Divide In America Research Paper

Now more than ever America needs to come together. Recent events in America has caused a great divide among the people. This division will only lead to the downfall of America. A solution to the growing divide in America is to revert back to Puritan ideas because the Puritans believed that to be successful the people must work together as one.

The Puritans believe, to be successful you need one single community, but the recent election in America has gone against this puritan belief and has caused the people to become divided. The Democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton won about 62.5 million votes from the people, while president-elect Donald Trump won 61.2 million votes(politico). Although, Hillary won the popular vote, President Trump and
Protests from Portland, Oregon to Washington D.C. have occurred(New Yorker). These protest show that the American population is in disagreement about President Trump’s election. As a democracy the people have the right to disagree and protest, but when those protest became violent like during anti trump protests in Portland. Protesters smashed in windows and threw objects at police(NPR). This type of violence shows that people are divided because they can not solve problems through the democratic system. Violent protests in America are not only occurring against President Trump. Protest regarding police brutality have started to become violent. The killings of innocent African Americans, such as Philando Castile who was unarmed when he was shot and killed by police, has angered many Americans(Chicago Tribune). These shootings by the police who are meant to protect us show us how divided America really is. The very own people whose job is to protect the people in America, are killing people instead. This shows a flawed system where the structure of America is fighting it’s people. If the cops are not willing to get along with the people than there will be more innocent people hurt which will lead to more
In the crucible the town was torn apart because they could not work together as a community to solve the problem. Not working together only caused death and misery throughout the town. One could see how a single element could ruin a community. In the crucible the girls were accusing people of being witches(Miller). The locals of the town who were strictly religious and believed in the girl’s nonsense became scared and started rounding up the supposed witches, who were than executed(Miller). This caused many riots in nearby towns and Reverend Parris and Hale try to stop the execution because they saw how it was wrong(Miller). This is similar to the situation in America right now. People saw how wrong the hanging of the ‘accused’ was and they rioted and tried to stop it. In America, police brutality and the recent election resembles the situation in the Crucible where people stood up for what is right, but the problem could still not be resolved peacefully. The solution to end the divide is very simple, America must, “knit together by [a] bond of love [and] seek out cohabitation under a due form of government [that is] civil” because without it, the people will always disagree with each other and the government(Winthrop). If the people disagree than the government can not, “subsist in the ruin of the public”(WInthrop). The government has to listen to the people and take action to show the