We are interested in how Columbus relates to the Amerindians in the contact zone that Mary Louise Pratt describes in her article on transculturation. Pratt claims that boundary negotiations occur in contact zones that result in one people gaining power over another people. We are testing her theory by doing a close reading of Columbus’ journals I and III to see how he negotiates with the Amerindians. We are then doing a close reading of the Zuni Emergence narrative “Talk Concerning the First
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Columbus day. Did you know that on the second Monday of October‚ almost 319 million people in the U.S. celebrate this holiday? However‚ did you also know that Christopher Columbus may have been responsible for the death of over 2‚000 people? Recently‚ him and his holiday have been under fire due to new evidence about his history. People all over the U.S. are wondering why we spend an entire day giving tribute to a man who was so obviously cruel and unjust. I personally agree with them‚ and believe
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Dear Congressperson‚ Columbus Day should not be celebrated and made a Federal Holiday. You’re celebrating Christopher Columbus and saying it okay what he did to all those innocent people.He wanted to conquer and control every person. America was never discovered by Christopher Columbus he just stumbled upon it. Columbus and Magellan both achieved different “discovery”. Magellan was different his purpose was to connect Europe and Asia by sailing and Columbus just took credit for his stumble
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Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer who was sailing for Spain. Many people credit him for the discovery of America‚ but he didn’t really discover anything. He took credit for finding land that already had people living on it and claiming it for Spain. Some people look at Columbus as a hero and the founder of America. Others look at him a different way‚ more like a villain for the terrible things he did to the native Americans and how he took credit for something he never discovered. Columbus
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Columbus Day is a legal holiday that commemorates the discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus himself‚ it is celebrated on the second Monday in October. The arrival of Columbus in 1492 marks the beginning of recorded history in what we now know as America. So I believe that we should keep this patriotic holiday due to its significance to what America is known for today. It not only helps teach about the history of America‚ but is a fun way to learn. Although‚ some believe we should terminate
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True Friend What is the definition of a true friend? A lot of people have friends that they can depend on for just about anything. Some just have needy friends that are there when they need or want something. There are so many definitions of what a friend could be. The dictionary’s definition of a friend is a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard. Although there are many different ways to describe a friend‚ you will always know when you have a true friend if you
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Types of friends People do not live without making friendships. Having friends is really important in the real life. Some of them last for the whole life and some is not. There are three types of friends‚ the general acquaintance friends‚ social friend‚ and true friends. Firstly‚ the temporary friends are the friends that you know a little bit of them or even you know their names only. These friends you know them for a while and then you forgot them. For example‚ trying to make friends for a benefit
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Spain‚ being recently unified‚ wanted spices and gold. The gold to them could purchase anything. So they offered Christopher Columbus ten percent of the profit‚ if he would bring back gold and spices. Christopher Columbus was sent to Asia with three ships: the Nina‚ the Pinta‚ and the Santa Maria. Columbus sailed for thirty-three days not sighting land. It wasn’t until early October of 1492 that he and his crew finally landed. He supposedly was the first to sight land and received a ten thousand
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Friend Classification Having friends is an important part of life. It is friends that I share everything with. There are many types of people in the world and many types of friends. Knowing that‚ it becomes all the more important to select the right people so that I might have the correct friends. A friend is somebody that will always be there for me. I always have a great bunch of friends but sometimes some people are more of a friend then others. I have my general acquaintance friends and then
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types of friends you have. There are many types of people in the world and many types of friends. Knowing that‚ it becomes more important to select the right people so that one might have the correct friends. Friends are the ones whom we encounter each of them everyday‚ whether in work‚ school‚ home‚ or somewhere else. Based on intensity of friendship‚ you could classify friends into 3 main kinds that you may have in your life. The first type of friend that we might have is “pest friends”. They
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