To understand the most important characteristics of a society, one must study its major cities.
The world today is rich with a plethora of societies. In addition, many cities within these societies are prospering and growing more than ever before. Within a society, major cities are often centers of culture, education, and business. However, it is a generalization to state that the most important characteristics of a society can be ascertained simply by studying its major cities.
First and foremost, not every culture may be centered around lush, bustling metropoli. For example, although China boasts several massive cities such as Shanghai, much of its culture is still agrarian. Waking up every day and tending to the duties of a rice farm is clearly a drastically different lifestyle for a Chinese farmer than waking up every day to a commute into a crowded city surrounded by Chinese businessmen and working in a towering highrise as an accountant. Looking solely at life within a large city such as Shanghai would leave the farmer completely out of the picture. These farmers do not only make up a large portion of China, but many other nations as well, such as the U.S. and Canada, not to mention countless other underdeveloped or developing countries. Clearly, neglecting life outside of major cities would provide a narrow view of a society.
In addition to rural areas, focusing purely on major cities also eliminates the population residing in many smaller cities. The lifestyle of an individual living in one of these smaller cities may vary considerably from that of someone living in a major city. For example, to study the the society of Rhode Island, observing major cities may only lead to studying the capital city of Providence. However, Rhode Island contains an abundance of smaller cities that make up a large part of the population. An individual living in a quiet town such as Coventry may live a very different life compared to someone living in Providence. While not completely agrarian, the life of someone working as a carpenter and owning their own modest house is a different lifestyle than a businessman living in a cramped apartment in Providence. Therefore, analyzing only major cities once again neglects a large part of the population living in the depths of suburbia.
It is true that many major cities such as Paris or New York City are the centers of culture, education, and business. Much of French culture is preserved in the magnificent museums of Paris such as the Louvre; while in cities like New York City, music and theater stay alive in institutions such as Juliard. However, many important movements grew away from the aura of major cities. For example, the traditions of blues in America have their roots in the work songs of Aftican slaves. Blues was born not a major city like New York or Boston, but in the vast plantations on which salves worked. Clearly, studying only major cities ignores this rich movement in American history.
In conclusion, it is a fallacy that studying a society’s major cities reveals its most important characteristics. Especially in developing nations such as China or even developed societies like the U.S., many citizens live a bucolic lifestyle, which differs greatly from the fast pace of city life. In addition, focusing on major cities neglects the lifestyle of minor cities, which again differs from the bustle of city life and play an integral part in many societies. Finally, although major cities are responsible for many cultural developments, studying only major cities neglects many historical movements such as the blues. Undoubtably, it is an oversight to purely focus on major cities when examining a socities’ essential characteristics.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Probably a wrong construction: a/the + infinitive
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Message: Possible typo: you repeated a word
Suggestion: the
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Line 3, column 284, Rule ID: DT_DT[1]
Message: Maybe you need to remove one determiner so that only 'the' or 'the' is left.
Suggestion: the; the
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, however, if, look, may, so, still, therefore, well, while, for example, in addition, in conclusion, such as, it is true
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 19.5258426966 82% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 12.4196629213 56% => OK
Conjunction : 16.0 14.8657303371 108% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 11.3162921348 80% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 18.0 33.0505617978 54% => OK
Preposition: 84.0 58.6224719101 143% => OK
Nominalization: 15.0 12.9106741573 116% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3056.0 2235.4752809 137% => OK
No of words: 600.0 442.535393258 136% => OK
Chars per words: 5.09333333333 5.05705443957 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.94923200384 4.55969084622 109% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.83848502237 2.79657885939 101% => OK
Unique words: 267.0 215.323595506 124% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.445 0.4932671777 90% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 1006.2 704.065955056 143% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 6.24550561798 80% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 5.0 1.77640449438 281% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 28.0 20.2370786517 138% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 23.0359550562 91% => OK
Sentence length SD: 45.6152247006 60.3974514979 76% => OK
Chars per sentence: 109.142857143 118.986275619 92% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.4285714286 23.4991977007 91% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.21428571429 5.21951772744 100% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 7.80617977528 38% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 10.2758426966 107% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 5.13820224719 97% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 12.0 4.83258426966 248% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.31801691289 0.243740707755 130% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.103095255298 0.0831039109588 124% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.108758916534 0.0758088955206 143% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.206445887828 0.150359130593 137% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0908716951635 0.0667264976115 136% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.3 14.1392134831 94% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 41.7 48.8420337079 85% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 12.1743820225 104% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.24 12.1639044944 101% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.55 8.38706741573 102% => OK
difficult_words: 147.0 100.480337079 146% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.0 11.8971910112 59% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 10.4 11.2143820225 93% => 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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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.