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Hi all, Can anyone please evaluate my essay and give a general idea on how much I would be able to score? To understand the most important characteristics of a society, one must study its major cities. 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 characteristics of a society are based on cultural and personal values when taken as a whole creates a uniqueness among the people belonging to the said society. In my opinion , I believe that although studying the major cities is important to get a general idea of the characteristics of a society it doesn't provide the most important characteristics. The population of Major cities are relatively less compared to the rural and semi suburban areas of a country. Therefore judging the characteristics of a society based on the populous of just Major cities which are not representative of the whole society can be erroneous. For example countries like India have Major cities like Mumbai and New Delhi where people live sophisticated and busy life styles. People in these cities work hard and are sometimes unable to even celebrate festivals like Diwali because they do not have the time. However this does not mean that the Indians do not celebrate Diwali anymore. On the contrary many people celebrate it for days quite extravagantly in Suburban areas of the country. In addition many oriental societies are known to spend time with elderly people and care for them even taking them into their homes. Most parents when they get old spend the last years of their lives with their children. However in most major cities elderly parents are sent to elders homes instead since most people do not have the time to take care of them due to their busy schedules. However, this does not mean that it is a characteristic of the said society. Additionally in Major cities the crime rates and thefts are high but this is not representative of the society as a whole and it certainly is not a characteristic of that society. However, the fact that the study of major cities will give a general idea of the characteristics of a community can be partly true. This can be due to the fact that Major cities are where people of all religious and ethnic backgrounds reside. In other words they are cultural melting points of a society. Therefore it can be said that some important characteristics of a society can be understood by observing the city populous. In conclusion while I believe that studying major cities can give a general Idea of the characteristics of a society it does not give us an idea about most of the important characteristics of a society. Thanks a lot

Please rate my essay. I have exam end of this month. To understand the most important characteristics of a society, one must study its major cities. 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 culture, religion, basic society rules, education and so forth are the main elements to identify the most important characteristics of a society. At the same time, the society is made up of a collection of individuals. So to get the information about their root over centuries, as stated in the statement, only studying the major cities are always subjected to outside influences. Therefore, I believe that studying the major cities of a society won’t provide its most significant characters. Major cities particularly design to attract people with new tradition, styles, fashion, working opportunities, standard education and other main reasons. Most of its traditions are highly influence by outside countries which are developed. For example, Colombo is the major economic place in Sri Lanka. People in this place live in different styles than other areas in Sri Lanka. Major businesses, industries, garments, main education centers and other important sectors are located here. The perspectives of people are different such as wearing dresses, religious view, political background, choosing education. However, it won’t be most of their original life styles. Most of the people in city should have come from far away from cities and their ancestors and relatives should live in that distance places. This village people life style exposes the actual characteristics of the modern people who have shifted to cities. To study a society, we need to understand the behavior, custom, religion, education level of every person from most areas of a country and agriculture and other main works of these most region of the nation to measure people income level. For example, people in Jaffna mainly do farming. In Nuwaraelliya people work at tea plantation. However, other part of the Sri Lanka, People mostly work in IT industries and other standard jobs. Moreover, the dressing styles for women in Colombo and other main cities are also totally different from other village area. Celebrating any religious activities are for their entertainment in cities while in rural area, people celebrate with full of dedication for God. Food habits in main cities are mostly western related food such as Pizza, Burger, and Noodle etc. Conversely, we can get traditional foods in village area only. In conclusion, as the examples provides in the above paragraph, we definitely need to visit to most part of the country where we can study the most significant elements to perceive the society. On the other hand, as given in the statement, custom of cities are highly influenced by other places because cities confine with different countries, religion and language. Therefore, they won’t reveal the characteristics of the society.