our strong individuality. Thus, our lives are so deeply rooted in our own understanding that many a times, it becomes the paramount factor to rely on our own senses and beliefs.

But what happens when situations beckon us to abandon our beliefs and force us to resort to steps which our conscience battles against? When comprising such held beliefs prove unwarranted, we lose the guidance that our own moral self provides us in the long run, we lose self-control, our own righteousness, and the ability to trust in our own selves. Adhering to our own beliefs paves us a path of guidance, shows us the way of development and leading life that we find and believe to be the best of all approaches and provides us with encouragement. Instead of allowing our decisions to be muddied by external forces, we can solely rely on our individual self for actions. Thus, to adhere to our beliefs proves more advantageous, and is hence less harmful than forsaking them.

On the contrary, do we have a specific model to ascertain that our beliefs and our thinking is correct, morally acceptable and does not flout basic norms? It is then when it becomes wiser not to adhere strongly to stringent beliefs, which might have harmful repercussions, to one’s own self as well as to people or situations in general. This can be seen from the tyranny commanded by Hitler, his stringent insular beliefs, his racism and intolerance against Jews, which ultimately brought about his downfall. Holding to one’s belief is nevertheless wise, it however becomes fatuous when such beliefs goes beyond one’s individuality and affect our environment otherwise.

For developing a holistic individuality, we must rely thoroughly on our judgement and perceive the situations in which we are placed, and hence decide whether sticking to our own beliefs, or taking into account external factors and comprising our individual faculties will be wiser. Strengthening our own trust in our beliefs is better than compromising them, but it comes with caveats.

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Average: 8.1 (4 votes)
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 295, Rule ID: IN_A_X_MANNER[1]
Message: Consider replacing "in a superior manner" with adverb for "superior"; eg, "in a hasty manner" with "hastily".
... often find our own beliefs taking part in a superior manner. Thus, adhering to our beliefs often pr...
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Line 3, column 6, Rule ID: A_PLURAL[1]
Message: Don't use indefinite articles with plural words. Did you mean 'a time' or simply 'times'?
Suggestion: a time; times
...harmful than compromising them. Many a times, importance given to one's own sel...
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Message: Don't use indefinite articles with plural words. Did you mean 'a time' or simply 'times'?
Suggestion: a time; times
...oted in our own understanding that many a times, it becomes the paramount factor to rel...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, hence, however, if, nevertheless, second, so, then, thus, well, as to, in general, as well as, on the contrary

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 19.5258426966 82% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 12.4196629213 40% => OK
Conjunction : 24.0 14.8657303371 161% => OK
Relative clauses : 18.0 11.3162921348 159% => OK
Pronoun: 63.0 33.0505617978 191% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 61.0 58.6224719101 104% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 12.9106741573 77% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2485.0 2235.4752809 111% => OK
No of words: 490.0 442.535393258 111% => OK
Chars per words: 5.07142857143 5.05705443957 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.70488508055 4.55969084622 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.92252531518 2.79657885939 105% => OK
Unique words: 245.0 215.323595506 114% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.5 0.4932671777 101% => OK
syllable_count: 763.2 704.065955056 108% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 13.0 6.24550561798 208% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 2.0 4.99550561798 40% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.10617977528 64% => OK
Conjunction: 8.0 1.77640449438 450% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 4.38483146067 91% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 20.2370786517 94% => OK
Sentence length: 25.0 23.0359550562 109% => OK
Sentence length SD: 45.2164998198 60.3974514979 75% => OK
Chars per sentence: 130.789473684 118.986275619 110% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.7894736842 23.4991977007 110% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.42105263158 5.21951772744 123% => 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 : 2.0 5.13820224719 39% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.83258426966 83% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.169302172342 0.243740707755 69% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0748950541457 0.0831039109588 90% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0524699827275 0.0758088955206 69% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.124339638498 0.150359130593 83% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0323431635601 0.0667264976115 48% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.3 14.1392134831 108% => 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: 12.42 12.1639044944 102% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.19 8.38706741573 110% => OK
difficult_words: 134.0 100.480337079 133% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 11.8971910112 97% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 11.2143820225 107% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 75.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.5 Out of 6
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