To understand the most important characteristics of a society, one must study its major cities.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 deve

Major cities are the most appealing parts of a society. However, they are just like cake toppings. They give people the first impression, but obviously they are not the most important part for a cake. Similarly, major cities, though fascinating, only reflect partially what a society really is.

I concede that this statement partially holds true, since major cities are the name cards of a society. As hubs of cultural, political and economic activities, major cities are crucial lens to investigate a society; moreover, they are highly diversified- people from different walks of life gather in major cities, making it a good site to observe various lifestyles in a society. As a result, major cities reflect some of the most important facets of a society- how it is functioned and how diversified it is.

However, to gain a more comprehensive understanding of most important characteristics of a society, merely studying major cities cannot yield to satisfying results. I am assured that, smaller cities as well as the rural areas are also important sites that one must not miss. Firstly, there is vast population in the countryside. If, for example, we hope to understand that why people in a society vote to a certain politician, excluding rural areas will miss a great majority of its people. Secondly, people in major cities may not necessarily embody the core values of a society. For example, due to the suburbanization of American, now white middle class are densely populated in small towns or the countryside. Generally speaking, they are who represent the mainstream values of American society, so instead of focusing solely on big cities on the west coast, it is better to look into how people in those small towns think and react. For example, in the 2016 presidential election, surveys reveal a sharp divide between urban cores and rural communities- the electoral maps attest that the blue (Democratic) clusters are in cities and the Republican support is strongest in the vast lands of rural America. Urban and rural America is increasing polarized, so if we merely study what had happened in major cities, we are sure to fail to figure out what most people in American society is thinking about.

Furthermore, many societies suffer from uneven development, bringing about drastic differences in urban and rural areas. Especially in developing countries, such as China or India, people’s life styles, mindsets, and values are greatly differed in urban and rural areas. For example, due to the dualism of household registration system in China, many people have to stay in under-developed rural areas. If we try to understand Chinese society by studying Beijing or Shanghai, we are very likely to conclude that Chinese society is highly developed and modernized. However, it is not the real picture- we will miss the sufferings, poverty, and miseries in its vast rural area. To sum up, in situations of uneven development, only studying major cities will led to a misleading picture of a society.

Additionally, even in societies that fortunately do not suffer from uneven development, merely studying major cities is not enough. A society, in fact, is an inter-related system connecting urban and rural areas. The economy, culture, and politics in major cities are inseparable from those in smaller towns and rural areas. For example, Shenzhen, located in the southern coast of China, the development of Shenzhen is largely dependent on those migrant workers coming from rural areas in China. It is those migrant workers, be treated as ‘cheap labor’, served as the tools of capital accumulation for factories in Shenzhen, as well as other major cities in China. To conclude, without understanding of other smaller cities or rural areas, it may even be difficult to grasp the essences of major cities in a society. Different parts within a society is inter-related, so when understandings of a society, its various parts as well as how those sites are connected as a whole should be taken into consideration.

Summing up, though it seems that large cities may reflect the characteristics of a society, to grasp its most important characteristics, studying major cities will only brings about limited understanding. With its vast population, different characteristics, and inter-connectedness with major cities, understanding a society through a full picture will yield to more solid knowledge than glances at major cities.

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Message: The verb 'will' requires the base form of the verb: 'lead'
Suggestion: lead
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, firstly, furthermore, however, if, look, may, moreover, really, second, secondly, similarly, so, well, for example, in fact, such as, as a result, as well as, to sum up

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 33.0 19.5258426966 169% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 12.4196629213 89% => OK
Conjunction : 20.0 14.8657303371 135% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 11.3162921348 88% => OK
Pronoun: 40.0 33.0505617978 121% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 99.0 58.6224719101 169% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 12.9106741573 93% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3754.0 2235.4752809 168% => OK
No of words: 718.0 442.535393258 162% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.22841225627 5.05705443957 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.17643912491 4.55969084622 114% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.05125709284 2.79657885939 109% => OK
Unique words: 323.0 215.323595506 150% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.449860724234 0.4932671777 91% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 1206.9 704.065955056 171% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 14.0 6.24550561798 224% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 3.0 4.99550561798 60% => OK
Subordination: 7.0 3.10617977528 225% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 5.0 1.77640449438 281% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 10.0 4.38483146067 228% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 31.0 20.2370786517 153% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 23.0359550562 100% => OK
Sentence length SD: 56.8074682549 60.3974514979 94% => OK
Chars per sentence: 121.096774194 118.986275619 102% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.1612903226 23.4991977007 99% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.0 5.21951772744 115% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.97078651685 121% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 17.0 10.2758426966 165% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 5.13820224719 117% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.83258426966 166% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.159907865381 0.243740707755 66% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0515365882532 0.0831039109588 62% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0404697870158 0.0758088955206 53% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.106027676454 0.150359130593 71% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0397415647173 0.0667264976115 60% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.8 14.1392134831 105% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 39.67 48.8420337079 81% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.4 12.1743820225 110% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.35 12.1639044944 110% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.56 8.38706741573 102% => OK
difficult_words: 172.0 100.480337079 171% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 11.8971910112 71% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 11.2143820225 100% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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