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Re: In my mind, Columbus and his efforts have become an allegory
True, Columbus is a hero of the Age of Exploration, and the motive for his trip was to find a better way of traveling to India. Those aspects of his life can still be inspirational.
posted by
mousehop
on October 14, 2008 at 6:39 AM
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Re: I have a suggestion for an addition to your reading list.
Read it. Loved it. But now I think nearly everyone in America would have been better off if the Rebels had lost our Sacred Revolution, and the Colonies had stayed under British rule. Nasty bits about Columbus there, too.
posted by
mousehop
on October 14, 2008 at 6:37 AM
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You make a lot of sense to me. There is power in symbolism! sam
posted by
sam444
on October 13, 2008 at 10:45 PM
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I have a suggestion for an addition to your reading list.
"A People's History of the United States," by Howard Zinn. It should be required reading in every high school in America, but it generally isn't: quite a surprising account of our heritage and background.
posted by
Pat_B
on October 13, 2008 at 3:53 PM
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In my mind, Columbus and his efforts have become an allegory
representative of Freedom. That great Freedom in all of us that longs to be expressed unencumbered.
posted by
mysteria
on October 13, 2008 at 9:42 AM
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