The assertion that an irrefutable indicator of a great nation is not represented by the achievements of it's rulers, artists or scientists, but by the general welfare of its people, is certainly debatable. Some might argue that the welfare of the citizens is indeed the best indicator of a great nation regardless of its achievements in various domains. On the contrary, others might argue that the achievements of a nation's rulers, artists or scientists should be kept in mind before terming one as a great nation. I agree with the claim that the criteria for evaluating a nation depends on the welfare of its people rather than achievements.
Firstly, the accomplishments of the rulers in history are an incarnation of what an ideal society or nation looks like. Do the accomplishments alone suffice the characters of a great nation? Indeed, many other criteria must be taken into consideration in order to evaluate the characteristics of a great nation. For instance, Mahatma Gandhi succeeded in achieving independence for India by preaching non-violence. Suppose, the people in India are witnessing sever cases of non-violence, then this accomplishment is a complete fiasco.
Secondly, artists compose poems, ballads and prose reflecting what their idea or expectations of a great nation are. If an artist conveys his stand on women empowerment through his poetry, he could be lauded for his success. Several cases of female harassment in that nation sheds light on the actual reality. Despite several approbations for the artist's work, the reality contradicts the achievement of a nation.
Scientists are involved in the research and development of a nation and their successes have lead to the economic progress of a nation. However, many works of the scientists have proved detrimental to the general welfare of people. For instance, research in the field of chemical industries have led to the release of polluting carcinogens which cause cancer. Despite significant breakthroughs in science, if the welfare of people is at risk, then these achievements are a debacle.
Thus, in conclusion, although the achievements help us to evaluate the progress of a nation, they are not a reality check on the situations prevalent in the society. If a nation is carrying out a bad job in ensuring the welfare of people, this could be a huge downfall.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, firstly, however, if, look, second, secondly, so, then, thus, for instance, in conclusion, on the contrary
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 19.5258426966 82% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 12.4196629213 48% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 14.8657303371 54% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 6.0 11.3162921348 53% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 21.0 33.0505617978 64% => OK
Preposition: 60.0 58.6224719101 102% => OK
Nominalization: 14.0 12.9106741573 108% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1978.0 2235.4752809 88% => OK
No of words: 381.0 442.535393258 86% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.19160104987 5.05705443957 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.41805628031 4.55969084622 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.14332707403 2.79657885939 112% => OK
Unique words: 193.0 215.323595506 90% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.50656167979 0.4932671777 103% => OK
syllable_count: 617.4 704.065955056 88% => 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: 4.0 4.99550561798 80% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.38483146067 91% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 20.2370786517 94% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 23.0359550562 87% => OK
Sentence length SD: 30.1491215309 60.3974514979 50% => The essay contains lots of sentences with the similar length. More sentence varieties wanted.
Chars per sentence: 104.105263158 118.986275619 87% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.0526315789 23.4991977007 85% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.21052631579 5.21951772744 119% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 10.2758426966 117% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 5.13820224719 117% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.83258426966 21% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.378179789297 0.243740707755 155% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.115949513717 0.0831039109588 140% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.143761089483 0.0758088955206 190% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.195387184371 0.150359130593 130% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.175830201125 0.0667264976115 264% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.0 14.1392134831 92% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 51.18 48.8420337079 105% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 12.1743820225 91% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.82 12.1639044944 105% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.94 8.38706741573 107% => OK
difficult_words: 104.0 100.480337079 104% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 15.0 11.8971910112 126% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.2143820225 89% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.7820224719 110% => 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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