issue48【09年2月-3月GRE作文冲刺组】

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TOPIC: ISSUE48 - "The study of history places too much emphasis on individuals. The most significant events and trends in history were made possible not by the famous few, but by groups of people whose identities have long been forgotten."
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TIME: 00:45:00
DATE: 2009-2-28 20:42:12

Should most emphasis be placed on groups of people rather than on individuals when studying history, as the author suggests? In my view, however, the development of our society in history is more attributable to the great few, not only because their effort and ingenuity enhanced the life of their contemporary and the after, but also because they shaped the ideology of the masses of their time.

Admittedly, many groups of people played a crucial role in certain amount of historical events. It is true that the renaissance, a remarkable historic event, results not from the works of a single or several artists, but from vast master pieces of a group of painters and philosophers. Consider the Great Wall, few would dispute that it was attributable to the innumerous workers' efforts, as well as the Pyramid in old Egypt. It's obviously that without those groups of hard workers, such miracles wouldn't have come into being in this world. However, it's the despots that gathered these workers and provided the initial force of the accomplishments.

The great individuals are those people whose ideas and inventions significantly promote the progress of the society and enhance the quality of lives of the rest. In political realm, for instance, Martin Luther King's activities and the famous speech “I have a dream" led to the March on Washington and raised the consciousness of civil rights. The freedom brought to the India by Mahatma Gandhi owned him the father of India. In scientific realm, for another instance, the steam engine invented by James Watt was fundamental to the changes brought by the Industry Revolution in both the Kingdom of Great Britain and the world. Also, few would disagree that the assembly line introduced by Henry Ford revolutionized transportation and American industry. Thanks to these great individual, we can enjoy the well-being today.

The famous few, in fact, not only is the paramount impetus of social progress, but also is the dominant force that shape the trends of the ideology of the masses. The changes in the view of the society during nineteenth century may best illustrate this point. In the first part of this period, the Newtonian tradition prevailed. The society, like the world of nature, was considered as a mechanism. The title of a work by Herbert Spancer, Society Statics, is still remembered. However, several years latter, when Darwin made another scientific revolution, the social scientists, taking the cue from biology, began to think of society as an organism.

One would argue that every historical event or trend requires participant of groups of people, however, the key individuals provide the initial spark for it. Of course we should place sufficient emphasis on them.
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Should the most emphasis be placed on groups of people rather than on famous individuals when studying history, as the author suggests? In my view, however, the development of our society in history is more attributable to the famous few, not only because their effort and ingenuity enhanced the life of their contemporary and the after, but also because they shaped the ideology of the masses of their time.

Admittedly, many groups of people played a crucial role in certain amount of historical events. It is true that the renaissance, a remarkable historic event, results not from the works of a single or several artists, but from vast master pieces of a group of painters and philosophers. Consider the Great Wall. Few would dispute that it was attributable to the innumerous workers' efforts. It's obviously that without those groups of hard workers, such miracle wouldn't have come into being in this world. However, it's the despot that gathered these workers and provided the initial driving force of the accomplishments.

The great individuals are those people whose ideas and inventions significantly promote the progress of the society and enhance the quality of lives of the rest. In political realm, for instance, Martin Luther King's activities and the famous speech “I have a dream" led to the March on Washington and raised the consciousness of civil rights. The freedom brought to the India by Mahatma Gandhi owned him the father of India. When it comes to the scientific realm, it is widely recognized that the steam engine invented by James Watt was fundamental to the changes brought by the Industry Revolution in both the Kingdom of Great Britain and the world. Also, few would disagree that the assembly line introduced by Henry Ford revolutionized transportation and American industry. Thanks to these great individual, we can enjoy the well-being today.

The famous few, in fact, not only is the paramount impetus of social progress, but also is the dominant force that shape the trends of the ideology of the masses. The changes in the view of the society during nineteenth century may best illustrate this point. In the first part of this period, the Newtonian tradition prevailed. The society, like the world of nature, was considered as a mechanism. The title of a work by Herbert Spancer, Society Statics, is still remembered. However, several years latter, when Darwin made another scientific revolution, the social scientists, taking the cue from biology, began to think of society as an organism.

One would argue that every historical event or trend requires participation of groups of people. True, both the participation and effort of the groups of people and the inspiration brought about by the famous few are responsible for the overall development and trends of society. However, the position and function the key individual possess in these historic events is irreplaceable. Considering their prominent intelligence and diligence, the famous few are always representative to the existing force or the force created by them that help to evoke or shape the social developing trends. The conception of placing sufficient emphasis on the famous few in history study could be considered as the key to understanding and mastering the past and the present.