Nationalism: Does It Unify The argument over whether nationalism unifies or divides has Many feel thatthe negative effects outweigh thepositive effects; but I feel that thesepeople are wrong.Just look at the Grimmbrothers. They were so inspired bythe start of German nationalism,that they tried to help unite theseparated states by writing downthe stories of the common people. This effort helped the Germanpeople to feel united in theirheritage, thus helping to unite theGerman states into one successfulcountry.Nationalism also helped byletting people share the love oftheir country. Like in this inspiringquote," Love your country. Yourcountry is the land where yourparents sleep, where is spoken thatlanguage in which the chosen ofyour heart, blushing, whispered thefirst word of love..." This quoteshows how enraptured bynationalism the Italians were. Theywanted their country to be unitedso badly, and they wanted others tojoin the fight to have their commonheritage rolled into one. This fightfor a unified country waseventually won in the 1860's; andsince, the Italian nation has thrived.The Greeks also got into thenationalistic state of mind. At thetime, the Greek people were underOttoman rule, and were incrediblyunsatisfied there. The Greekswanted to be an independentnation, so they stood up to theOttoman empire. Their need forindependence was so great that iteven showed through on their art.With all these examples,how can ...