Claim: It is no longer possible for a society to regard any living man or woman as a hero.
Reason: The reputation of anyone who is subjected to media scrutiny will eventually be diminished.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim and the reason on which that claim is based.
A hero is defined as an individual who has succeeded in finding a solution to a significant dilemma that affects a large group of people. This definition is dependent on the condition that the efforts of the individual are made public to the affected group of people. Based on this definition, the criteria to characterize an individual as a hero is entirely subjective, varying based on the different possible perspectives. While it is possible to consider an individual a hero, keeping that title is the challenge that many figures over the course of history have faced. The scrutiny a public figure might face can diminish their reputation. Their history and future become available to all who are interested to learn about it, and the pressure of maintaining their heroic persona can eventually lead to their reputation's downfall.
To start, many cases throughout history have shown that individuals that appeared to start out as heroes eventually succumbed to the attention of the media to their personal lives and past choices. Many Egyptians were fooled by the hero act performed by their former leader, President Mursi. He enticed many citizens living in rural areas with gifts and promises of support in their farms and small businesses in exchange for votes. This clear bribery appeared at first to be a heroic act to those individuals in need, with President Mursi solving all of their problems instantly. The alleged kindness he displayed was only a facade that quickly faded after he assumed office and started making decisions against the best interest of Egypt and its citizens, in his quest to greatness. Former Egyptian President Mursi's deceptive hero act was quickly scrutinized and exposed by the Egyptian media, and the consequences that followed cost him his position and reputation, not to mention his country's stability.
Furthermore, a recent notable example of another leader scrambling to maintain their fragile image as the Democratic women's hero is the United States' Vice President Kamala Harris, who's campaign started out with her at the forefront of empowering American woman, but the pressure of maintaining that image, as well as the heavy scrutiny of Republican media resulted in the decline of her popularity as a presidential candidate. While she attempted to appear confident in her potential for winning office, the reality was that her attitude in the media was viewed as controlling and dismissive of Americans' concerns. She failed to live up to the hero image she aimed to fulfil, turning herself into an inattentive presidential candidate who appears to value her opinions over her consistuents' concerns. In other words, in her attempt to remain the hero, she inadvertently became the villain.
The ultimate challenge for any hero is to withstand the test of time, and remain a hero despite the attempts of media and even journalists to twist their image. While no individual is perfect, those under the scrutiny of the public must aim and achieve perfection, as well as maintain it, with great care to craft their image of their past, present and future. With these difficult standards, it's hard to imagine anyone can be considered a hero for more than a moment in time.
Comments
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, furthermore, if, so, well, while, as well as, in other words
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 19.5258426966 87% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 12.4196629213 48% => OK
Conjunction : 16.0 14.8657303371 108% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 11.3162921348 115% => OK
Pronoun: 52.0 33.0505617978 157% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 84.0 58.6224719101 143% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 12.9106741573 77% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2697.0 2235.4752809 121% => OK
No of words: 527.0 442.535393258 119% => OK
Chars per words: 5.11764705882 5.05705443957 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.79129216042 4.55969084622 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.79183822772 2.79657885939 100% => OK
Unique words: 278.0 215.323595506 129% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.527514231499 0.4932671777 107% => OK
syllable_count: 876.6 704.065955056 125% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 6.24550561798 128% => OK
Article: 7.0 4.99550561798 140% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.77640449438 225% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 7.0 4.38483146067 160% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 20.2370786517 94% => OK
Sentence length: 27.0 23.0359550562 117% => OK
Sentence length SD: 73.4255610764 60.3974514979 122% => OK
Chars per sentence: 141.947368421 118.986275619 119% => OK
Words per sentence: 27.7368421053 23.4991977007 118% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.78947368421 5.21951772744 73% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.97078651685 80% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 7.80617977528 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 16.0 10.2758426966 156% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 5.13820224719 19% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.83258426966 41% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.131347915652 0.243740707755 54% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0437672302678 0.0831039109588 53% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0259956146613 0.0758088955206 34% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0831907095474 0.150359130593 55% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0209946188183 0.0667264976115 31% => 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: 16.6 14.1392134831 117% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 35.61 48.8420337079 73% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 15.0 12.1743820225 123% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.71 12.1639044944 104% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.71 8.38706741573 116% => OK
difficult_words: 158.0 100.480337079 157% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 11.8971910112 101% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.8 11.2143820225 114% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.7820224719 110% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Better to have 5/6 paragraphs with 3/4 arguments. And try always support/against one side but compare two sides, like this:
para 1: introduction
para 2: reason 1. address both of the views presented for reason 1
para 3: reason 2. address both of the views presented for reason 2
para 4: reason 3. address both of the views presented for reason 3
para 5: reason 4. address both of the views presented for reason 4 (optional)
para 6: conclusion.
Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, furthermore, if, so, well, while, as well as, in other words
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 19.5258426966 87% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 12.4196629213 48% => OK
Conjunction : 16.0 14.8657303371 108% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 11.3162921348 115% => OK
Pronoun: 52.0 33.0505617978 157% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 84.0 58.6224719101 143% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 12.9106741573 77% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2697.0 2235.4752809 121% => OK
No of words: 527.0 442.535393258 119% => OK
Chars per words: 5.11764705882 5.05705443957 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.79129216042 4.55969084622 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.79183822772 2.79657885939 100% => OK
Unique words: 278.0 215.323595506 129% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.527514231499 0.4932671777 107% => OK
syllable_count: 876.6 704.065955056 125% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 6.24550561798 128% => OK
Article: 7.0 4.99550561798 140% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.77640449438 225% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 7.0 4.38483146067 160% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 20.2370786517 94% => OK
Sentence length: 27.0 23.0359550562 117% => OK
Sentence length SD: 73.4255610764 60.3974514979 122% => OK
Chars per sentence: 141.947368421 118.986275619 119% => OK
Words per sentence: 27.7368421053 23.4991977007 118% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.78947368421 5.21951772744 73% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.97078651685 80% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 7.80617977528 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 16.0 10.2758426966 156% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 5.13820224719 19% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.83258426966 41% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.131347915652 0.243740707755 54% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0437672302678 0.0831039109588 53% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0259956146613 0.0758088955206 34% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0831907095474 0.150359130593 55% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0209946188183 0.0667264976115 31% => 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: 16.6 14.1392134831 117% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 35.61 48.8420337079 73% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 15.0 12.1743820225 123% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.71 12.1639044944 104% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.71 8.38706741573 116% => OK
difficult_words: 158.0 100.480337079 157% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 11.8971910112 101% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.8 11.2143820225 114% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.7820224719 110% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Better to have 5/6 paragraphs with 3/4 arguments. And try always support/against one side but compare two sides, like this:
para 1: introduction
para 2: reason 1. address both of the views presented for reason 1
para 3: reason 2. address both of the views presented for reason 2
para 4: reason 3. address both of the views presented for reason 3
para 5: reason 4. address both of the views presented for reason 4 (optional)
para 6: conclusion.
Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.