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.

The speaker asserts that the identification with social groups is the determining factor that allows individuals to define themselves, and I agree with this opinion. Admittedly, some individuals may be independent enough to define themselves without being influenced by others, but for most people, their identification is influenced by their social groups.

There is no denying that people who have beliefs in themselves may not define themselves based on their social groups. Such individuals often have strong mental power, critical thinking, and the ambition to fulfill their goals. For supporting examples one needs look no further than Martin Luther King who led the black movement in the last century. At that moment, African Americans were severely discriminated against by the society, but Martin Luther King, a member of African Americans, was not influenced by such stereotypes. He defined himself and other African Americans as the equal members of the American society, and in order to achieve this goal, he gave a myriad of speeches to simulate African Americans. Therefore, the existence of Martin Luther King proves that people’s self-evaluation may not be totally defined by their social groups, but defined by themselves in some conditions.

Nevertheless, not all individuals have such power to define themselves without being influenced by social groups. To begin with, individuals desire to acquire a sense of confidence by linking their identity with some social groups. The development of labor unions may be an exemplification of this point why people want to define themselves as members of social groups. When employees suffer maltreatment by employers, there are some ways in which they can seek help, and asking help from labor unions is an excellent option. After all, many employers may not choose to fight against labor unions because this social group has a huge quantity of members, and when they make claims jointly, their voice may be heard of by the government which may punish employers severely. Therefore, when people define themselves as the member of a social group, they actually intend to gain support from that social group.

The phenomenon that people’s identification is influenced by social groups is also determined when they are children. After children get the ability to speak, parents and teachers will teach children abundant knowledge including history, culture, language, and other things. During this process, children will gradually develop a sense of belonging to the nation or the country they live in. For people who come from the United Kingdom, they will be proud of themselves by linking their identity with their social group, a group of people of the United Kingdom, because their social group has a long history and a unique culture. Such a notion is developed when people begin to speak and learn, and therefore, most people may not be able to totally get rid of the influence of their social groups, and therefore their identification is also influenced by their social groups.

To sum up, people’s identification is indeed influenced by people’s social groups, considering the fact that people intend to gain power and confidence by recognizing themselves as members of some social groups. Also, most people are taught that they are members of a social group at an early age, and such education significantly influences their identification.

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, if, look, may, nevertheless, so, therefore, after all, to begin with, to sum up

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 23.0 19.5258426966 118% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 12.4196629213 97% => OK
Conjunction : 18.0 14.8657303371 121% => OK
Relative clauses : 19.0 11.3162921348 168% => OK
Pronoun: 49.0 33.0505617978 148% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 77.0 58.6224719101 131% => OK
Nominalization: 18.0 12.9106741573 139% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2888.0 2235.4752809 129% => OK
No of words: 542.0 442.535393258 122% => OK
Chars per words: 5.32841328413 5.05705443957 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.82502781895 4.55969084622 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.85943099899 2.79657885939 102% => OK
Unique words: 236.0 215.323595506 110% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.435424354244 0.4932671777 88% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 878.4 704.065955056 125% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 6.24550561798 96% => OK
Article: 6.0 4.99550561798 120% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 12.0 1.77640449438 676% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 7.0 4.38483146067 160% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 21.0 20.2370786517 104% => OK
Sentence length: 25.0 23.0359550562 109% => OK
Sentence length SD: 44.246680186 60.3974514979 73% => OK
Chars per sentence: 137.523809524 118.986275619 116% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.8095238095 23.4991977007 110% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.7619047619 5.21951772744 91% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 7.80617977528 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 10.2758426966 107% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 5.13820224719 58% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.83258426966 145% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.207999898812 0.243740707755 85% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0857986867047 0.0831039109588 103% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0774185185982 0.0758088955206 102% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.151083491563 0.150359130593 100% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0577184231409 0.0667264976115 87% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.6 14.1392134831 117% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 46.1 48.8420337079 94% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.0 12.1743820225 107% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.93 12.1639044944 115% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.05 8.38706741573 96% => OK
difficult_words: 109.0 100.480337079 108% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 11.8971910112 97% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 11.2143820225 107% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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