Columbusing

10/12/2020

Daily Literary Quote
“Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honored by posterity because he was the last to discover America.”
-James Joyce

Journal Prompt
Take a look at this article from The Oatmeal. What are some issues with the myth that Christopher Columbus "discovered" the Americas? Explain. Do you think Columbus should be honored with a holiday in the United States? Why or why not?

46 Comments

Piper

10/12/2020 01:14:17 pm

I think that some of the issues with the myths of Christopher Columbus is that he was the first one to discover the americas it was the Vikings and the natives. I think the idea of Columbus being honored is cute but it should be honoring someone else and not him.

Tia Matthews

10/12/2020 01:15:55 pm

I agree he wasn’t the first one to find it.

Audrey

10/12/2020 01:17:17 pm

I agree that this holiday should in fact be celebrating someone else.

Jada

10/12/2020 01:17:43 pm

I agree with what you said about Columbus not being the first one to discover the new world.

Riley Jones

10/12/2020 01:22:41 pm

I agree

Tia Matthews

10/12/2020 01:15:05 pm

He didn’t exactly discover America. There were people here before he was. Although he was the first one to discover it of the region he was from. Yes I guess so. We already have a day got it so why would you take it away. It was a big event in history.

Jada

10/12/2020 01:18:58 pm

I really like how you talked about how there were people who had discovered the land before him but that they weren’t from the same region.

Audrey

10/12/2020 01:15:19 pm

Some issues are that he didn't originally discover the Americas there in fact were many people there before him. He also should not be celebrated because he cause many people to be killed an enslaved when he didn't get what he wanted.

Shayla

10/12/2020 01:22:22 pm

He definitely took his greed out on the Native Americans

Michael Gebhardt

10/12/2020 01:23:06 pm

I agree he shouldn’t be honored for killing and enslaving the natives.

Jada

10/12/2020 01:16:22 pm

Some issues with the myth are that Leif Ericson had discovered the new world prior to Columbus and that instead of wanting to discover new land Columbus wanted to discover gold or more money. I believe that if Columbus should be honored with a holiday than so should many other people because he did not do much greater things than other people have.

Tia Matthews

10/12/2020 01:17:01 pm

I agree he was looking for riches.

Keller

10/12/2020 01:17:17 pm

That is a good point.

Sara Deschaine

10/12/2020 01:18:17 pm

I totally agree and your right it wasn’t even him that discovered it.

Andrew Sessions

10/12/2020 01:22:25 pm

I like how you put that.

Keller B

10/12/2020 01:16:35 pm

The issues are people listen to idiots. Then the idiots word becomes fact. Columbus Day should not be celebrated due to the fact that he didn’t discover North America. Erickson was the one who discovered it 500 years prior. Just because of that it should not be “celebrated.”

Piper

10/12/2020 01:18:13 pm

I like how you stated this

Sara Deschaine

10/12/2020 01:19:16 pm

I agree. That is very true.

Michael Gebhardt

10/12/2020 01:24:18 pm

Leif Erickson should be honored more.

Sara Deschaine

10/12/2020 01:16:37 pm

Some issues with this myth of Christopher Columbus discovering the Americans is that he is not actually the first one to discover it. No I don’t think we should be honoring him because it wasn’t him. It is not fair to Leaf Erickson the real founder.

Keller

10/12/2020 01:17:52 pm

Very true.

Audrey

10/12/2020 01:18:25 pm

I agree that this holiday is covering up the fact that other people discovered America before Christopher Columbus.

Cayden Logan

10/12/2020 01:26:56 pm

Bartolomé Day sounds a lot better, yeah?

Piper

10/12/2020 01:18:45 pm

I agree

Hannah Rich

10/12/2020 01:20:13 pm

Agreed

Riley Jones

10/12/2020 01:22:23 pm

True

Anika

10/12/2020 01:18:20 pm

I think columbus day should be an honored holiday because it represents Columbus’ knowledge of the american heritage.
Christopher discovered the land of a new place not the humans.

Riley

10/12/2020 01:24:18 pm

I agree with your last sentence.

Hannah Rich

10/12/2020 01:19:04 pm

I think we shouldnt make a day for Christopher Columbus. For one, that day belongs to someone else. Others discovered the land before him and we should be giving credit to the natives and Vikings. He also made some wrong choices, that I personally think should not be celebrated.

Andrew Sessions

10/12/2020 01:21:23 pm

Very true

Chloie

10/12/2020 01:22:48 pm

I agree why would you give a holiday to a person that doesn’t deserve it.

Andrew Sessions

10/12/2020 01:19:09 pm

I don’t think Columbus should be honored as a holiday, He wasn’t the first to discover it and he also did many terrible things to the natives that lived there.

Shayla

10/12/2020 01:21:10 pm

He definitely did some very bad things to the Natives

Shayla

10/12/2020 01:19:49 pm

These myths make Christopher Columbus sounds like a brave explorer who found a whole to world to share with everyone. It also makes him sound like he discovered America when he actually discovered the Bahamas. I believe that Columbus should not be honored with a holiday because of all the turmoil and destruction he caused to the Native Americans.

Cayden Logan

10/12/2020 01:25:14 pm

He was an awful person in my opinion

Kali

10/12/2020 01:26:11 pm

He did cause alot of turmoil and destruction.

Haylee

10/12/2020 01:21:25 pm

I don’t if he should have his own day. The reason why I think this is because he has done a lot that Impacted what would happen in future. He founded The new world which is now the bahamas but he also used girls as rewards for sex slaves. So I’m im between.

Riley

10/12/2020 01:23:21 pm

I will agree with I am in between on if it should be a holiday.

Riley

10/12/2020 01:21:38 pm

One of the main myths is that he discovered the Americans. I think that it should still be a holiday, because he did bring the old world to the new world.

Michael Gebhardt

10/12/2020 01:21:45 pm

Some issues with this myth is that Columbus was not the first to discover America because the Vikings already had. I really don’t think he should be honored because he never actually found the United States. I think we should just celebrate today as the beginning of the new era of colonization.

Chloie

10/12/2020 01:24:13 pm

I agree we should still have a holiday but maybe nit celebrating him, but the colonization of the Americas.

Chloie

10/12/2020 01:21:52 pm

I do not think that Columbus should be honored with a holiday. He was a starter of slavery and sex slavery. That’s just not cool and a guy like that doesn’t deserve a holiday.

Kali

10/12/2020 01:27:09 pm

I agree that he does not deserve a holiday.

Riley Jones

10/12/2020 01:22:01 pm

I don’t think we should celebrate Columbus Day because he did so many things that impacted our day to day life and most of those actions that impacted our lives have been negative.

Kali

10/12/2020 01:23:06 pm

One of the issues with the myth that Columbus discovered america is that he was not the first but actually the last to discover it. I do not think that Columbus should be honored with a holiday because he didn't discover america and he cruelly took it from the native people.

Cayden Logan

10/12/2020 01:24:01 pm

Christopher Columbus never actually discovered the americas, and he took the natives who lived there, brutalized them, forced then into slavery, and took their riches. He was a really awful human being, and should not have is own holiday. Bartolomé Day has a much better ring to it.

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