Claim: It is no longer possible for a society to regard any living man or woman as a hero.
Reason: The reputation of anyone who is subjected to media scrutiny will eventually be diminished.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim and the reason on which that claim is based.
The claim of the author undermines the possibility of a human being of the present generation to be capable enough to be entitled as a "hero". The tone of the author is undoubtedly cynical and it is utterly impossible to agree with. The inability of being a hero is bolstered by the assumption that no man or woman of the current generation can come out clean of a media scrutiny. At an inchoate level, the claim might sound to be true but it would be entirely unjust to the whole mankind; assuming that everyone prominent in today's world is corrupt.
The news and the internet are inundated by immoral revelations of some of the most imminent and influencing personalities in the modern world. However, this does not implicate that everyone who is infamous to a certain level is bound to be fraudulent or committing discrepancies. Even though, a majority of people who seemingly have achieved the zenith of their career are being accused of fallacious acts, there still exists a healthy number of leaders who are honest and moral even in the cruel modern world. The claim that no one could be an ideal person is absurd at its very core.
Also, the capability of being a hero depends upon the definition of a hero, which inadvertently varies from person to person, making the claim even more complex and convoluted. A hero does not necessarily have to be a politician or an actor or an entrepreneur; which are more vulnerable to be found corrupted. For a common person his teacher or father or brother could serve as an inspiration, as a hero. Even a perspicacious friend could serve to be an idol for an individual. So, in reality, the dearth of a hero in the modern society as presented by the author, does not exist. Local heroes which are honest and unaffected by the morally stigmatizing activities are still persistent, and will exist in the future.
The author also insinuates that any famous personality when subjected to a scrutiny is revealed to be diminished. Conversely, the media is not ideal either. There have been numerous occasions where media is found to be corrupt or influenced by deleterious individuals. Under such a scenario, it is difficult to believe whether the accused is actually guilty or being intentionally disparaged for rather undisclosed ulterior motive. Also, the media tends to accentuate the discrepancies and aberrations of an infamous individual, neglecting the positive qualities, and thereby diminishing the image before the public.
As cynical as the claim seems to be, it is nevertheless, not an entirely refutable statement. The people who are venerated for many years, in the end turn out to be fraud. However, it does not mean that the existence of modern heroes is impossible. A person, morally and ethically sound, irrespective of his pecuniary or fame status, is a hero himself.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 134, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'an' instead of 'a' if the following word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', 'an hour'
Suggestion: an
... to be capable enough to be entitled as a 'hero'. The tone of the autho...
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Line 1, column 244, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...it is utterly impossible to agree with. The inability of being a hero is bolstered ...
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Line 9, column 354, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...iary or fame status, is a hero himself.
^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, conversely, however, if, nevertheless, so, still
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 41.0 19.5258426966 210% => Less to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 12.4196629213 56% => OK
Conjunction : 20.0 14.8657303371 135% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 11.3162921348 133% => OK
Pronoun: 17.0 33.0505617978 51% => OK
Preposition: 58.0 58.6224719101 99% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 12.9106741573 54% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2370.0 2235.4752809 106% => OK
No of words: 480.0 442.535393258 108% => OK
Chars per words: 4.9375 5.05705443957 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.68069463864 4.55969084622 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.01025734873 2.79657885939 108% => OK
Unique words: 241.0 215.323595506 112% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.502083333333 0.4932671777 102% => OK
syllable_count: 783.0 704.065955056 111% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 6.24550561798 64% => OK
Article: 15.0 4.99550561798 300% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.38483146067 91% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 23.0 20.2370786517 114% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 23.0359550562 87% => OK
Sentence length SD: 43.5610082146 60.3974514979 72% => OK
Chars per sentence: 103.043478261 118.986275619 87% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.8695652174 23.4991977007 89% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.0 5.21951772744 57% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 7.80617977528 38% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 14.0 10.2758426966 136% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 5.13820224719 136% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.83258426966 41% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.227282602726 0.243740707755 93% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0660865659161 0.0831039109588 80% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0386204081646 0.0758088955206 51% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.126111482415 0.150359130593 84% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0337902429465 0.0667264976115 51% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.3 14.1392134831 87% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 51.18 48.8420337079 105% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 12.1743820225 91% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.37 12.1639044944 93% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.07 8.38706741573 108% => OK
difficult_words: 135.0 100.480337079 134% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 15.0 11.8971910112 126% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.2143820225 89% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 83.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 Out of 6
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