"One can best understand the most important characteristics of a society by studying its major cities."
As the good old clich goes, "when you are in Rome, do as the Romans do," it is understood that Romans can be expected to behave in a manner that is represented by the city of Rome. In other words, the city of Rome reflects the characteristics of the Roman society. Is this true in the present world also? This clich may be questionable in the modern world because Rome would now constitute of people from various societies who have chosen to settle there due to various reasons like their choice of career. Therefore, it is now very difficult to understand the most important characteristics of any one society by studying its major cities. On the contrary, these characteristics could be better understood by studying the villages and small towns of the society where the traits and characteristics of that society would still be preserved.
In the past, the major cities of any civilization or society were the economic, cultural and political centers of that particular society. These cities reflected the true characteristics of the society that they were a part of. However, due to rapid developments across the globe, now most of the major cities of the world are almost the same. This is because there has been an intermingling of various societies with people traveling far and wide in search of careers and better homes. Any major city of the world would now consist of people who may have varied origins.
Can a study of Paris help in understanding the true characteristics of the French society? The answer to this question would probably be a "No". This is because by virtue of being the fashion hub of the world, Paris now the home of designers, fashion models, garment manufacturers who have their roots in some other country. Therefore, a study of Paris cannot be relied upon for giving accurate information about the French society. Moreover, over the years, there would have been inter-race marriages leading to a new generation that does not carry the traits of the societies of either of its parents. In fact, the case is similar in most of the major cities across the world leading to a generation that is not related to any one society in particular. On the contrary, small towns and villages situated in the countryside of France will give you an idea of the characteristics of the French society as these townships would be consisting of French people who have been able to retain their traditions through the generations.
Extensive excavations in Pakistan had led to the discovery of the civilizations of Mohenjodaro and Harappa. These excavations revealed the remains of the towns that were a part of the Indus valley civilization. A study of these towns has shed light on the characteristics of the society that existed in those times. The people of the society were restricted to living in these cities due to lack of suitable means of transport for long distance traveling. They were probably born and brought up in the same city and this made them follow the norms of the society religiously. Therefore, a study of the major cities in the past would have given an exact indication of the characteristics of the societies that existed in those times. However, the same may not be true in the present context.
In sum, it is definitely true that a study of the major cities of any society helps in understanding the characteristics of the society. However, this may not necessarily be true in the modern world where the characteristics of a society are probably limited to its rural areas.
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Discourse Markers used:
['also', 'however', 'if', 'may', 'moreover', 'so', 'still', 'therefore', 'in fact', 'in particular', 'in other words', 'on the contrary']
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.233082706767 0.240241500013 97% => OK
Verbs: 0.130827067669 0.157235817809 83% => OK
Adjectives: 0.0932330827068 0.0880659088768 106% => OK
Adverbs: 0.0451127819549 0.0497285424764 91% => OK
Pronouns: 0.0210526315789 0.0444667217837 47% => OK
Prepositions: 0.148872180451 0.12292977631 121% => OK
Participles: 0.0451127819549 0.0406280797675 111% => OK
Conjunctions: 2.94906976014 2.79330140395 106% => OK
Infinitives: 0.0210526315789 0.030933414821 68% => OK
Particles: 0.0015037593985 0.0016655270985 90% => OK
Determiners: 0.154887218045 0.0997080785238 155% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.0240601503759 0.0249443105267 96% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.0195488721805 0.0148568991511 132% => OK
Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 3553.0 2732.02544248 130% => OK
No of words: 603.0 452.878318584 133% => OK
Chars per words: 5.89220563847 6.0361032391 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.9554069778 4.58838876751 108% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.320066334992 0.366273622748 87% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.232172470978 0.280924506359 83% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.16583747927 0.200843997647 83% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.116086235489 0.132149295362 88% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.94906976014 2.79330140395 106% => OK
Unique words: 236.0 219.290929204 108% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.391376451078 0.48968727796 80% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
Word variations: 46.8175967455 55.4138127331 84% => OK
How many sentences: 27.0 20.6194690265 131% => OK
Sentence length: 22.3333333333 23.380412469 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 50.2639944274 59.4972553346 84% => OK
Chars per sentence: 131.592592593 141.124799967 93% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.3333333333 23.380412469 96% => OK
Discourse Markers: 0.444444444444 0.674092028746 66% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.94800884956 101% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.21349557522 58% => OK
Readability: 45.5505804312 51.4728631049 88% => OK
Elegance: 2.1679389313 1.64882698954 131% => OK
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.387585114857 0.391690518653 99% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.130941477281 0.123202303941 106% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.0690145136299 0.077325440228 89% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.62416218098 0.547984918172 114% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.130461402458 0.149214159877 87% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.176510238811 0.161403998019 109% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0878951083601 0.0892212321368 99% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.685122867255 0.385218514788 178% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.0384427965216 0.0692045440612 56% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.299218106679 0.275328986314 109% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0536497661205 0.0653680567796 82% => OK
Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 10.4325221239 96% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 5.30420353982 75% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 13.0 4.88274336283 266% => Less neutral sentences wanted.
Positive topic words: 8.0 7.22455752212 111% => OK
Negative topic words: 4.0 3.66592920354 109% => OK
Neutral topic words: 11.0 2.70907079646 406% => Less neutral topic words wanted.
Total topic words: 23.0 13.5995575221 169% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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