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
might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.
From ancient times human lifestyle has evolved significantly. From the very basic human nature, curiosity about ancient civilizations is an imperative factor of history. In the current world, one of the main intriguing dilemmas is to comprehend the ancient civilizations, their people, and on which ground those peoples’ life played around. Sometimes we set our sublime canon based on the famous people in history. The above prompt sets out that efficacy of the study of history are to dispel the illusion that people from earlier times are different from the people living now. While I concede the fact that people in earlier times have some differences from the people in current times, in my opinion, I mostly agree that people in earlier times are not so much different from the people in ancient times.
To begin with, people’s life in ancient times were not so much different from the present day. People had the same political and phycological dilemmas in their life as present-day people. People’s life was mostly dependent on the society in which they lives. For example, most of the people’s life was played out in a particular political reign. Though in the present day we live in a democratic society, our life mostly depends on political think tanks in one way or another. Like ancient times our life is not free from the psychological dilemma of everyday life. The above example illustrates that though they lived in ancient times their life was not so much different than others. Our lives are still playing out in the same intertwined manner that had played out several hundred years before. Though the form of the political situation is changed in our society the effects on most of the people in the society remain unchanged.
Furthermore, in the present day, people’s life is still going through the same predicaments as the ancient times. Though their form had changed over time their circumstances remain unchanged. People who wanted to transcend in their life faced the same problems as those today. For example, William Shakespeare was an eminent poet of the Victorian era but he had to face deprecatory comments from contemporary people for his unorthodox poems. Many scholars who are now hailed as prominent author was mostly ignored by their contemporary people. One exam is Michale Madhusudan Dutt. He was scorned for his unconventional poetry and largely ignored by his people but he is now lionized by many. Similarly, in today’s world, many people struggle for their dream to rise above everyone where most of them failed and are largely ignored by many. The above examples show that the struggles over the name are still an unchanging quandary over time though their form changes to a certain extent. In today’s world, technological development made it possible to reach more people than before but getting accepted is still a very constant factor for many people.
However, people's life has evolved significantly over time. Technological development and scientific breakthrough made our life more sophisticated and easy. Things that seems impossible several hundred years ago is now an everyday commodity. For example, several hundred years ago people’s life expectancy was significantly less in today's perspective. Through medical innovation, we have concurred many deceases which were untreatable in the previous era. In ancient times malaria is a life-threatening disease that is now curable in the modern world. Furthermore, society is more peaceful than in ancient times. People’s lives in the ancient era were embroiled in war, diseases, etc but in the modern world, people’s life becomes more peaceful other than an occasional spike. The above examples show that society became more sophisticated and aplomb than before. In our modern society, we learn the futility of pandemonium through history and predicted to change our lifestyle through science and technology.
Despite these reasons, the illusion that our society is significantly different than before has its merit but such differences are overshadowed by the similarities which are far more conspicuous in nature. So the study of history profoundly dispels the illusion that people living now are significantly different from people who lived in earlier times.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 254, Rule ID: NON3PRS_VERB[2]
Message: The pronoun 'they' must be used with a non-third-person form of a verb: 'live'
Suggestion: live
... dependent on the society in which they lives. For example, most of the people’s life...
^^^^^
Line 3, column 675, Rule ID: RATHER_THEN[2]
Message: Did you mean 'different 'from''? 'Different than' is often considered colloquial style.
Suggestion: from
...es their life was not so much different than others. Our lives are still playing out...
^^^^
Line 3, column 801, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “Though” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
...layed out several hundred years before. Though the form of the political situation is ...
^^^^^^
Line 5, column 116, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “Though” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
...same predicaments as the ancient times. Though their form had changed over time their ...
^^^^^^
Line 9, column 81, Rule ID: RATHER_THEN[2]
Message: Did you mean 'different 'from''? 'Different than' is often considered colloquial style.
Suggestion: from
... our society is significantly different than before has its merit but such differenc...
^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, furthermore, however, if, similarly, so, still, while, for example, in my opinion, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 33.0 19.5258426966 169% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 0.0 12.4196629213 0% => OK
Conjunction : 15.0 14.8657303371 101% => OK
Relative clauses : 20.0 11.3162921348 177% => OK
Pronoun: 51.0 33.0505617978 154% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 100.0 58.6224719101 171% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 12.9106741573 39% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3608.0 2235.4752809 161% => OK
No of words: 686.0 442.535393258 155% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.25947521866 5.05705443957 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.11777311996 4.55969084622 112% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.81050772411 2.79657885939 100% => OK
Unique words: 280.0 215.323595506 130% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.408163265306 0.4932671777 83% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 1149.3 704.065955056 163% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 6.24550561798 112% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 13.0 4.38483146067 296% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 37.0 20.2370786517 183% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 23.0359550562 78% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 42.0595077406 60.3974514979 70% => OK
Chars per sentence: 97.5135135135 118.986275619 82% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.5405405405 23.4991977007 79% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.72972972973 5.21951772744 52% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 7.80617977528 64% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 10.2758426966 117% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 5.13820224719 97% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 20.0 4.83258426966 414% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.298335333885 0.243740707755 122% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.084462931344 0.0831039109588 102% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.102193833067 0.0758088955206 135% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.223485392655 0.150359130593 149% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.122903486657 0.0667264976115 184% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.6 14.1392134831 89% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 44.75 48.8420337079 92% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 12.1743820225 94% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.23 12.1639044944 109% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.03 8.38706741573 96% => OK
difficult_words: 152.0 100.480337079 151% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 11.8971910112 71% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 11.2143820225 82% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => 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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