Simon Bolivar Analysis
Simón Bolívar, the author, was a Venezuelan military and political leader from the Captaincy General of Venezuela (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sim%C3%B3n_Bol%C3%ADvar). He was the son of a Venezuelan Aristocrat. He wrote this letter on September 6, 1815 during his time while in exile in Jamaica (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carta_de_Jamaica). The document was a response letter written of the 29th ultimo. Bolivar’s intended audience was a gentleman residing in Kingston Jamaica, by the name of Henry Cullen.
This letter was written in response to a prior letter written to Simon Bolivar from Henry Cullen who had expressed his interest in the fate of Bolivar’s country, and the suffering endured by the hands of the Spaniards. Bolivar states “I am no less sensible of the obligation which your solicitous inquiries about the principle objects of American policy place upon me … In my opinion it is impossible to answer …show more content…
the questions that you have so kindly posed” (Bolivar, par. 2). Although the letter was addressed to Cullen, Bolivar’s main purpose and motive of his response was to the gain the attention of Britain (http://rockthecomps.blogspot.com/2013/07/carta-de-jamaica-simon-bolivar-18151816.html).
Before this document was produced, Bolivar was influenced by a very tumultuous time by the successful slave rebellion during the Haitian revolution.
The document encompasses how the Spaniards in a tyrannical fashion, were taking over large territories of South America and millions of people. In his writing he expresses his disgust with Europe who avoided involvement, despite the atrocities. Bolivar is quite passionate in his question as to how, “What! Is Europe deaf to the clamor of her own interests? Has she no eyes to see justice? Has she grown so hardened as to become insensible? (Bolivar, par. 14).
Bolivar emphasizes his home country of Venezuela in further detail, such as the rapid sequence of events that occurred, and the remaining Venezuelan people fending off the Spaniard ‘monsters’. “Nearly a million persons formerly dwelt in Venezuela, and it is no exaggeration to say that one out of four has succumbed either to the land, sword, hunger, plague, flight, or privation, all consequences of the war, save the earthquake” (Bolivar, par.
11).
Bolivar looked up to the states and providences that fought to maintain themselves, despite the influx of the Spaniard’s and their attempted takeovers. “The war-like state of the La Plata River provinces has purged that territory and led their victorious armies to Upper Peru, arousing Arequipa and worrying the royalists in Lima. Nearly one million inhabitants there now enjoy liberty” (Bolivar, par. 7). He wrote of signs of hope despite the bloodshed and tyranny. According to his writings, Chile was fighting hard as she did in the past against conquests of enemies, and was a “sublime example of proof to those fighting in Chile that a people who love independence will eventually achieve it” (Bolivar, par. 8).
He discusses other areas within the Americas under threat including Viceroyalty of Peru, Bolivia, and Guatemala. Puerto Rico and Cuba appeared to concede, “the most tranquil possessions of the Spaniards... (Bolivar, par.13). Bolivar anticipated the outcome of Central and South America, as well as Mexico.
This letter was written in response to a prior letter written to Simon Bolivar from Henry Cullen who had expressed his interest in the fate of Bolivar’s country, and the suffering endured by the hands of the Spaniards. Bolivar states “I am no less sensible of the obligation which your solicitous inquiries about the principle objects of American policy place upon me … In my opinion it is impossible to answer …show more content…
the questions that you have so kindly posed” (Bolivar, par. 2). Although the letter was addressed to Cullen, Bolivar’s main purpose and motive of his response was to the gain the attention of Britain (http://rockthecomps.blogspot.com/2013/07/carta-de-jamaica-simon-bolivar-18151816.html).
Before this document was produced, Bolivar was influenced by a very tumultuous time by the successful slave rebellion during the Haitian revolution.
The document encompasses how the Spaniards in a tyrannical fashion, were taking over large territories of South America and millions of people. In his writing he expresses his disgust with Europe who avoided involvement, despite the atrocities. Bolivar is quite passionate in his question as to how, “What! Is Europe deaf to the clamor of her own interests? Has she no eyes to see justice? Has she grown so hardened as to become insensible? (Bolivar, par. 14).
Bolivar emphasizes his home country of Venezuela in further detail, such as the rapid sequence of events that occurred, and the remaining Venezuelan people fending off the Spaniard ‘monsters’. “Nearly a million persons formerly dwelt in Venezuela, and it is no exaggeration to say that one out of four has succumbed either to the land, sword, hunger, plague, flight, or privation, all consequences of the war, save the earthquake” (Bolivar, par.
11).
Bolivar looked up to the states and providences that fought to maintain themselves, despite the influx of the Spaniard’s and their attempted takeovers. “The war-like state of the La Plata River provinces has purged that territory and led their victorious armies to Upper Peru, arousing Arequipa and worrying the royalists in Lima. Nearly one million inhabitants there now enjoy liberty” (Bolivar, par. 7). He wrote of signs of hope despite the bloodshed and tyranny. According to his writings, Chile was fighting hard as she did in the past against conquests of enemies, and was a “sublime example of proof to those fighting in Chile that a people who love independence will eventually achieve it” (Bolivar, par. 8).
He discusses other areas within the Americas under threat including Viceroyalty of Peru, Bolivia, and Guatemala. Puerto Rico and Cuba appeared to concede, “the most tranquil possessions of the Spaniards... (Bolivar, par.13). Bolivar anticipated the outcome of Central and South America, as well as Mexico.