Comparing Holmberg's Mistake And The War Against The Indians

In my opinion the quote written by George Orwell is very important to understand because it is true. Those that are dominate and privileged are the ones who write the histories. Indeed, who controls the past controls the future as we have seen through the Columbus story. Christopher Columbus as we have read in history books in elementary school has been seen as this iconic hero. Great emphasis was always put onto his celebration not so much in Canada, but in the United States. However, Zinn shows the readers the real story of Christopher Columbus and shows how history of Western Civilization has been written based on a myth. Holmberg’s Mistake and The War Against the Indians also showed how power does play a role in who writes the history. The people that are marginalized in society it is important to see the
The person who has power as shown through Western civilization history is the elite privilege class. Those that write our history in the present have control to our past which, means those that have power are able to determine what is true even if it may be false. The main point here is those that control the past are in reality covering up what may be truthful history. In my opinion it all really just means those that are privileged in our society can get their citizens to think how they want them to because they have power. As mentioned power can be produced and reproduced and ideologies play a huge role as they are beliefs, values and attitudes. Overall, the quotation means that the history of Western civilization has been written as a myth. The quotation by George Orwell, proves that if a person has power in society has the ability to control the histories. Therefore, it is our job as students to question what we read and look at who is writing it and where that person comes from. While keeping race, ethnicity, class, ability and gender in