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<p>p.s. there are probably many spelling/grammar errors since my computer has autocorrect.. so yeah.... might get weird words.. JUST SAYING! </p>
<p>Should people let their feelings guide them when they make important decisions?</p>
<p>People should let their feelings dictate important decisions. For example, movies depict many choices between cerebral and visceral. Entire eras were dedicated toward spontaneous, emotional choices. Thinking carefully and logically takes time and during that time something could be drastically changed. Several examples in movies, literature, and experience demonstrate how important it is for people's emotional feelings to overshadow practical feelings. </p>
<p>As demonstrated in the recent Disney movie, John Carter (formerly the book, Princess of Mars), emotional choices result in everlasting contentment. John Carter was a gold miner who searched all over the world for riches until he stumbled across a teleporter of the Shang group (the Dark Side essentially), which he accidentally used to teleport onto Mars. For the first half of the movie, all he thought about was practicality, meaning no emotional choices were ever made. Later on after he fell in love with the princess of Mars he realized that his emotions were important, therefore changing his whole view on life. It was symbolically shown when he threw away his teleported charm to never return back to earth. Contrasted from the beginning where John Carter was extremely tense, rigid, and apathy, in the end he became open, visceral, and quite charming. Emotional decisions, as shown in this movie, can lead to happiness.</p>
<p>In the Mid to late-19th century, a growing population of writers started to appear known today as Romanticism Writers. During this time, authors preached about people being more spontaneous, more emotional, more feelings. One of these people was famous Ralph Waldo Emerson who wrote multiple short stories that demonstrates this belief. One of the stories was Love, which is about how practical and unemotional humans have become. He wrote that instead of looking at just facts and listing out pros and cons, just be spontaneous and do what the reader think is right. Intellect is cold, he writes. Intellect makes human base everything upon what is the more realistic, which may be a mistake one day in the future. Therefore, thinking carefully and logically can turn humans into cynical people and also make us one day regret our choices.</p>
<p>The last example of where feelings overpower logic are shown with superheros of our times. For example, Superman doesn't save people because he thought about it for a long time and then decided that he should rescue these victims. This same applies to real life where you watch on the news these people who save people from burning cars, fast subways, and drowning children. Emotional decisions can mean life or death. Thus showing how emotional feelings can make people to do what's right, not what's logical.</p>
<p>Generally people believe that good decisions requires people to think hours and hours. But sometimes making those decisions spontaneously and not gather information might be the better choice. John Carter ended up as a happy man. Romanticism writers influenced readers golive based on judgement, not facts. Lastly, many people are saved thanks to emotional decisions. As shown in movies, writers, and superheroes, it is better for people to let their feelings guide them when making decisions.</p>