Christopher Columbus Essay

Christopher Columbus was an explorer for Spain who was born in Italy. He tried to sail to Asia but ended up in North America. Although Christopher Columbus was an accomplished explorer, he should not be remembered as a great historical figure for his brutal actions.

Christopher Columbus has made lots of great discoveries and has gotten himself a “big name”. There have been lots of places all over the world named after him such as British Columbia which is a Canadian province (Document 1,4). He is a national symbol with a holiday named in his favour. The holiday is called Columbus Day (Document 1,5). Columbus is a determined man who does not give up on his dreams. He wanted to sail west from Europe and no European had ever dare to go there before and he didn’t even have the money to do so (Document 2,5). He was able to successfully persuade the king and queen of Spain to found his vogues to the new world which isn’t the easiest thing to do (Document 1,5). Columbus was a great negotiator, he was able to negotiate 10% from the King and Queen of Spain to search for new lands, gold, and spices. No other explorer was ever able to negotiate so well (5). Christopher Columbus has made lots of great accomplishments for himself that everyone should recognize and accomplish him for.

Although Christopher Columbus has made lots of big accomplishments, he has also made plenty of mistakes. Columbus is credited for knowledge that is already known such as the world is circular (Document 1,2). Stories of his accomplishments are largely, if not fully false (Document 1). Columbus forced people to switch religions to his liking because he was deeply religious Christian (Document 2). Columbus spread European diseases and killed the native people (Document 2). Columbus was greedy, he stole the reward of a famous explorer who saw the land first and demanded the king to give 10% of their wealth to Spain (Document 3). Columbus was a lazy liar he knew the length from Spain to India was but instead he went to the closet island and called them Indians (Document 3). Columbus was a mean leader to his people (Document 3). Columbus was a slave trader and took the people of Canada as slaves and traded them for goods and such (Document 3,4). Columbus was cruel and asked the native people to give him a handful of gold, those who could not satisfy got their hands cut off (Document 3). By seeing all of these things that he has done wrong I would hope that you agree with me, that he is not a great historical figure.

Christopher Columbus is a controversial explorer. Although Christopher Columbus was an accomplished explorer, he should not be remembered as a great historical figure for his brutal actions. Even though Columbus has made some good decisions, he has made too many bad ones, therefore he should not be remembered as a great historical figure!

 

 

 

Tacky Tabloid Ballad

Chris got mad at Rihanna,
He was not being gentle,
She got scratches and bruises and covered with bandages,
Her face looked mental.

Because he punched her,
Everyone one was shocked,
She came out to public,
Chris Brown got mocked.

He learned his lesson,
Not to ever beat a female,
He’ll never dare to do it again,
Now he is a mocked male.

Where I’m From

I am from the soccer cleats, from Adidas and Nike.

I am from the relaxing, warm, bedroom with a comfy bed.

I am from the rose, the sunflower.

I am from Taco Tuesday and don’t fight fire wih fire, from Matt and Tyler and Rosenlund.

I am from the being honest and arriving early.

From eat your fruits and vegetables and eat healthy.

I’m from Canada, Sweden, potatoes, pizza.

From the broken leg my dad got from playing soccer, the black eye I got from fighting my brother, and the black eye my brother got from walking into a pole.

I am from the chest locked upstairs with all of the old photos and memories of the family.

Three Poems

Nothing Gold Can Stay

by Robert Frost

Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.

This poem would be recited at a funeral because it is showing the audience that no matter what you do or how good you are, you will never be able to live forever and the whole poem would be recited. This poem is really taking a lot of the emotion away from all of those people who were sad because this person had died because it is showing that everyone dies and it is just a matter of time. This poem is the parent of the person who died, reading it to the audience.

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“Love” by Roy Croft
I love you,
Not only for what you are,
But for what I am
When I am with you.

I love you,
Not only for what
You have made of yourself,
But for what
You are making of me.
I love you
For the part of me
That you bring out;
I love you
For putting your hand
Into my heaped-up heart
And passing over
All the foolish, weak things
That you can’t help
Dimly seeing there,
And for drawing out
Into the light
All the beautiful belongings
That no one else had looked
Quite far enough to find.

I love you because you
Are helping me to make
Of the lumber of my life
Not a tavern
But a temple;
Out of the works
Of my every day
Not a reproach
But a song.

I love you
Because you have done
More than any creed
Could have done
To make me good
And more than any fate
Could have done
To make me happy.
You have done it
Without a touch,
Without a word,
Without a sign.
You have done it
By being yourself.
Perhaps that is what
Being a friend means,
After all.

This poem would be recited at a wedding because it is either the bride or the groom saying the poem to each other. The whole poem would be recited. They are telling each other how much they love each other and what they like about each other and how important they are to each other. This poem really shows the audience how connected these two are and how special they are to find each other. This poem really impacts either the bride or groom depending on who is reading it to who.

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You May Count That Day
By George Eliot

If you sit down at set of sun
And count the acts that you have done,
And, counting, find
One self-denying deed, one word
That eased the heart of him who heard –
One glance most kind,
That fell like sunshine where it went –
Then you may count that day well spent.

But if, through all the livelong day,
You’ve cheered no heart, by yea or nay –
If, through it all
You’ve nothing done that you can trace
That brought the sunshine to one face –
No act most small
That helped some soul and nothing cost –
Then count that day as worse than lost.

This poem would be recited at a graduation coming from the graduating student. He would be saying the whole poem. He is trying to tell everyone that is listening that you have to take everything seriously and you can’t take any days where you just fool around all day because that could’ve been a very important day or even a life changing day. The person who is reading the poem is saying that every small silly mistake you make is important and you can’t make them because it will come back and haunt you one day. This poem is really motivating the audience to take everything they do seriously and to not fool around because it is all very important.

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Versailles Paragraph

If the 3rd estate had seen this house then they would’ve been shocked and mad about how much money it would’ve costed to make the house when you don’t even need the thing to be so  big. They are extremely frustrated because the king could’ve made it a lot smaller and saved a lot of money and with that money that they could’ve saved they could’ve gave it to the 3rd estate so there wasn’t as much poverty going on. They were also very confused on why they were having to pay so much tax when basically all of it is going to the king to live an extravagant life style when it’s not benefiting the people. They were also wondering why they had to give 10% of the income to the church when they are seeing how much money the king had. They were also very curios on why they had to work on the lords property’s and kings projects for free when they see that they have money that they are able to pay them. The city workers were frustrated and confused on why they weren’t getting more money because they see that the king has enough but he is using in out himself and his wife when he could help them and make sure they don’t live in poor conditions that are cramped and dirty because the city workers are working for the city.