The main benefit of the study of history is to dispel the illusion that people living now are significantly different from people who lived in earlier times.
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 your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.
I disagree with the view presented in the argument - study of history is to dispel the illusion that people living now are significantly different from those who lived in the earlier times. It is so for the following reasons:
There are 8 billion people currently inhabiting this planet. More have existed before us and many more are yet to come. If there is any one thing that binds us all that would undoubtedly be our history. Our pedecessors’ present is our history and our present will the future history. As the Zen aphorism goes-time flows backwards. It truly does!
The first Neanderthal Man appeared almost sixteen thousand years ago. The modern civilization has studied this and will continue to do so to know its origins. Where did we come from? How did we evolve? Are we any different from what we were earlier? Will we differ from our characteristics in the future? The historical studies reveal this and much more.
Through the studies we realised that man ingenuity is hard-wired. Our needs necessitated innovation sixteen years back and these still drive our creativity and industries. Our early civilizations from Indus Valley, Egypt tell us that human tended to form societies and we still do. Also, the nature of socities evolved throughout time and will continue to evolve further. Be it the provincial settlements of the long lost civilisation or our currently radically networked virtual societies. These are just two of many inherent characteristics of man haven’t changed over time which the study of history has proved.
Studying history provides invaluable lessons so that we donot repeat our mistakes. This is pertinent because history repeats! The social circumstances change but people and their nature does not change. Formation of United Nations is an quintessential example of learning from history. It was formed to not repeat the atrocities of post World War I.
The study of history also in fact to tell us how are values have evolved through history and shaped us as a society. This is a point that I may partly concede in the favour of the view in question. Our freedom struggles were based on values of equality, justice, fraternity but we see those are degrading somewhere today. However, we still
Lastly I think history helps us understand our world as it is today and constantly gives us insights to build a better tomorrow. Thus, I think studying history is not to dispel the illusion of differences but to celebrate the evolution of our civilization.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, however, if, lastly, may, so, still, thus, as for, i think, in fact
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 22.0 19.5258426966 113% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 12.4196629213 48% => OK
Conjunction : 16.0 14.8657303371 108% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 11.3162921348 88% => OK
Pronoun: 58.0 33.0505617978 175% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 44.0 58.6224719101 75% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 12.9106741573 62% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2105.0 2235.4752809 94% => OK
No of words: 417.0 442.535393258 94% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.0479616307 5.05705443957 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.5189133491 4.55969084622 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.86406803236 2.79657885939 102% => OK
Unique words: 231.0 215.323595506 107% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.553956834532 0.4932671777 112% => OK
syllable_count: 665.1 704.065955056 94% => 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: 6.0 4.99550561798 120% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.10617977528 64% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.77640449438 0% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 4.38483146067 23% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 28.0 20.2370786517 138% => OK
Sentence length: 14.0 23.0359550562 61% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 37.5479285551 60.3974514979 62% => OK
Chars per sentence: 75.1785714286 118.986275619 63% => OK
Words per sentence: 14.8928571429 23.4991977007 63% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.03571428571 5.21951772744 58% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 7.0 4.97078651685 141% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 8.0 7.80617977528 102% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 10.2758426966 68% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 5.13820224719 97% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 16.0 4.83258426966 331% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.182141008373 0.243740707755 75% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0490938224713 0.0831039109588 59% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0966688287278 0.0758088955206 128% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.117478321458 0.150359130593 78% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.137580460454 0.0667264976115 206% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 9.8 14.1392134831 69% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 57.27 48.8420337079 117% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.8 12.1743820225 72% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.42 12.1639044944 94% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.53 8.38706741573 102% => OK
difficult_words: 111.0 100.480337079 110% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 6.5 11.8971910112 55% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 7.6 11.2143820225 68% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Maximum six paragraphs wanted.
Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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