The perceived greatness of any political leader has more to do with the challenges faced by that leader than with any of his or her inherent skills and abilities
During a political leader’s career, he/she experiences quite a few obstacles. After all, representing and looking out for a whole community is no simple task and one that requires skill and tact. The ability of political leaders to overcome these obstacles or approach challenges head on requires that they use the skills and abilities that they have developed. The challenge may be a small one but how they approach it contributes more to their greatness in the community, rather than the challenge itself.
At the time that America won the war against the British to gain their freedom, the newly formed nation was in turmoil. The challenge of establishing a government from scratch and writing a Constitution that would have the interest of the country’s citizens at heart was a daunting task and one that was taken by a few individuals. Among these individuals was Alexander Hamilton. As a young orphan from the Caribbean Islands who had ended up on the mainland after boarding a ship for lack of resources on his island, Hamilton was aware of the struggles that existed even to live. It was his prowess as a leader, his strong will to make something of himself, his love for the nation and, his innate desire for change that allowed him to rise through the ranks and eventually become in charge of the Treasury of the United States. Of course, the challenges that came his way were several and of varying degrees but each time what allowed him to overcome these challenges were his inherent qualities and values and that’s what led people to perceive him as a successful political leader.
Another political leader who would be a good example is former President, Barack Obama. Obama’s presidential term was at a time of economic crisis. In addition, several needs of the people, specifically with reference to healthcare, were going unaddressed. By introducing several economic reforms and healthcare reforms, such as Obamacare, all while efficiently and tactfully approaching the House and the Senate, Obama successfully showed the people that the system exists to work for them and presented himself as an effective leader.
Those arguing this stance might say that the challenges themselves can foment leaders to rise to the occasion and eventually be perceived as an accomplished leader. However, I would argue that a lack of inherent skills when approaching these challenges and choosing how to respond to them would most likely tarnish the image of the leader in the eyes of the people as someone who lacked the experience to even respond appropriately to a challenge.
In order to overcome a challenge, it is imperative that a person know how to approach it and how to overcome it, and to complete these tasks effectively a person must have skills that they have developed. In the case of political leaders, who are faced with several challenges and often, their image and their greatness in the eyes of the people lies in their approach to problems as they arise, rather than the magnanimity of the problem itself.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, however, if, look, may, so, while, after all, in addition, of course, such as, with reference to
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 19.5258426966 87% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 12.4196629213 72% => OK
Conjunction : 24.0 14.8657303371 161% => OK
Relative clauses : 20.0 11.3162921348 177% => OK
Pronoun: 57.0 33.0505617978 172% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 68.0 58.6224719101 116% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 12.9106741573 39% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2556.0 2235.4752809 114% => OK
No of words: 508.0 442.535393258 115% => OK
Chars per words: 5.03149606299 5.05705443957 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.74751043592 4.55969084622 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.83918804361 2.79657885939 102% => OK
Unique words: 253.0 215.323595506 117% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.498031496063 0.4932671777 101% => OK
syllable_count: 810.0 704.065955056 115% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 6.24550561798 144% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.10617977528 64% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 9.0 4.38483146067 205% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 20.2370786517 89% => OK
Sentence length: 28.0 23.0359550562 122% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 74.0272097122 60.3974514979 123% => OK
Chars per sentence: 142.0 118.986275619 119% => OK
Words per sentence: 28.2222222222 23.4991977007 120% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.61111111111 5.21951772744 108% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 7.80617977528 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 10.2758426966 97% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 5.13820224719 117% => 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: 0.265922851318 0.243740707755 109% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0761546162226 0.0831039109588 92% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0611595032403 0.0758088955206 81% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.142436692314 0.150359130593 95% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0427183754039 0.0667264976115 64% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.4 14.1392134831 116% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 43.06 48.8420337079 88% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 14.2 12.1743820225 117% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.19 12.1639044944 100% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.0 8.38706741573 107% => OK
difficult_words: 128.0 100.480337079 127% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.5 11.8971910112 105% => OK
gunning_fog: 13.2 11.2143820225 118% => 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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