The pursuit of happiness is an everlasting human endeavor in all societies. Some people considered that material possessions whether it is money, fame, authority or social status are an important contributing factor towards happiness while others claim that it is possible for people to be happy without or with little possessions to which I agree the most. In my opinion, there are other aspects of life that plays an important role in creating happiness.
Many people think that they can obtain happiness through acquisition. A typical example can be reflected in the activities of a shrewd businessman, who is in habit of rushing through life, motivated by anything that sounds profitable or lucrative. The sad truth is that only some of them become millionaires after years of striving. The brutal truth is that many rich people are so obsessed with possessing and retaining money that it is hard for them to relax and enjoy in life.
Although money, for example, brings happiness to a lot of people, it does not necessarily follow that people with little money are, therefore, unhappy. Take the example of the comparison between people in developing countries and in developed countries, most Westerns would agree that people in developing countries are happier and enjoy stronger family bounding than the people in developed countries.
One way that people can obtain happiness is through their work. For instance, a doctor doing volunteer work in the underdeveloped countries may have little possessions but the reward of helping people and doing the job they are good at brings happiness in itself. In other words, happiness can be found by using skills that people are trained for and through job satisfaction.
To sum up, material possessions are not essentials for happiness, which can be found through strong family bounding and job satisfaction. If more people strived in life towards true happiness instead of material possessions, the world would be a better place.
- International tourism is now the biggest industry in the world. Unfortunately, it brings tensions rather than understanding between people from different cultures.To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion? 78
- Modern buildings change the character and appearance of towns and cities. The government should insist that new buildings be built in traditional styles to protect cultural identity. 84
- Some people say material possessions are very useful in bringing us happiness, but others argue that they are useless in terms of providing happiness.Discuss both views and give your own opinion and reasons. 73
- Some people think that computer and internet are important in children education. But other think students can learn effectively in schools and with teachers. Discuss both sides and give your opinion. 73
- Nowadays, a lot of media, including newspapers, magazines, television, radio, and even the internet, are publishing the stories of people's private lives. Should this practice be banned? 84
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, if, may, so, therefore, while, for example, for instance, in my opinion, in other words, to sum up
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 21.0 13.1623246493 160% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 7.85571142285 102% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 10.4138276553 106% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 7.30460921844 205% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 24.0 24.0651302605 100% => OK
Preposition: 44.0 41.998997996 105% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 8.3376753507 48% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1672.0 1615.20841683 104% => OK
No of words: 321.0 315.596192385 102% => OK
Chars per words: 5.20872274143 5.12529762239 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.23278547379 4.20363070211 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.80681036268 2.80592935109 100% => OK
Unique words: 168.0 176.041082164 95% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.523364485981 0.561755894193 93% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 504.9 506.74238477 100% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 5.43587174349 18% => OK
Article: 6.0 2.52805611222 237% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 2.0 2.10420841683 95% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.76152304609 63% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 16.0721442886 87% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 20.2975951904 108% => OK
Sentence length SD: 64.4960448083 49.4020404114 131% => OK
Chars per sentence: 119.428571429 106.682146367 112% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.9285714286 20.7667163134 110% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.35714285714 7.06120827912 104% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.38176352705 114% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 8.67935871743 150% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 3.9879759519 25% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 3.4128256513 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.164635515477 0.244688304435 67% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0616104241248 0.084324248473 73% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0399017086521 0.0667982634062 60% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0975419819889 0.151304729494 64% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0326795995396 0.056905535591 57% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.6 13.0946893788 111% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 49.15 50.2224549098 98% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 11.3001002004 105% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.23 12.4159519038 107% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.07 8.58950901804 94% => OK
difficult_words: 68.0 78.4519038076 87% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 9.78957915832 117% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.1190380762 107% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.7795591182 111% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 73.0337078652 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.5 Out of 9
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