<p>So I decided to go for 3 examples for this one, I filled up all the space but I'm not sure if 3 is really better than 2 as I feel like the quality of each example goes down with 3 examples. Any thoughts on that?</p>
<p>Anyways here is the essay. Please mention strengths and weaknesses. Thank you!</p>
<p>Are widely held views often wrong, or are such views more likely to be correct?</p>
<p>The global acceptance of a certain view does not necessarily mean that that view is correct. On the contrary, widely held views are often wrong because the public is easily influenced by other members of society. Several examples, such as Galileo, the Othello or Rosa Park, prove this point.</p>
<p>During the 16th century, the church spread the idea that the earth was at the center of the universe and that everything revolved around it; a widely accepted view, at the time, that we now know, because of Galileos efforts, is erroneous and fake. Everyone accepted the notion that the earth was at the center of the universe because it gave them a sense of importance, which explains it was so difficult for people to accept that their view might have been flawed. Galileo tried to convince people that they were wrong but their mind was set in stone. Unless people can find proof or scientific evidence that something is true, they cannot just accept something as plausible just because everyone else thinks the same. Therefore, as this example has shown, because the common person is too easily influenced by the opinion of others when making decisions, a widely held view is often wrong.</p>
<p>As shown by the character Iago, in Othello, views held by many people can be the complete opposite of the truth. Throughout the play, Iago propagates the idea that he is honest by bluntly saying whatever he thinks. By doing that, he earns the nickname honest Iago which is obviously a deviation of the truth. Not until the very end of the play did everyone realize that their widely held view was in fact wrong. Iagos devious and cunning manners might not have been seen by the public but there nevertheless. People, too often, accept what they hear first as universally true which is a terrible habit. Everyone believed that Iago was honest because that is all that was being said about him even though he was actually incredibly duplicitous. Hence, this example proves that the public too easily accepts widely held views without any investigation as to whether or not they are true. </p>
<p>Through the events that Rosa Park went through during the 20th century, one can see that commonly shared views, due to their absurd nature, are often very far from being true. At that time, racial discrimination in America, a view held by a majority of people stated that black people were basically inferior to white people. Blacks had to sit in different sections in buses, had to go to different bathrooms and even had to drink in different water fountains. Today everyone feels like this completely ridiculous view, thanks to courageous actions of Rosa Park is wrong and should be frowned upon. Racism, a common viewpoint, was a belief based on assumptions made by ignorant and stupid people who were able to convince a vast majority of people. Thus we can see that widely held views often arise from ridiculous origins and should therefore not be trusted.</p>
<p>To conclude, through Galileo, Iago and Rosa Park, we can see that widely held views are often wrong because people are too easily influenced by the public opinion.</p>