Introduction
Historical truth must be revealed most clearly without any
dissimulation facts inside it. So that, the historical data does not imply
false history, siding, even just for the author to realize the benefit of
history. That is historical data must be really pure harmony with the
historical events that reality. It will enable the realization of valid historical
data.Although in reality every writing of history always contained in
ideological motive of the author's history. This is similar to what happened in
the history of columbus. Everyone has to believe that the American continent
was the inventor of columbus. But, Howard Zinn brave to express real the truth
about columbus in the article "speaking truth to power with books"
Summary
There are some basic points about columbus that Howard Zinn
expressed in the article "speaking truth to power with books". First,
the beginning of Christopher Columbus traveled the seas is he is accused rape
princess a Spanish nobility young as 13 years. The court can not decide he
should be put to death. Happened in 1491 and a Pastor named Pastor Perez
mediate on behalf of Columbus and Queen Isabella pleaded with Columbus to
finance. If he succeed able to convert the native Christians, and finally Queen
Isabella sent him on a mission looking for a new continent (when it was the
main goal is to find India) and with expectations, Columbus can not go back.
When finally Columbus first landed in America Blue Continent, he
still thinks this is Indian land. At that time the natives greeted Columbus
happily. But, contrary what Columbus wrote in his journal? "They brought
us parrots, balls of cotton and spear and many other things as a gift. They
willing trade everything they owned. They do not bear armsit, when I showed the
sword. They have no iron. Their spears are made of cane. They would easily become
slaves we conquered with only fifty minute, we could subjugate them all and
make them do whatever we want." Columbus also wroteit, "I believe,
that they would easily become Christians artificial, because it seemed like
they had no religion." In his diary, Columbus admit, that when he arrived in
the East Indies (when it was still believed he had found Indiait, not America),
he tortured the nativesit, hangingit, whipit, just after the important
information: "Where there is gold?" Helen Ellerbe, in "The Dark
Side of Christian History" (pp. 86-88).
Second, describe the
fury columbus. He is a murderer, torturer, kidnapper, a mutilator of native
people, a hypocrite, agreedy man looking for gold, willing to kill people and
mutilate people. He enslaved many local residents and slaughters according to Ward
Churchill , a former professor of ethnic studies at the University of Colorado
, until the year 1496 , the population has been reduced from as many as eight million
to about three million.
There also were killed directly in place as punishment ' for crimes
' such as not to pay tribute to the invaders . Many who can not or do not want
to pay then their hands cut off and left to bleed to death . Columbus and his
men documented by the history of Las Casas , known as Brev'sima - n relaci ,
which performs human mass lynchings , the baked on the beach , burning at stake
and even behead the children and gave them as dog food as a punishment for
crime the smallest . The master of the Spanish massacred the natives ,
sometimes hundreds simply as a form of exercise , make a bet on who could split
a man in two , or cut off the head to drop in one hit , sometimes they also
decapitate foot small children to drop out only for test the sharpness of their
swords.
Critique
There are two points that the author wants to criticism about the
article ”Speaking truth to power with books.” First, Howard Zinn is not
clear as to who the real inventor of the American continent. In the article
Speaking truth to power with books . Howard Zinn said that it was not
Christopher Columbus who discovered America he just explained about columbus
fury . He is a murderer , torturer , kidnapper , mutilator of native people,
hypocrite. Why Howard Zinn did not explain who the inventor of the American?
Indeed according to historical evidence there are some people who find the
American continent first one is Admiral Cheng Ho. Written evidence in history .
Trader, Genoa, Italy, Christopher Columbus led the fleet across the Atlantic
Ocean . He arrived on a new continent that has never et and eventually named
the continent America on October 12, 1492 . Other evidence a copy of a map of
600 year old who was found at a flea bookstore . The document is said to have
originated from a 18th century, which is a copy of the 1418 map made Admiral
Cheng Ho, who shows details of ' new world ' in some sides . Claims evidence
that Chinese admiral mapped the Western Hemisphere more than 70 years before
Columbus , is one of the claims published author Gavin Menzies in his new book
, " Who Discovered America?
Other historical evidence has been discovered that the American
continent was Leif Erikson is Around the year 1000 , Leif Eriksson bought
Bjarni boat , and with a crew of 35 men , he set sail to find a beach that
Bjarni told . Leif Erikson who first discovered the grassy land with vast
glaciers that covered the high plains . Leif named Helluland which means
"Land of Stone Plate". Perhaps, this is the time when the people of
Europe for the first time set foot in North America . Historian today are
convinced that Helluland Baffin Island , in northeastern Canada.
Second, Howard Zinn
did not explain clearly references. Article that he wrote less supported by
theories. He just got it from his own experience and the experience that he
heard.
Conclusion
There are two points that can be take from the article howard Zinn
it. First, the author certainly has its weakness. Disadvantages of Howard Zinn
article is not to explain and mention who the real inventor of the Americas.
Second. Howard Zinn also has the
advantage because he brave to express that not columbus who discovered the
American.
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