Christopher Columbus Day
The thing I remember most about reading this paper was how surreal the author makes it sound. You just want to keep telling yourself that this could not have happened because of how brutal, and sadistic it sounded. Once you realize that this could be in fact true, you wonder how this could ever happen. It is too appalling. Another thing that stuck out when I read this article was the way the author progressively moved forward in history. He started out talking about the cruel and inhumane treatment toward the native people by Columbus and gradually integrated the same situations with the English in the 1600's and eventually ended with the demise of the Native Americans in Western U.S. and the genocide of Mayan Indian people in Guatemala, El Salvador, and elsewhere. The two questions that popped in to my mind when I read this was I can not this still happens today after all we have to look back on and why do we still view Christopher Columbus as a national hero when he executed thousands of people. Like they say in the article, "the pattern holds" (unfortunately). Since this torture has been going on for centuries, it has created a "monster". The "monster", being the perception of genocide,
After reading this article, I almost felt ashamed by how we view our heroes. Today in this materialistic world we judge heroes based on how much money they make, what sports team they play, or what kind of car they drive. The dictionary defines a hero as a person noted for feats of courage or nobility of purpose, especially one who has risked or sacrificed his or her life. To me this means looking up to people such as firemen, police officers, doctors, and other people go beyond the call of duty. Granted, Columbus may have shown courage that has never been shown before, but what he did at the expense of others was far from heroic. To me it's hard to really believe how accurate this argument is. However, the way they presented the information on Columbus was very believable. After reading this article, I was shocked. Although I have vaguely remembered hearing this viewpoint on Columbus, I have not really read about the graphic nature in which he settled the land. I thought the article was very persuasive in terms of getting their point across to the reader. I liked how he progressed through history about how we still to this day use the same mentality against Native people. Overall, I was amazed how well this was written. They stuck the information in your face and forced you realize what Christopher Columbus was really about. He is about mass murder, dictator, and in comparison, the worst genocide leader in the history of this world which includes the likes of Stalin and Hitler. The first story I read after the original artic
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Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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