It is primarily through our identification with social groups that we define ourselves.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 developing a

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It is primarily through our identification with social groups that we define ourselves.

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 developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.

The statement makes an outright claim that an individual's character is defined by his/her social community. The statement is mostly true as we can see in our daily life examples. Human beings are social animals, it is nearly impossible for people to live alone. Even great minds like Sherlock Holmes need a John Watson. We are biologically programmed to form groups and communities which will ensure our survival in this world.
We by and large identify ourselves with people from our country or state or language. For instance, in a country like India where there are many languages, this can be seen evidently, If a person travels from one state to another, he/she will immediately feel comfortable, if they found someone speaks their language. They in turn go on to help them in the new city. It is amazing as well as surprising how the 'connection' develops to an unknown stranger from the same group. This can also be seen if people move from one country to another. They form their own clubs, groups and communities and organize events that enable to stay in touch with their roots. The most likely reason for this is that the culture and tradition of that person's upbringing is intertwined with his/her life. It is very difficult for a man to completely forget his origin and live.

If asked, 'where are you from', the answer to that question is more than just a place's name. People start association their prior knowledge about the place like the activities of people there, the values they follow etc... Another small scale example would be our friend's circle. A teacher can judge the character of a student by knowing about the friends' he hangs out with. There is a famous saying one of the indigenous language in India that says 'Tell me about your friend, I will tell about your character' because an average teenager practically spends 75%-80% of his/her time with friends thus they become an integral part of our lives.
Most of the parents would warn their kids about bad peer groups, this is not about the question of self-control but the innate human nature of being in sync with the social groups.

Another great example would be in work place. In the process ofjob hunting, all the companies will invariably ask for references or recommendation from someone who is already working in that company. This is for assessing the candidate by knowing his social circle. While, this may not be entirely responsible for his/her recruitment process but a bad reference has high chances of bringing down a meritorious student. Thus, professionally and personally we are connected to people like a spider's web which makes it mandatory for us define ourselves with our social groups.

Having said that, one should not forget that an individual is capable of living independently to certain limits and many a times our work has become our identification. For instance, a person can be known for his/her achievements; for creating something new, for scoring perfect grades, for cooking an amazing dish etc.. There are many exceptions to the statement but in most of the scenario it is difficult for a human being to be solitary and indeed, birds of same feather flock together holds true for most of the cases.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 47, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'individuals'' or 'individual's'?
Suggestion: individuals'; individual's
...atement makes an outright claim that an individuals character is defined by his/her social ...
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Line 2, column 732, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'persons'' or 'person's'?
Suggestion: persons'; person's
... that the culture and tradition of that persons upbringing is intertwined with his/her ...
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Line 8, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...fine ourselves with our social groups. Having said that, one should not forget ...
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Line 9, column 122, Rule ID: A_PLURAL[1]
Message: Don't use indefinite articles with plural words. Did you mean 'a time' or simply 'times'?
Suggestion: a time; times
...ndependently to certain limits and many a times our work has become our identification....
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Line 9, column 319, Rule ID: DOUBLE_PUNCTUATION
Message: Two consecutive dots
Suggestion: .
... grades, for cooking an amazing dish etc.. There are many exceptions to the statem...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, if, may, so, thus, well, while, for instance, as well as, by and large

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 29.0 19.5258426966 149% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 15.0 12.4196629213 121% => OK
Conjunction : 15.0 14.8657303371 101% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 11.3162921348 124% => OK
Pronoun: 67.0 33.0505617978 203% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 70.0 58.6224719101 119% => OK
Nominalization: 14.0 12.9106741573 108% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2674.0 2235.4752809 120% => OK
No of words: 549.0 442.535393258 124% => OK
Chars per words: 4.87067395264 5.05705443957 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.84053189512 4.55969084622 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.60186704332 2.79657885939 93% => OK
Unique words: 282.0 215.323595506 131% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.513661202186 0.4932671777 104% => OK
syllable_count: 824.4 704.065955056 117% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 14.0 6.24550561798 224% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Interrogative: 1.0 0.740449438202 135% => OK
Article: 7.0 4.99550561798 140% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.77640449438 0% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 4.38483146067 46% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 27.0 20.2370786517 133% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 23.0359550562 87% => OK
Sentence length SD: 56.0970157091 60.3974514979 93% => OK
Chars per sentence: 99.037037037 118.986275619 83% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.3333333333 23.4991977007 87% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.0 5.21951772744 57% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.97078651685 121% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 7.80617977528 64% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 16.0 10.2758426966 156% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 5.13820224719 58% => More negative sentences wanted.
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: 0.191002903567 0.243740707755 78% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0524987101367 0.0831039109588 63% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0432719053243 0.0758088955206 57% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.100592695216 0.150359130593 67% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0337044228709 0.0667264976115 51% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.7 14.1392134831 83% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 59.64 48.8420337079 122% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 12.1743820225 81% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.97 12.1639044944 90% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.99 8.38706741573 95% => OK
difficult_words: 117.0 100.480337079 116% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.0 11.8971910112 59% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.2143820225 89% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.7820224719 85% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 58.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.5 Out of 6
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