Argumentation #4: George Eliot

     Realism is a movement that depicted real life people, in their real life environment, facing real situations. Unlike the romantics which focused on the individual and typically had a positive outlook on life, the realists focused on society on the whole and typically had a pessimistic view on real life. Realist George Eliot's view on leadership advises us that flawed leadership is to be expected and shouldn't stop progress of movements or humanity. For example, Dr. Martin Luther King was a flawed leader as well as Hitler, both had their flaws but had made great progress in both of their movements.
     Would the civil rights movement be as successful if it had been led than someone other than Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.? We'll never know, but it is widely known and accepted that he was a strong leader, but he wasn't without his flaws. Many of King's speeches were plagiarized including his "I Have a Dream" speech. Without it, the civil rights movement wouldn't have been so effective and powerful, maybe it wouldn't have made much change at all. Another flaw that he had was that he was working with the communists. King was under FBI surveillance due to his ties with the communists organizations. King was accept money from them in order to fund his movement, in return he would have to let communists leaders run and project their ideas to his large following.
     You cannot deny the fact that Adolf Hitler was a powerful leader. Despite killing two-thirds of the Jewish population in Europe at the time, Hitler had so much influence on his people that he made them believe that the Jewish were an inferior race that should be removed. His soldiers swore "unconditional obedience" to Hitler on the day of Hindenburg's death. If Hitler wouldn't have been such a powerful, ruthless and intimidating leader, the Germans wouldn't have been powerful at all.
     Maybe we do need powerful leaders, both King and Hitler died whilst they were still in power. The Germans had failed and there are still racial issues happening all over America. But it is their legacy that makes the people today say we can fight for our own rights, that kind of thinking led to powerful movements like the Black Lives Matter movement. Hitler taught us not what to do to our fellow human race.
      With the presence of a perfect leader, maybe our world wouldn't have any problems at all. Our society would be perfect if we had a perfect leader. However a perfect leader doesn't exist, only people that want change. Sure, since the movements today are large and aren't really being led by a single person, there may be a lot of problems, but that doesn't change the fact that their strong. You do not need a strong leader for change, just passion.

Argumentation #3: Emily Dickinson xd

     There are two types of romanticism, transcendentalism and gothicism. Transcendentalists believe in individualism and following one's own desires and that nature and humanity was divine. On the other hand, gothics believe within every individual there existed the potential for self-destruction, personal torment, graphic morbidity, terror and madness. Emily Dickson, gothic author says that evil and fear doesn't just come from material things like a chamber or a haunted house, it also comes from the mind. I believe that evil comes from society, but at the same time it is all inside a person's mind.
     Society has a set of rules that bound everyone together, making sure that they don't deviate away from the norm, but the norm doesn't have to be right. The Doll Test demonstrates that black children tend to see white dolls as being more beautiful and good, while black dolls are less beautiful and more evil. That kind of colonial mindset is what pollutes the children's minds today, that kind of colonial mindset didn't exist in Native American cultures, that kind of mindset is what allows racism to be a part of American culture, that kind of mindset is evil and it has been inherited by the citizens through society.
     Fear has a place in one's mind. Traumatic experiences can lead to hallucinations and psychopathic behavior. Being alone in a room with no sound makes people go crazy, but with that there's nothing actually there. That is all going on inside their mind.
    It is hard to say whether or not evil and fear comes from the outside or the inside considering that there are many different people on this earth who have many different personalities and backgrounds. However, I do believe that the majority of people's fears and evils come from society. Most countries now are very competitive, doing what ever it takes to keep the ones on top, on top, and the ones on the bottom, on the bottom.
     I understand a lot of the gothic ideas and where one might get them, they must of had a terrible childhood or has been drinking to try to get rid of their demons. It's just that seeing how our society and culture functions, it's not hard to see that the way we grow up is the way that society wants us to grow up. To be free is to have no limitations, nothing holding you back.