<p>The question as to whether cooperation is right or wrong is not as easy to answer as it may seem; consequently, most people assume that competition is the only way to achieve success. However, various examples from “HISTORY" and "LITERTURE", as well as life experiences, corroborates the point that cooperation is much more likely to engender significant, lasting accomplishments.
But here is where the question gets complicated; what exactly is cooperation? Fredrick Douglass' movement toward abolition and fighting feminism lucidly responds to the question in hand. After women in New York formed the women's state temperance society, which limits to women the right to hold its offices, Douglass called for equality. Women chose to compete with men rather than cooperate. Douglass, however, refused to budge. Believing in the net gain of cooperation among sexes, Douglass harshly called for peace: for a new era of male-and-female cooperation. As a result, in 1853, women were treated equally as men: women were paid equally with men for their work and had equal rights with men in the ownership and disposition of property.
Atticus Finch in “to kill a mocking bird”, too, demonstrates how cooperation is the means to any form of success. Atticus, a small town lawyer, was charged to defend Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping a white woman. Atticus's town citizens segregated BLACKS, so they didn't support his position. But Atticus made up his mind to uphold Tom. Because of his willingness to cooperate with BLACKS, Atticus was able to lunch a brilliant defense of his client.
A year ago, I was invited to join a swimming marathon. The game was divided into two parts: one was to join as a group of more than two members, another was to participate individually; I chose the latter. Being responsible for my decisions, I had to make up all the necessary deeds alone. As a result, I lost. Most of the participants were in groups: cooperating team made up their way to the golden cup.
After careful analysis of Douglass's reform movement, Atticus unconventional support, and my personal anecdote, one can see that cooperation is, indeed, the key to earn success.</p>
<p>SPACES ARE NOT COPIED CORRECTLY!!!
anyway, I’d like to see some tips to improve my essays.</p>
<p>what was the exact wording of the prompt?</p>
<p>is competition a more likely route to success than cooperation?</p>
<p>Ignoring the atrocious (and copious) grammatical errors, I would give your essay ~7/12. And that’s pretty generous.</p>
<p>A few tips …</p>
<h1>Make up your mind. Don’t admit that the answer is complicated; simply state your stance and provide strong evidence.</h1>
<h1>Do not try to wow the scorer with superfluous words. You’re limited to 25 minutes when writing the essay, so do your best to develop an opinion and detail strong evidence. If you can pull out some SAT-level words in the process, that will only help; but don’t rely on them to boost your score.</h1>
<h1>Spell your words correctly.</h1>