It is primarily through our identification with social groups that we define ourselves

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It is primarily through our identification with social groups that we define ourselves.

This topic raises the issue of whether defining ourselves would be the solely done through our identification with social groups. Indisputably, no man is an island. Interactions with others helps in various ways, be it morally, emotionally or even intellectually. Nevertheless, various people have their various unique characteristics that may not gel with others. Thus, i would generally disagree with that our identification with social group is the primary key to define ourselves and instead, support that we do not need to identify with social groups for us to define ourselves.
First of all, man is a unique creature. There are no two people with exactly the same fondness. To illustrate, let's look at an example of identical twins. Even with the striking resemblance, they aren't hundred percent the same. One may be extroverted, while the other is an introvert and they can't pretty much like the same things. In this circumstance, one may do well with identifying himself in a social group while the other needs to be alone for him to identify himself. Consequently, it is pretty much obvious that being with social groups is not a primary key for finding oneself.
Furthermore, if we subject everyone to the same treatment, it would end up being a disaster. Not everyone knows how to open up in the midst of others. Social groups might end up being a bane rather than a boon. Imagine a 5 year old with so much potential, that loves inventing things but loves doing it alone, being asked to recite a poem in front of his classmates who bully him a lot, they would end up laughing at him which may have a long term effect on his self esteem. Being alone does not mean you are lonely, it only means you love your own company and that is fine. You might end up defining ourselves in your comfort zone. Both common sense and personal experience has made us understand that equality is not equity, that is, subjecting everyone to the same treatment does not mean we would end up alike. Hence, all the evidence above, demonstrates that social groups is not the primary factor for defining ourselves.
Admittedly, social groups are excellent to imbibe people with team spirit, willingness to work and relate with others and even share our problems thereby relieving ourselves of our burdens. In addition, like i said before, no man is an island, we all need somebody to lean on. However, the argument above, does not constitute sufficient support to to claim that social groups is the primary factor of ones identity. Does it have to be through a social group? You could have just two friends who you interact with that brings out the best in you and also helping you to identify yourself. Everyone has their various ways of defining themselves.
In conclusion, although social groups helps us in improving our interaction, it is a peripheral factor and not the primary factor in identifying ourselves. As long as some measurements are performed or some areas are involved, we can define ourselves through means other than our identification with social groups.

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, consequently, first, furthermore, hence, however, if, look, may, nevertheless, so, thus, well, while, in addition, in conclusion, first of all

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 28.0 19.5258426966 143% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 15.0 12.4196629213 121% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 14.8657303371 74% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 11.3162921348 124% => OK
Pronoun: 68.0 33.0505617978 206% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 69.0 58.6224719101 118% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 12.9106741573 93% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2544.0 2235.4752809 114% => OK
No of words: 523.0 442.535393258 118% => OK
Chars per words: 4.86424474187 5.05705443957 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.78217453174 4.55969084622 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.75273787631 2.79657885939 98% => OK
Unique words: 246.0 215.323595506 114% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.470363288719 0.4932671777 95% => OK
syllable_count: 794.7 704.065955056 113% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 14.0 6.24550561798 224% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 1.0 4.99550561798 20% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.77640449438 0% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.38483146067 114% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 28.0 20.2370786517 138% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 23.0359550562 78% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 56.169931676 60.3974514979 93% => OK
Chars per sentence: 90.8571428571 118.986275619 76% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.6785714286 23.4991977007 79% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.46428571429 5.21951772744 105% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 7.0 7.80617977528 90% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 10.2758426966 117% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 5.13820224719 78% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 12.0 4.83258426966 248% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.414069045 0.243740707755 170% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.112725459374 0.0831039109588 136% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.13096305303 0.0758088955206 173% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.287856785899 0.150359130593 191% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.142129902594 0.0667264976115 213% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.8 14.1392134831 76% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 61.67 48.8420337079 126% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 12.1743820225 75% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.91 12.1639044944 90% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.82 8.38706741573 93% => OK
difficult_words: 109.0 100.480337079 108% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 11.8971910112 76% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 11.2143820225 82% => 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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