Certainty And Doubt Analysis

Certainty and doubt seemingly contradict each other. One allows for someone to believe they can accomplish anything while the other trumps on this belief. However, there is a relationship; they fuel each other. Doubting an idea or ambition fuels one to believe in its certainty that it will be done (revisit later).
2016 seems so long ago, but this year is when doubting the candidates allowed one to become our president. Donald Trump entered the race with joke written across his back because he was the unlikely candidate. He was outspoken, a businessman, and did everything that a politician would not do (revisit). The media and citizens believed it was a matter of time before he left the race or eliminated through the primaries. Contrary to this opinion, Trump went on to succeed in the primaries and claimed victory in November of 2016. The doubt the media showered him allowed this to happen. People also doubted Hillary Clinton, but she made it to the election. Although she did not win, the doubt allowed her to get this far. Doubt allows certainty to flourish into something beautiful rather than

trampling on something and letting it wither away.
The Other Wes Moore highlights this perfectly.

Two Baltimore kids whose lives were on the street, yet one became a veteran and scholar while the other is a convicted murderer. Doubt plays a role in both of their stories, but shines in the first one. Wes Moore started to get into the life of drugs and crime, a fate his mother feared for him. He’s told by teachers he reads below his grade level, and they doubt he will receive his high school diploma. When his mother ships him to Valley Forge Academy, his mindset changes. His family and friend doubt he will last more than one week there. He uses their doubt to support his certainty that he will become a better person. He will get his diploma then a degree. Moore takes his ambitions to the next level by becoming a veteran of the US Army. Wes Moore shows that although doubt can bring people down, it can also build them

up.
The Me Too movement in 2017 took women of all ages, who doubted that they could do anything, and allowed them to destroy the careers of some of the most powerful men in Hollywood. Harvey Weinstein, Matt Lauer, and Louis C.K. are a few of the men. They doubted that anyone of the number of women would accuse them. They were certain they could continue harassing these women without any consequences. This faulty thinking is exactly what brought on their demise. Doubt and certainty worked together to continue this demoralizing behavior. If these men ever doubted that one of their victims would remain silent, they assured themselves that they would because the careers of these women would be destroyed.
Doubt and certainty fueled each other. They work in harmony to create the good, such as Wes Moore, or the bad, such as sexual assault in Hollywood. No matter how it is used, it is undeniable that they work alone. The antithesis of certainty and doubt also makes them partners in life.