Historians are fixated with deriving meaning from various types of sources and is their most basic task. With what they find, they then derive wider arguments about why history happened and what it in turn means. By telling a story, historians derive meaning from the larger historical context. Actions, documents, and experiences, provide explanations, further understanding, and the ability to discover meaning and interpret it. Although all historians produce meaning from their work, it is controversial. Can we really determine the meaning behind someone else’s actions, experiences, or writings? The argument of whether or not historians are postulating or presenting hardened fact is an ingrained controversy within history. Differing conclusions
