When looking at this week’s reading, one thing that stood out to me was Christopher Columbus and the Spaniard involvement with the natives. Growing up, most of learn how great Christopher Columbus is for finding the Americas. Even if he did not step foot on what now is considered the United States, he is still celebrated nationally and respected. We celebrate him to the point of having a national holiday commemorating the day he landed in the Americas. He can be highly celebrated for what he did, but not many talk about whom he was. When reading the book, chapter one really spends some time talking about what a guy he really was. He focused on having control. The whole team brought with them diseases that killed many natives. If they survived,
