"As long as people in a society are hungry or out of work or lack the basic skills needed to
survive, the use of public resources to support the arts is inappropriate---and, perhaps, even
cruel---when one considers all the potential uses of such money."
The prompt asserts that using public money to facilitate and encourage arts is ill-suited in a society which is suffering from various diseases like hunger and lack of survival skills. It might be tempting to agree with this declaration because art is not a fundamental need and there is enough doubt on the intent of the Government. However, the prompt overlooks certain economic and societal benefits that could be enhanced if the Government endorses art.
The prompt is based on the assumption that arts has no positive effect on the society. Nothing can be far from the truth. There are many art-based industries which contribute towards employment and wealth generation for a country. For instance, the film industry gives livelihood to a lot of people. Films when broadcasted in foreign countries also generate foreign currency for the nation. Again, many indigenous crafts attract tourism and support the local economy. The Government should encourage and facilitate local arts and crafts to uplift local artisans and overall strengthen the economy. And in many cases it has been successful. For instance, Madhubani painting is an intricate artform practiced by many poor artisans in an obscure region in India and it was slowly dying. The Indian Government has facilitated in marketing and creating awareness for this artform. Now those paintings are sold at a very high price in the international market and the artisan community along with the artform is thriving. Also, Government sponsored Museums are tourist attraction and generates jobs and money for the people. So, to declare that use of public resources to support arts is meaningless as it has no potential benefit, is specious at best.
Apart from that, arts also have many intangible benefits. Arts is indispensable element of a society. Arts mirrors and reshapes the ideals and the aspirations of a society. It was various literature by the likes of Voltaire that caused the French revolution. In recent history, the films and the novels have not only reflected the virtues and aspirations of the society but also remodelled it. Also, arts is imperative to maintaining the general well-being of human being. Music soothes the mind and helps in enhancing productivity. General art makes us kinder, compassionate and more cooperative. For a society to flourish these positive values should be given importance.
But it is true there would always be doubt on the Government’s usage of the public money. The government might use this fund to strengthen its own propaganda. Again, too much investment of public money on arts neglecting other vices of the nation would be detrimental. Probably usage of public fund for arts should be moderated and it should be on specific areas of arts which would provide maximum benefit to the society.
| Post date | Users | Rates | Link to Content |
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| 2019-09-03 | anurag007archi | 50 | view |
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, if, look, so, then, well, apart from, for instance, in many cases, it is true
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 28.0 19.5258426966 143% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 12.4196629213 97% => OK
Conjunction : 24.0 14.8657303371 161% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 11.3162921348 88% => OK
Pronoun: 21.0 33.0505617978 64% => OK
Preposition: 49.0 58.6224719101 84% => OK
Nominalization: 18.0 12.9106741573 139% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2373.0 2235.4752809 106% => OK
No of words: 455.0 442.535393258 103% => OK
Chars per words: 5.21538461538 5.05705443957 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.61852021839 4.55969084622 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.8485466627 2.79657885939 102% => OK
Unique words: 238.0 215.323595506 111% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.523076923077 0.4932671777 106% => OK
syllable_count: 743.4 704.065955056 106% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 6.24550561798 32% => OK
Article: 8.0 4.99550561798 160% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 3.10617977528 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.38483146067 68% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 29.0 20.2370786517 143% => OK
Sentence length: 15.0 23.0359550562 65% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 36.9588581238 60.3974514979 61% => OK
Chars per sentence: 81.8275862069 118.986275619 69% => OK
Words per sentence: 15.6896551724 23.4991977007 67% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.34482758621 5.21951772744 64% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.97078651685 80% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 7.80617977528 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 21.0 10.2758426966 204% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 5.13820224719 58% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.83258426966 103% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.147418679047 0.243740707755 60% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0384989364639 0.0831039109588 46% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0455218526618 0.0758088955206 60% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0984725283498 0.150359130593 65% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0270841895378 0.0667264976115 41% => 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: 11.0 14.1392134831 78% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 56.25 48.8420337079 115% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 12.1743820225 75% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.7 12.1639044944 104% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.24 8.38706741573 110% => OK
difficult_words: 140.0 100.480337079 139% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 11.8971910112 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.0 11.2143820225 71% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.7820224719 93% => 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: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 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.