Christopher Columbus is arguably one of the most famous performers of all time. He discovered the Caribbean Islands, Hispaniola(modern day Haiti and the Dominican Republic), Jamaica, Cuba, and parts of Central America and northern South America. During the second Monday in October, Americans from coast to coast celebrate Columbus’s arrival in the Americas. However, does Columbus really deserve a holiday? Is he really the hero elementary school textbooks paint him to be?
Christopher Columbus is not worthy of a recognition of a national holiday. Columbus is not worthy of a national holiday because he threatened and killed the Indians. For example, he claimed the Indians land as his own. Also he murdered the Indians and forced them into hard labor. Also to test how sharp his swords were he cut pieces off the Indians.
What is Christopher Columbus day? Christopher Columbus day is when people of America celebrate the day Columbus discovered America in 1492 every October and call him a hero. Many historians have honored him and called him a hero as they learned more. (“Columbus Controversy”). However, what society does not know is what he had done to the Natives and their culture.
Throughout many historical interpretations of the explorer, Christopher Columbus, many included his voyage of seeking for a new route from Europe to the land of the riches, Asia. Although Columbus never set foot in Asia, he had traveled west and discovered the New World, and led many influential impacts. From Columbus’s exploration, it created several questionings along with controversies, debating whether people should celebrate Columbus Day. Nevertheless, Columbus Day should not be a national holiday, because the honor presented by the holiday does not suit many of Columbus’s despicable actions. Columbus had received the wrong title for his journey, his discovery lead to massive amounts of murders, and his greed for valuables and fame was also part of Columbus’s
Christopher Columbus: Worthy to be honored? In 1492, Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas. After a long, disheartening voyage, Columbus and his men arrived in Hispaniola. Columbus was revered, given credit for his discovery, and ultimately praised for it.
The United States of America celebrates Columbus Day, to commemorate the day Christopher Columbus landed in the New World, on the second Monday of October. The United States should not be celebrating Columbus Day because Christopher was not a very nice person. He made strict laws about obtaining gold and bringing its overseas, enslaved and murdered millions of native Americans, and he did not even step foot in America, the main country that celebrates this day in history. In a letter from Christopher Columbus to Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand, Columbus recommends rules and regulations for a new colony, for the benefit of Spain.
While some choose to celebrate, seeing Columbus as a hero, others believe Columbus was far from a good, gracious man. Zinn talks of how stingy Columbus and the Spaniards were when it came to gold. They took advantage of the Indians. Zinn includes writings from Columbus, in which he speaks about how vulnerable and non-resistant the Indians were, claiming they would never say no when Columbus asked them to hand over their resources. It has always been taught to me in history that Columbus and his men did take advantage of the Indians, but Zinn seems to take it into much more detail in comparison to the Patriots History textbook, which seems to lack the amount of gruesome detail from A People’s History.
For over 80 years we have glorified, heroized, and celebrated Christopher Columbus for accomplishments that he never accomplished. While at the same time we have forgotten the things that he actually did do, some of which were not very heroic nor ethical. So why, on every second Monday in October, do we miss school and work just to remember a man who wasn’t who we think he was? The answer is simple, we shouldn’t be. So let's all board the Boat of Answers, then hoist our Flag of Truth, and finally set sail to find out who the real Christopher Columbus was.
When I was younger I was under the impression that Christopher Columbus was a great man and that he discovered America. We celebrate Columbus day because we honor him for “discovering America”. From this new information that I have learned today, Christopher Columbus is not the man iv have been taught about.
Columbus, an Italian explorer, had set sail in 1492 working for Spain. When he arrived to the Americas, he did not know anything about it, so he felt the need to take over and be a tyrant. America should not celebrate Columbus Day because he terrorized the people of the Americas and did not even achieve any of the goals he set out for, to help Europe gain more knowledge. Columbus Day should not be celebrated due to his cruelty which includes rape, him killing and planning to obliterate all Natives. He had killed many Native Americans almost wiping them out in one generation, he set a plan to exterminate the Native Americans and he encouraged his men to rape the Native Americans.
Argumentative Essay Outline I. Claim: Celebration of Columbus Day should be abolished due to Columbus’ harsh treatment toward the Native Americans and fallacies in his exploration. II. Sub-Claims: A) Reason: Columbus’ exploration was not meant to discover America but to conquer and exploit existed American civilizations.
There are many opinions about Columbus Day and whether we should celebrate it as a holiday. I believe the extent in which we should celebrate Columbus Day is just acknowledging him rather than dedicating a federal holiday to him. I would propose to celebrate “Indigenous People’s Day” or “Native Americans’ Day”. My opinion comes from his actual discovery of th New World and his actions after he settled in North America. One reason why I think we should not celebrate Columbus day to the extent of a federal holiday is because of the thinking that Columbus was the one who discovered North America.
Finally, we should celebrate Columbus Day because he brought value to America. When I say "value" I mean he made America worth something. Not money-wise but more livable through goods and services for citizens here in America. Basically the "west Indies" people lived off natural resources and made shelter from their surroundings. When Christopher Columbus arrived he made businesses for people who wanted to work, and he made trade markets for people who wanted to buy goods from the old world such as jewelry, jewels, spices, perfume, etc; only the wealthy bought such items.
Holidays around the world are celebrated to remember and commemorate certain times in history, and to keep those dates important. For quite some time, Columbus Day has been a questionable holiday. Some people say it should be a holiday because we are acknowledging the fact that he discovered the Americas. In contrast, others disagree because of the ways he treated the original inhabitants of the places he discovered. This paper will argue that Columbus Day should not be a holiday because he exploited, murdered, and enslaved many natives throughout his journeys.
Introduction South Korea is a very cultural and historical place which has 51 million inhabitants. Their country is in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and they own many thousands of islands, however not all are habitable. They have very extreme weathers and a very varying terrain. Above all, these the Koreans are very proud people that value education, culture and history very much. Geography South Korea is a country in East Asia which covers the southern part of the Korean Peninsula.
