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 mightnot hold true and explain how these considerations
shape your position.
The speaker asserts that the main benefit of the study of history is to dispel the illusion that people living in the current days are dramatically different from people who lived in the past. While the statement raises some valid points, it is still too extreme.
We shall admit that people living currently are the same to the ones living in the past in some aspects. Some personalities and humanities are consistent, no matter how dramatically the world has changed. For instance, the evil personalities like selfish, sloth and greedy as well as some merits like kindness and compassion are always unchanged. Besides, the nature of pursuing better lives will not disappear as time goes on. Fr example, the desire for democracy and freedom exists all the time. That’s why some radical revolts, such as the movement which engender Civil Rights Act and some feminism movements, may emerge when people feel discriminated. Under these scenarios, the difference between people in the earlier times and the current ones can be considered as illusion.
However, we should avoid taking the statement to the extreme. The disparities between people in the past and the ones nowadays do exist in most aspects. Firstly, there are a myriad of changes in the morality aspect. For example, the status of women has significantly changed. They are submissive to the males in the past while independent nowadays. Besides, the lifestyle has also greatly changed. People could merely communicate with others by writing letters in the past, while they can keep in touch with others by sending e-mails and messages in the current days. It also holds for the changes of the traffic tools. They mostly went out by horse and buggy in the past while use automobiles nowadays. Therefore, it is hasty to regard the great changes from the past to the current days as illusion.
What’ more, it is also tenuous to argue that the main function of the study of history is to dispel the illusion of the difference between the past days and nowadays. The main benefit of the history study is to help us deal with current problems. For instance, Warsaw’s kneel represents that German concedes the mistakes. And the leader of the country may avoid making similar mistakes once committed through this history. And Joan of Arc, a selfless woman who showed her patriotism in the war, has taught<span style="font-size: 1.1em;"> us that we should always make our contributions to our countries. Hence, the two examples both </span>demonstrate<span style="font-size: 1.1em;"> that the main benefit of the history is to help us tackle the current problems and avoid making similar mistakes once committed.</span><br>
Overall, even though some characters are unchanged from the past to now, there are still numerous changes as time going, and the main benefits of the study of history is the help to our lives nowadays rather than dispelling the illusion mentioned in the statement.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 9, column 175, Rule ID: THERE_RE_MANY[3]
Message: Possible agreement error. Did you mean 'myriads'?
Suggestion: myriads
...t in most aspects. Firstly, there are a myriad of changes in the morality aspect. For ...
^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, besides, but, first, firstly, hence, however, if, may, so, still, therefore, well, while, for example, for instance, such as, as well as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 19.5258426966 87% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 12.4196629213 72% => OK
Conjunction : 14.0 14.8657303371 94% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 11.3162921348 97% => OK
Pronoun: 26.0 33.0505617978 79% => OK
Preposition: 70.0 58.6224719101 119% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 12.9106741573 70% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2508.0 2235.4752809 112% => OK
No of words: 485.0 442.535393258 110% => OK
Chars per words: 5.17113402062 5.05705443957 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.69283662038 4.55969084622 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.05214956424 2.79657885939 109% => OK
Unique words: 233.0 215.323595506 108% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.480412371134 0.4932671777 97% => OK
syllable_count: 766.8 704.065955056 109% => 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: 11.0 4.99550561798 220% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.77640449438 169% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 4.38483146067 23% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 25.0 20.2370786517 124% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 23.0359550562 82% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 88.3993122145 60.3974514979 146% => OK
Chars per sentence: 100.32 118.986275619 84% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.4 23.4991977007 83% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.68 5.21951772744 109% => 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 : 7.0 5.13820224719 136% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 10.0 4.83258426966 207% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.251884839015 0.243740707755 103% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0611941212221 0.0831039109588 74% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0913158330495 0.0758088955206 120% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.172600029895 0.150359130593 115% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.103883722342 0.0667264976115 156% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.6 14.1392134831 89% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 52.19 48.8420337079 107% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 12.1743820225 88% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.71 12.1639044944 104% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.26 8.38706741573 98% => OK
difficult_words: 113.0 100.480337079 112% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 11.8971910112 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 11.2143820225 86% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.7820224719 110% => 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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