“To understand the most important characteristics of a society, one must study its major cities.”
A society is simply a group of people interconnected to one another in a complex web of relationships. Comprehending the features of a society might seem trivial to a layman, but it is of great importance to sociologists and other social scientists. As an example, Karl Marx, a sociologist, had, on the basis of such studies, very aptly predicted the transition in the society from capitalism to socialism and then to communism. Thus, the complexity of the issue at hand cannot be overlooked. Stating that it is enough to study major cities of a society in order to characterize it seems to be an oversimplification and hence, all the associated facets need to be warily examined before one takes any stand on the issue.
One cannot forget that industrial revolution gave rise to modern cities. Overlooking the major cities would imply forgetting the great revolution itself. Besides, latest developments can be seen only in cities. However, characterizing a society solely on the basis of its major cities would be inaccurate. Someone who wishes to understand the distinct features of the flora or fauna of a geographical area would not confine his or her studies to a botanical garden or a zoo, respectively. That person would surely visit the forests, the grasslands, the water-bodies, etc. Every science student agrees to the fact that the larger the sample population, the more credible the results about the population under consideration. Social science, which deals with the concept of society, is a type of science only. Consider, for instance, a pack of fifty-two cards on one side and a set of thirteen randomly selected cards on the other. While analyzing the first pack, one can correctly make note of all the features: different types of cards, different colors, total number of cards of each type and color, etc. On the contrary, while analyzing the second set, as it is a very limited set, it is impossible to gauge all the features of the whole set. Studying the major cities is analogous to analyzing a limited set of cards.
Besides, major cities represent an assimilation of different cultures. People from different societies migrate to the cities and settle down there. So, a study of these people, forming a cosmopolitan major city, is unlikely to reveal a true picture of the entire society. Their sole aim is to find better jobs, better education, better and higher standards of living, and live a more comfortable and technologically-advanced life. Generally speaking, laborers constitute a major percentage of the migrants. Furthermore, cities also attract tourists from all over the world. Thus, each of the mentioned group has its own features, but those features are not representative of the society as a whole. Here again, confining the analysis to cities would not give precise results.
One cannot deny the fact that there are some elements that are actually the highlights of cities only: best education systems, flourishing trade and business, latest developments in the field of science and technology, etc. If these elements are overlooked, India, for example would still not be counted as a nuclear power. So, some might argue that cities play a significant role in the characterization of a society. But, this characterization provides one-sided view of the society; it tends to ignore the other extreme- poverty, illiteracy, social stigmas- and hence, is misleading. For a more informative characterization, the suburbs, towns and villages also need to be included in the analysis. The demographics of different regions are different, especially in countries with diversity, an example of which is India. The language, customs, outlook, economic status, political institution all vary. In such a scenario, concentrating a study exclusively on major cities is unlikely to effectively serve the purpose.
Therefore, one can conclude that in order to determine the distinguishing features of any society, one must widen his/her horizons and dive into to deeper waters of the ocean. Studying the major cities is equivalent to restricting one’s study to an aquarium. The latter may be harboring a special collection of flora and fauna, but the set is still restricted; the sample population is still too small to yield any significant information.
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Discourse Markers used:
['actually', 'also', 'besides', 'but', 'first', 'furthermore', 'hence', 'however', 'if', 'look', 'may', 'second', 'so', 'still', 'then', 'therefore', 'thus', 'while', 'for example', 'for instance', 'on the contrary']
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.24 0.240241500013 100% => OK
Verbs: 0.1275 0.157235817809 81% => OK
Adjectives: 0.095 0.0880659088768 108% => OK
Adverbs: 0.05375 0.0497285424764 108% => OK
Pronouns: 0.015 0.0444667217837 34% => OK
Prepositions: 0.10125 0.12292977631 82% => OK
Participles: 0.03625 0.0406280797675 89% => OK
Conjunctions: 3.16175874617 2.79330140395 113% => OK
Infinitives: 0.03375 0.030933414821 109% => OK
Particles: 0.00125 0.0016655270985 75% => OK
Determiners: 0.13125 0.0997080785238 132% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.02 0.0249443105267 80% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.005 0.0148568991511 34% => Some subClauses wanted starting by 'Which, Who, What, Whom, Whose.....'
Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 4292.0 2732.02544248 157% => OK
No of words: 693.0 452.878318584 153% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 6.19336219336 6.0361032391 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.13077900149 4.58838876751 112% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.383838383838 0.366273622748 105% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.287157287157 0.280924506359 102% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.227994227994 0.200843997647 114% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.15873015873 0.132149295362 120% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.16175874617 2.79330140395 113% => OK
Unique words: 350.0 219.290929204 160% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.505050505051 0.48968727796 103% => OK
Word variations: 65.850358618 55.4138127331 119% => OK
How many sentences: 36.0 20.6194690265 175% => OK
Sentence length: 19.25 23.380412469 82% => OK
Sentence length SD: 46.2539954897 59.4972553346 78% => OK
Chars per sentence: 119.222222222 141.124799967 84% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.25 23.380412469 82% => OK
Discourse Markers: 0.583333333333 0.674092028746 87% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.94800884956 101% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 5.21349557522 77% => OK
Readability: 47.9657287157 51.4728631049 93% => OK
Elegance: 1.92356687898 1.64882698954 117% => OK
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.400171607367 0.391690518653 102% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.0955350297838 0.123202303941 78% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.0784788418812 0.077325440228 101% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.46888560698 0.547984918172 86% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.144287249617 0.149214159877 97% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.140821924948 0.161403998019 87% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.068521838644 0.0892212321368 77% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.507962430043 0.385218514788 132% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.0441267812137 0.0692045440612 64% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.290934624583 0.275328986314 106% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0379970205702 0.0653680567796 58% => The ideas may be duplicated in paragraphs.
Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 15.0 10.4325221239 144% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 5.30420353982 113% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 15.0 4.88274336283 307% => Less neutral sentences wanted.
Positive topic words: 14.0 7.22455752212 194% => OK
Negative topic words: 4.0 3.66592920354 109% => OK
Neutral topic words: 13.0 2.70907079646 480% => Less neutral topic words wanted.
Total topic words: 31.0 13.5995575221 228% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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