Harel Tillinger
Zinn to Royal
In the article, “Columbus and the Beginning of the World” by Robert Royal, the author describes Columbus’s adventure as one of the most important in history and describes his friendliness toward the Indians. His argument is that Columbus said the Tainos were “closer to the conditions of the Garden of Eden than those enmeshed in the conflicts of ‘civilization’”(Royal 7) is not consistent with Columbus’s actions toward the natives. If Columbus believed that the Indians were more connected to the Garden of Eden, then he would not have taken the Indians captive and the “women and children as slaves for sex and labor”(Zinn 2). Similarly, in Royal’s analysis he argued that Columbus realized the Indians were “real-and-blood …show more content…
Zinn’s explains that Columbus was only involved in the exploration of the New World for power, and gold is inconsistent with Columbus’s religious values. To begin, Zinn associates Columbus numerous times with gold, most notably, when Zinn states that Columbus took some of his Indian slaves on a boat because “he insisted that they guide him to the source of the gold” (Zinn 2). Columbus was very religious and wrote that when he was reading through different texts he did it “with a hand that could be felt, the Lord opened [Columbus’s] mind to the fact that it would be possible to sail from [Spain] to the Indies”(Royal 4). Columbus’s religious views must have affected him when he was going to the Indies and while he was on the various islands staying with the Indians in the Caribbean. Additionally, Columbus called the Indians “very meek and know no evil” (Royal 6) and due to his religiousness, he described them as being “closer to the conditions of the Garden of Eden”(Royal 7). Similarly, Royal suggests that “Columbus combined his faith with new knowledge and new interests”(Royal 4) and “wanted that Renaissance ideal, glory: in this case, that of an unprecedented voyage”(Royal 4). Columbus’s religiousness would have prevented him from stealing “all the gold and silver”(Zinn 11) as one of the Ten Commandments is to not steal. Although Columbus’s mission was to explore unknown land and to bring home goods, his religiousness would have made him unable to accomplish this goal in such a harsh way as Zinn
Zinn to Royal
In the article, “Columbus and the Beginning of the World” by Robert Royal, the author describes Columbus’s adventure as one of the most important in history and describes his friendliness toward the Indians. His argument is that Columbus said the Tainos were “closer to the conditions of the Garden of Eden than those enmeshed in the conflicts of ‘civilization’”(Royal 7) is not consistent with Columbus’s actions toward the natives. If Columbus believed that the Indians were more connected to the Garden of Eden, then he would not have taken the Indians captive and the “women and children as slaves for sex and labor”(Zinn 2). Similarly, in Royal’s analysis he argued that Columbus realized the Indians were “real-and-blood …show more content…
Zinn’s explains that Columbus was only involved in the exploration of the New World for power, and gold is inconsistent with Columbus’s religious values. To begin, Zinn associates Columbus numerous times with gold, most notably, when Zinn states that Columbus took some of his Indian slaves on a boat because “he insisted that they guide him to the source of the gold” (Zinn 2). Columbus was very religious and wrote that when he was reading through different texts he did it “with a hand that could be felt, the Lord opened [Columbus’s] mind to the fact that it would be possible to sail from [Spain] to the Indies”(Royal 4). Columbus’s religious views must have affected him when he was going to the Indies and while he was on the various islands staying with the Indians in the Caribbean. Additionally, Columbus called the Indians “very meek and know no evil” (Royal 6) and due to his religiousness, he described them as being “closer to the conditions of the Garden of Eden”(Royal 7). Similarly, Royal suggests that “Columbus combined his faith with new knowledge and new interests”(Royal 4) and “wanted that Renaissance ideal, glory: in this case, that of an unprecedented voyage”(Royal 4). Columbus’s religiousness would have prevented him from stealing “all the gold and silver”(Zinn 11) as one of the Ten Commandments is to not steal. Although Columbus’s mission was to explore unknown land and to bring home goods, his religiousness would have made him unable to accomplish this goal in such a harsh way as Zinn