Was Christopher Columbus really who we think he was? This is the man who discovered America on October 12th, 1492. He believed that the location he landed on was India the whole time he was alive. Columbus has the impression of being a kind, amazing man, but in reality he was kind of a jerk. He had many demands called the Book of Privileges. These consisted of becoming knighted, being appointed Admiral of the Ocean Sea, becoming governor of the new lands and having 10% of the wealth discovered. Christopher Columbus had accumulated much wealth but soon he began to fear that he would lose it all. This was because he was arrested for mistreating the Indies. When Columbus discovered the new world he didn’t treat the natives very pleasantly. He would order them around, take their gold, and eventually made the slaves. Columbus looked at the natives as people who were just living, they weren’t really human to him and he considered them irrational. Columbus may had made a huge discovery, but should we really be celebrating a day for a man who mistreated innocent people?
No, Cristopher Columbus does not deserve to have a holiday celebrated for him since he wasn’t a good man. Columbus did make history, which is very important. Although he also treated people with disrespect and was boastful. He demanded many privileges and didn’t think of people before he thought of himself. Besides, does anybody really celebrate this holiday? We do get the day of and get to sleep in, but there is no ritual performed on this day. It’s just like having a day off from work, the majority of people probably don’t even think about Columbus on this day. If this holiday had a major significance then yes it’d be reasonable to celebrate. Just because America was discovered on this day doesn’t mean it should be celebrated.
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