To understand the most important characteristics of a society, one must study its major cities.
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.
“What is society”? Research has shown that society is made up of its people, therefore, its people are society. However the critics had argued that characteristics of a society can be studied by its major cities only when all cities are uniform. The prompt presents an opinion on studying the major cities would help understanding the features of a society. In my view, I strongly disagree with this argument. The reasons for my critical assessment for the prompt are mentioned in following paragraphs.
First of all, does the economic status such as poverty ratio, inequality per cent age and physical infrastructure of major cities exemplify the characteristics of a whole society? Of course not. For instance, the availability of rapid metro, AC buses and well-connected rail network in major cities of Uttar Pradesh (UP) such as Lucknow and Agra does hide true nature of a State. The other cities of UP are not connected even by road and most of the villages in some cities do not have electricity. Further, in the state of Karnataka, the city of Bangalore, which is known as Silicon Valley, its major city cannot delineate the characteristics of a state as a whole. This city has largest number of IT companies, bio technology companies, finance and banking and has largest employment rate with minor crime rates. But its other cities such as Mandya, Mangalore and Mysore do not have any of these features. Both the examples prove that study of major cities does not help understanding the features of a society. It matters because other cities which are anomaly or at divergence with major cities must be studied for a comprehensive view.
Secondly, does the education level help understand the literate characteristics of a society? It can but only for those who wants to have a limited perspective. For instance the state of Tamil Nadu comes under top 5 states of India consistently ranked for literate population. But its other cities such as Trichy and Madurai has worst performance in literacy which is contradictory to its whole average. Further the state of Kerela which has ranked no. 1 continuously for more than 11 years for its education and literacy has cities such as Trivendrum where its citizen do not have even elementary school education. Both the instances validate the view of studying other cities as well. It is significant since major cities emphasises only the average part which can be misleading.
Thirdly, does the study of culture of major cities give the overall characteristics of a society? Yes, but only when the city has only one uniform culture which is not possible today because of globalisation. For instance the study of Delhi can deceive someone that being the capital of India it is safe and it has higher per capita income. However, detailed study of its other parts will show that the crime against women is highest in this city and it is the city which holds highest number of indigent people. Further the study of major cities of Kolkata will exhibit that the culture of Kolkata is influenced by rituals of Lord Durga and practising having non vegetarian foods during cultural festivals. However, other parts of Kolkata such as Jalpaiguri and Howrah would present a case where people abstain from non-vegetarian during festivals and they practice religion based on Lord Shiva which is entirely different from that of major city. Both the cases justify that religion and food habits cannot be understand just by going through major cities. It is appreciable due to the overwhelming divergence between the cities which cannot be interpreted just by major cities.
Of course some would argue that major cities has the potential to highlight the macro characteristics of a society such as by analysing Mumbai, one can understand the cosmopolitan culture which has high income, practice liberal views in religion and prefer eating outside of home. However, careful analysis of the same city would reveal that in that same city it is ransacked due to communal or religious riots and it is the city where people do not have a food to survive on some occasion. Therefore, study of other cities along with that of major city can help researchers understand the features of a society.
Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: However,
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Message: The verb 'help' is used with infinitive: 'to understand' or 'understand'.
Suggestion: to understand; understand
...on studying the major cities would help understanding the features of a society. In my view, ...
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Message: A determiner is probably missing here: 'has the largest'.
Suggestion: has the largest
...istics of a state as a whole. This city has largest number of IT companies, bio technology ...
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Message: A determiner is probably missing here: 'has the largest'.
Suggestion: has the largest
...logy companies, finance and banking and has largest employment rate with minor crime rates....
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Message: The verb 'help' is used with infinitive: 'to understand' or 'understand'.
Suggestion: to understand; understand
...hat study of major cities does not help understanding the features of a society. It matters b...
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Message: A determiner is probably missing here: 'has the worst'.
Suggestion: has the worst
...other cities such as Trichy and Madurai has worst performance in literacy which is contra...
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Message: A determiner is probably missing here: 'holds the highest'.
Suggestion: holds the highest
...t in this city and it is the city which holds highest number of indigent people. Further the ...
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Message: Uncountable nouns are usually not used with an indefinite article. Use simply 'food'.
Suggestion: food
...it is the city where people do not have a food to survive on some occasion. Therefore,...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, however, if, second, secondly, so, therefore, third, thirdly, well, for instance, of course, such as, first of all, in my view
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 25.0 19.5258426966 128% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 16.0 12.4196629213 129% => OK
Conjunction : 23.0 14.8657303371 155% => OK
Relative clauses : 28.0 11.3162921348 247% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 41.0 33.0505617978 124% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 87.0 58.6224719101 148% => OK
Nominalization: 15.0 12.9106741573 116% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3538.0 2235.4752809 158% => OK
No of words: 708.0 442.535393258 160% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.99717514124 5.05705443957 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.15832040409 4.55969084622 113% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.81376635728 2.79657885939 101% => OK
Unique words: 309.0 215.323595506 144% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.436440677966 0.4932671777 88% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 1156.5 704.065955056 164% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 6.24550561798 128% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 3.10617977528 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 3.0 1.77640449438 169% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.38483146067 91% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 34.0 20.2370786517 168% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 23.0359550562 87% => OK
Sentence length SD: 56.3366364722 60.3974514979 93% => OK
Chars per sentence: 104.058823529 118.986275619 87% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.8235294118 23.4991977007 89% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.05882352941 5.21951772744 78% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 8.0 7.80617977528 102% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 10.2758426966 107% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 12.0 5.13820224719 234% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 11.0 4.83258426966 228% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.182872187139 0.243740707755 75% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0614898744026 0.0831039109588 74% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0357583239865 0.0758088955206 47% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.129211671301 0.150359130593 86% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0200903843631 0.0667264976115 30% => 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: 12.5 14.1392134831 88% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 51.18 48.8420337079 105% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 12.1743820225 91% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.72 12.1639044944 96% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.35 8.38706741573 100% => OK
difficult_words: 167.0 100.480337079 166% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.0 11.8971910112 59% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.2143820225 89% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => 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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