Identity helps us make decisions and know how to behave appropriately. Social identity allows us to be part of groups and gain a sense of belonging in our social world. Therefore, people usually strive to be involved in a social group they admire. The author states that we must identify with our social groups to define ourselves. However, the following essay will argue that the claim may not always be valid.
Admittedly, in some cases, the statement might hold true that identification with social groups plays a vital role in defining people. Some people are born to adhere to their social norms and cultures strictly. Take India's caste system, for example. India's caste system divides its people into hierarchical groups based on their karma, birth, personality, and religion. Individuals are destined to be in a specific class even before birth. Those from lower casts could not climb to the upper classes and gain equal rights and privileges throughout their lives. Even though Indians want to define themselves with their value and will, their inherent characteristics would never change, making it impossible for them to modify their given class. Thus, they have no other option but to admit that they must define themselves according to the social group they belong to from their birth. Accordingly, the author's argument that society defines people's identity seems plausible to some degree based on the above example.
However, in most societies, individuals can define themselves without social restriction. This is because some people can decide not to be bounded by their social group. Galileo Galilei could be a compelling instance. Galilei, a distinguished Italian astronomer who proved the Copernican theory, advocated the heliocentric model, the notion that the Sun is located at the center of the world. On the contrary, society followed geocentric theory, stating that the earth was the center of the universe. Despite fierce criticism from the public and Catholic churches, he did not comply with the mainstream's identification. Instead, he took the path less traveled, and through such differentiation, he could construct his unique identity apart from the leading society. Also, he could rectify the misconception in the field of astronomy. Hence, it is credible to state that individuals do not have to be defined by their social groups.
Furthermore, it must be noted that more critical methods, such as people's efforts, define people. Thus, social groups are not the primary factors. To illustrate this point, when slavery was pervasive in the United States, Fredrick Douglass was born to be a slave. Nevertheless, he denied his social group to define him, so he escaped from his master. Despite the harsh circumstances that did not allow him to be literate, he learned the alphabet and later published many influential articles. Since he was not constrained by the social group's identification and did choose to live a hopeless life, he could build his identity as an American social reformer and abolitionist. He was able to inculcate other enslaved people with freedom and hope. This example shows that efforts, not identification with social groups, are essential in defining people.
In conclusion, all things considered, the idea that defining individuals through obeying social orders is partially plausible, as discussed above. Regardless of society's norms and values to the general population, the public can determine their nature through their efforts. Thus, we must go the extra mile to discover ourselves apart from such social groups.
Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'authors'' or 'author's'?
Suggestion: authors'; author's
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Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'mainstreams'' or 'mainstream's'?
Suggestion: mainstreams'; mainstream's
...ic churches, he did not comply with the mainstreams identification. Instead, he took the pa...
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Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'groups'' or 'group's'?
Suggestion: groups'; group's
...ce he was not constrained by the social groups identification and did choose to live a...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
accordingly, also, but, furthermore, hence, however, if, may, nevertheless, so, therefore, thus, apart from, for example, in conclusion, such as, in some cases, on the contrary
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 23.0 19.5258426966 118% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 17.0 12.4196629213 137% => OK
Conjunction : 15.0 14.8657303371 101% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 11.3162921348 124% => OK
Pronoun: 63.0 33.0505617978 191% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 72.0 58.6224719101 123% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 12.9106741573 85% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3019.0 2235.4752809 135% => OK
No of words: 568.0 442.535393258 128% => OK
Chars per words: 5.31514084507 5.05705443957 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.88187981987 4.55969084622 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.78774468122 2.79657885939 100% => OK
Unique words: 302.0 215.323595506 140% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.531690140845 0.4932671777 108% => OK
syllable_count: 929.7 704.065955056 132% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 16.0 6.24550561798 256% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 8.0 4.99550561798 160% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 8.0 4.38483146067 182% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 34.0 20.2370786517 168% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 23.0359550562 69% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 36.7739400168 60.3974514979 61% => OK
Chars per sentence: 88.7941176471 118.986275619 75% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.7058823529 23.4991977007 71% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.17647058824 5.21951772744 99% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 7.80617977528 38% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 10.2758426966 107% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 5.13820224719 156% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 15.0 4.83258426966 310% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.165695903502 0.243740707755 68% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0472091886627 0.0831039109588 57% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.048849196817 0.0758088955206 64% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.103221857299 0.150359130593 69% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0229981518984 0.0667264976115 34% => 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: 12.0 14.1392134831 85% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 55.24 48.8420337079 113% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 12.1743820225 78% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.28 12.1639044944 109% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.74 8.38706741573 104% => OK
difficult_words: 155.0 100.480337079 154% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.0 11.8971910112 59% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 8.4 11.2143820225 75% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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