Some people believe that government funding of the arts is necessary to ensure that the arts can flourish and be available to all people. Others believe that government funding of the arts threatens the integrity of the arts.
Write a response in which you discuss which view more closely aligns with your own position and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should address both of the views presented.
A government is involved in diverse aspects of people's lives, including art fields. Some might contend that government funding of the art is crucial to ensure that the arts can succeed and be readily accessible by the public. However, in the following essay, I will argue that in most cases, government funding of the arts may harm the integrity of arts.
Admittedly, in some cases, the government's financial support for the arts would be helpful for the arts to be prosperous. With the government's sponsorship, the people can gain more access to the arts. For example, during World War I, the United States army sent eight artists to record the expeditionary force in France. The government's support opened many doors for the artists to take and draw pictures of the vivid and candid scenes of the war. By seeing the art pieces, the public could learn how the war was severe and grasp the significance of the historical events. Thus, when people are mired in difficulties, the government should make the art more readily available to many people. Such government funding is beneficial not only to the artists but also to the public. As we can see from this compelling evidence, government funding of the art is essential to the arts' successful growth.
Despite the aforementioned example, government funding of the arts threatens the artists' integrity. Throughout history, the government has compelled artists to convey political messages through their artworks in many cases. Take the Cultural Revolution in China, for example, the government manipulates the artists to herald the ideology of communism and revolution. Notably, the "eight model plays" gained much public attention due to their communist themes. Also, many artists should place Mao Zedong on a pedestal, and no other types of works were not allowed to produce as the government strongly censured every piece of artwork. Art should be a form of expression by the artists themselves, but in such cases, individuals' will and freedom are restricted. In addition, the artworks under the government's sponsorships can reflect the political purpose and propaganda on behalf of the government benefits. Such government funding should be suspended to keep the arts' integrity intact. Therefore, government investment in arts can have an adverse effect on the arts' purity and virtue as it impedes their freedom of expression.
Since the government takes a toll on the integrity of the arts, society often replaces the government's role in financially supporting the arts, which may reap more benefits. In general, the government may set a budget and place more priorities on certain areas other than the arts. In such cases, art funding might not be given precedence, so citizens should financially support the artists. During the Renaissance, the Medici Family played a significant role in sponsoring art and architecture. As artists created their works once they received commissions in advance, the funds from the Medici were indispensable. In Florence, the Medici Family members and patronage supported the distinguished artists in their era, such as Leonardo Da Vinci. In Rome, the Medici members made it a family tradition to help other artists, including Michelangelo and Raphael. Thus, if the government's funding does not meet the demands of artists and mars the arts' integrity, the citizens should intervene to resolve the issue. In this regard, artworks would thrive the most when funded by society because private funding guarantees freedom of expression.
In brief, although government investment in arts can be beneficent in some cases, the funding of the arts may hurt the integrity of the arts in more cases. Thus, political involvement should be hampered.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, if, may, so, therefore, thus, for example, in addition, in brief, in general, such as, in many cases, in most cases, in some cases
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 19.5258426966 87% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 24.0 12.4196629213 193% => OK
Conjunction : 16.0 14.8657303371 108% => OK
Relative clauses : 6.0 11.3162921348 53% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 17.0 33.0505617978 51% => OK
Preposition: 78.0 58.6224719101 133% => OK
Nominalization: 30.0 12.9106741573 232% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3151.0 2235.4752809 141% => OK
No of words: 598.0 442.535393258 135% => OK
Chars per words: 5.26923076923 5.05705443957 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.94510247834 4.55969084622 108% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.87296274689 2.79657885939 103% => OK
Unique words: 274.0 215.323595506 127% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.458193979933 0.4932671777 93% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 964.8 704.065955056 137% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 6.24550561798 16% => OK
Article: 18.0 4.99550561798 360% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 6.0 3.10617977528 193% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 16.0 4.38483146067 365% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 31.0 20.2370786517 153% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 23.0359550562 82% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 27.1919985783 60.3974514979 45% => The essay contains lots of sentences with the similar length. More sentence varieties wanted.
Chars per sentence: 101.64516129 118.986275619 85% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.2903225806 23.4991977007 82% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.83870967742 5.21951772744 93% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 6.0 7.80617977528 77% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 21.0 10.2758426966 204% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 5.13820224719 117% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.83258426966 83% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.464125971424 0.243740707755 190% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.1447275174 0.0831039109588 174% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.117698245895 0.0758088955206 155% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.341833758674 0.150359130593 227% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0842539161085 0.0667264976115 126% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.0 14.1392134831 92% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 52.19 48.8420337079 107% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 12.1743820225 88% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.29 12.1639044944 109% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.59 8.38706741573 102% => OK
difficult_words: 152.0 100.480337079 151% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 11.8971910112 67% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 11.2143820225 86% => 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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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.