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 agree with the claim that the main benefit of history is dismissing the illusion that people living now are significantly different from people who lived in early times. History has a way of significantly proving that humans are not that different from their ancestors in the past. However, because the world continues to change at a rapid pace with the help of technology, it can be argued that humans are quite disparate than those in the past.
Historical events prove evidential in how people are not that different from humans in the past. History has a way of repeating itself, which can be accounted for when facing challenges in diseases. For instance, when taking a look at the current state of the world today, the coronavirus is a virus that has not been introduced in the past. However, pandemics are not new to society at large. During the 1700s, the Black Plague was a pandemic that infected and decimated the lives of many civilians. In the early 1900s, the Spanish flu infected millions worldwide. Hence, historical events of diseases prove that humans in the past and present are susceptible to illness, which makes us no different.
On the other hand, human protests today are not that different from protests in the past. For example, the peaceful protests resemble what Martin Luther King promoted in the past with regards to racial inequality. On the flip side, the violent protests resemble the late 1900s when Rodney King was inequitably killed by a police officer, which sparked burnings of buildings and stores in Los Angeles. Thus, human revolts throughout history are not quite different from modern day protests. Humans are capable of resembling people in the past. Furthermore, it is undeniable that history shows how people are not that different from people in the past.
However, it can be argued that modern day citizens are quite different from people in the past.Technology has proven to be an evolutionary tool in changing the livelihoods of many civilizations. In a world that is continuously globalizing, people are living differently than they have years ago. Due to technological advances in transportation and communication, people are living different lifestyles. In the past, history has shown that people had to walk miles to a location. Today, many people take modes of transportation, such as cars, trains, and even bikes. Additionally, our ancestors could only communicate with others by delivering messages or even through face-to-face contact. Today, smartphones and tablets are used to communicate with people from across the room to across the globe. Therefore, we are not the same as our ancestors in the past. Despite this change, I affirm that people are capable of acting the same as people in the past even with technology. Diseases and protests continue to repeat despite advances in technology.
Furthermore, I conclude that history does have a major benefit in proving that humans are not that different from humans in the past. Even with the rise of technology and changes in they way people transport and communicate, we are still apt to face similar challenges as humans in the past did, such as the rise of diseases and protesting against injustices.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 4, column 96, Rule ID: SENTENCE_WHITESPACE
Message: Add a space between sentences
Suggestion: Technology
...quite different from people in the past.Technology has proven to be an evolutionary tool i...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
furthermore, hence, however, if, look, so, still, therefore, thus, for example, for instance, such as, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 29.0 19.5258426966 149% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 12.4196629213 32% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 14.8657303371 74% => OK
Relative clauses : 26.0 11.3162921348 230% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 36.0 33.0505617978 109% => OK
Preposition: 99.0 58.6224719101 169% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 12.9106741573 39% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2691.0 2235.4752809 120% => OK
No of words: 531.0 442.535393258 120% => OK
Chars per words: 5.06779661017 5.05705443957 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.80035803286 4.55969084622 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.84129056454 2.79657885939 102% => OK
Unique words: 235.0 215.323595506 109% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.442561205273 0.4932671777 90% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 849.6 704.065955056 121% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 6.24550561798 144% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.10617977528 64% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.38483146067 160% => 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: 42.6420794378 60.3974514979 71% => OK
Chars per sentence: 96.1071428571 118.986275619 81% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.9642857143 23.4991977007 81% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.28571428571 5.21951772744 82% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 10.2758426966 78% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 5.13820224719 156% => 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: 0.263822713264 0.243740707755 108% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0830931946317 0.0831039109588 100% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0954033206754 0.0758088955206 126% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.171850763342 0.150359130593 114% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0848742421936 0.0667264976115 127% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.9 14.1392134831 84% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 53.21 48.8420337079 109% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 12.1743820225 85% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.13 12.1639044944 100% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.16 8.38706741573 97% => OK
difficult_words: 122.0 100.480337079 121% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 11.8971910112 92% => 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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