It is primarily through our identification with social groups that we define ourselves.
There are several aspects that can be a factor in terms of defining ourselves, including our physical, psychological, and cultural elements of our lives. Mostly, social scientists tend to argue that human beings are primarily social beings that cannot be explained without the associated social groups. Still, there are numerous other elements that cannot be ignored. This essay will clarify the understandings of the definition of self and the connection between self and ‘the social’ by providing several examples and reasons.
Admittedly, as we are constantly affiliated with numerous groups of networks, the societal terms make up a large portion of explaining ourselves. For instance, Niklas Luhmann, an eminent scholar, has argued that ‘the social’ merely consists of communication. That is, once communicative activities exist, then this condition can be defined as society. He continued his assumption by claiming that the self also is part of ‘the social’ because of the fact that self-identification can be formed through various communicative efforts including the interactive information that are conveyed via neurons. According to the given perspective, the self is also a bundle of communication and society, which concords with the assumption stated in the prompt. Thus, it is likely that holding the view of defining ourselves by social interactions can be efficient as is ascertained.
Nevertheless, there are still attempts to individualize and discern oneself from the outer part of the world. The personification and identification of oneself includes efforts in finding discernable and distinct aspects of the self. Even though social affiliation provides significant evidence in proving ourselves, there are still some parts of information that cannot be revealed through social activities. Let us take an example of James Baldwin who has become the representative figure of minority literature. Even though he had been illustrated as a homosexual black-american author who fought against racial discrimination and violence caused by inequality, he ceaselessly tried to discern himself from the generalizing tendencies of mass media to depict him as an icon. His efforts are shown in his literary works in which only heterosexual white males are advent in the main plot. His depiction in human beings was mainly about his predilection in terms of finding elements of individual feelings of absurdity and the efforts to be discerned from specific social groups. This instance shows us the aspects of personalized characters that we believe in ourselves and others. That is, defining ourselves contain assiduous efforts to be distinctive from any social groups.
Furthermore, the presumption that social groups are the most significant determinant of defining ourselves may lead to harmful results due to the fact that we might lose our own thoughts and insights in evaluating certain actions. That is, if we define ourselves only through the social groups that we are involved in, it will be likely to cause confusion when our individual beliefs do not conform with the ideology shared among other members. Thus, this tendency should be in halt when the social activity contains a possibility that violates the dignity or basic principles of humanity. This kind of discernment can only be attained through the individual thoughts and insights.
Therefore, the conclusion now stands that the definition of the self contains not only efforts of connecting one to the social activities and interactions among ‘the social’, but also the constant discernment in terms of trying to personalize ourselves.
- People should undertake risky action only after they have carefully considered its consequences 83
- Claim When planning courses educators should take into account the interests and suggestions of their students Reason Students are more motivated to learn when they are interested in what they are studying 83
- Claim Imagination is a more valuable asset than experience Reason People who lack experience are free to imagine what is possible without the constraints of established habits and attitudes 92
- In this age of intensive media coverage it is no longer possible for a society to regard any living man or woman as a hero 70
- Politicians should pursue common ground and reasonable consensus rather than elusive ideals 83
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 437, Rule ID: BECAUSE_OF_THE_FACT_THAT[1]
Message: This phrase is redundant. Use simply 'because'.
Suggestion: because
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Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...ies and interactions among ‘the social’, but also the constant discernment in ter...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, furthermore, if, may, nevertheless, so, still, then, therefore, thus, for instance, kind of
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 32.0 19.5258426966 164% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 12.4196629213 105% => OK
Conjunction : 16.0 14.8657303371 108% => OK
Relative clauses : 25.0 11.3162921348 221% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 58.0 33.0505617978 175% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 76.0 58.6224719101 130% => OK
Nominalization: 25.0 12.9106741573 194% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3084.0 2235.4752809 138% => OK
No of words: 558.0 442.535393258 126% => OK
Chars per words: 5.52688172043 5.05705443957 109% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.86024933743 4.55969084622 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.11990235037 2.79657885939 112% => OK
Unique words: 282.0 215.323595506 131% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.505376344086 0.4932671777 102% => OK
syllable_count: 950.4 704.065955056 135% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 13.0 6.24550561798 208% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 6.0 4.99550561798 120% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 4.38483146067 23% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 24.0 20.2370786517 119% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 23.0359550562 100% => OK
Sentence length SD: 55.9060316513 60.3974514979 93% => OK
Chars per sentence: 128.5 118.986275619 108% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.25 23.4991977007 99% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.25 5.21951772744 81% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 10.2758426966 49% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 5.13820224719 78% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 15.0 4.83258426966 310% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.32639027746 0.243740707755 134% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0872724072666 0.0831039109588 105% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0862288057896 0.0758088955206 114% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.184215479879 0.150359130593 123% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0975816003038 0.0667264976115 146% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.2 14.1392134831 115% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 39.67 48.8420337079 81% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.4 12.1743820225 110% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 15.09 12.1639044944 124% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.45 8.38706741573 113% => OK
difficult_words: 165.0 100.480337079 164% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 11.8971910112 97% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 11.2143820225 100% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 75.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.5 Out of 6
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