Christopher Columbus Research Paper

History. Let’s just say theres a reason its called history and not the truth. By dissecting its parts we realize that the word itself conveys its meaning. History is, his story. Taking into consideration that“his” is not always a male but the one thing that stays constant is that his story is never exactly the same as her story or the other guys story and most importantly not, your story. Everyone has different ways of perceiving what is seen, heard, felt and further more understanding those sensations. Everyone has different backgrounds, different levels of education, culture, religion and widely varying experiences. History is just what few have passed on to the greater knowledge of events that occurred. Thus, this is what motivates me to …show more content…
1). For the simple reason that what he brought to my attention was utterly shocking. I like many other students have never seen Christopher Columbus as nothing but a hero of the past, a courageous sailor that discovered the “New World”. Without his advances and discoveries we wouldn't be where we are today. Not once did I question what those “advances” really were. To top it off, the fact that historians knew about his motives and had direct artifacts that proved his crimes yet still chose to portray him as a hero. The only thing that I’m sure of is it that genuine heroes don’t kill for pleasure and gold. This new and astonishing fact is what sparked my question, what other parts of history are omitted then silenced?
Historian’s value and goals can lead to the distortion of history and omit facts and truth. “In other words, there is a conservative bias of history and a tendency to emphasize what previous generations have emphasized. The motive for that is safety, because the historian who breaks the pattern causes stares and suspicions.” (Zinn, n.d. , p. 59) If the information we are given is always following a certain pattern how are we supposed to grow and most importantly have a solid conception of the