Writing Class: Howard Zinn’s Book Giver of Light

Nama : Reni Harliani

Class : PBI-D

Semester : 4

Free writing

Howard Zinn’s Book Giver of Light

Introduction

Howard Zinn is a radical American historian, Howard Zinn is an honest champion. interest in Zinn's book is courage to reveal the dark side of the history of the new continentthat is the Americas. He also was taking an ideological choice in the writing of history, Zinn is actually nothing more than a boxer from a different ring. Departing from the disagreements then Zinn wrote history different versions, history from the point of view of the people lose, loser. Be it tells the story of the discovery of America.

as it is written in the book Howard Zinn ‘Speaking Truth to Power with Books’, that Columbus was a murderer, torturer, kidnapper, mutilator, a hypocrite, a man greedy gold seekers, willing to kill humans and mutilated people. For that howadr Zinn will Open millions of human eyes to see a beautiful truth buried by lies. And share about writing.

Summery

Howard Zinn criticize a Christopher Columbus in article “Speaking Truth to Power with Books” :

First Howard Zinn in his article discuss about things related to writing. shared his experience about the 'the power' a book that effect and is able to change the perspective a person's life, including himself. And history is the owner of the ruler and master hanging from the author with the text. book able to changing the world, starting from the bottom to the top higga.

Second, Howard Zinn just say the bad side of Columbus, without telling the positive side and howard Zinn does not describe when situation atrocities occurring columbus, columbus feeling when he found the American continent or feeling columbus kill innocent people.

Third, the purpose Zinn criticized columbus want to show that as this is a book that can change the world, and wants to reveal the truth about the American continent, and also wants to introduce a hero who has been admired by the residents of the continental amreka.

Four Zinn does not discuss the original inventor.

Critique

First, Howard Zinn in his article discuss about things related to writing. shared his experience about the 'the power' a book that effect and able to change the perspective a person's life, including himself. The book able to change someone's life by changing his consciousness, where every person has experienced it. And a book able to transform a person's consciousness, it will have an effect on the world, by introducing the idea that readers never think, which is strange in his article. The absence of data is not owned by the people, and who, when they are revealed in a book, it will surprise readers and then will turn into a very important realization.

Not only the American people who oppose howard zinn’s book, but also opposed all over the world. Examples of proof howard Zinn’b book rejected by a mother after reading the first chapter and said I would talk to the school committee. Howard Zinn was considered as the destroyer of the younger generation in America. This shows that Zinn is a person who mastered the text so that it can distort history.

And history is the property of the ruler , who ruled they who determine history. When Islamic civilization that was buried since his defeat in crusades, history come buried with them . then history was recorded again with the exact same event , but with different actors and characters, depending on who wrote it, of course we know who won that battle. We have to know that there is such thing in the history list blasck historians usually subjective, and is in the underlying as a historian was asked to write history by people in power , means no name or the order history in the message .

Then it depends on the history of the author, who is publishing that columbus is the inventor of the Americas ? Surely the American people, when the history of the maker of Java ( sorry for instance ) will be published that the inventor " terisno ". This led to chaos in a historical journey . Therefore , a historian at the objektifan expect to have to write history, so as not to mislead .

Second, Howard Zinn states only bad side of Columbus alone , without telling plus side , Christopher Columbus ( October 30, 1451 - May 20, 1506 ) was an explorer and trader who crossed the Atlantic Ocean and to the continent of America on October 12, 1492 under the flag of Castilian Spain. Columbus is a ship captain and a deft navigator, brave sailors who sailed far and steadfast in his stance but he also vices which it has little that is written in the book Howard ziin , that Columbus was a murderer, torturer, kidnapper, mutilator, a hypocrite , a man greedy gold seekers, willing to kill humans and mutilating people .

Columbus cruel people iru true, we can not deny it , but surely the most evil of heart he has , unfortunately, can not write Howard ziin columbus feelings that arise at that time . The feeling of finding a new hero sebuh continent , and pearasaan columbus when killed many indian population . and in his murder howard ziin not describe what is done by columbus and torture that what happened at that time . How many victims of Sudan died and how many people are still alive ? If this has been answered in his book howard Zinn , perhaps in all of the academic writing howardzin book will be strengthened by the data konrit .

Third, the purpose Zinn criticized columbus, because he anarkisme and moving history of the American people from the point of view of those . whose plight has been largely omitted from most histories" (Library Journal). Next Howard zinn want to show that as this is a book that can change the world, and wants to reveal the truth about the American continent, and also wants to introduce a hero who has been admired by the residents of the continental amreka

Four Columbus accidentally meet American continent which makes it more powerful than the name of the inventor of the American continents in the history of the world, and ranks first.

When Christopher Columbus arrived on the continent of America for the first time, he found a group of people already dwelt there are Indian tribes. Indian tribes they are human. If there must be what is called the inventor, the inventor of the Americas clearly they. That should be debated is who were the first Europeans came sailing to the Americas? And who is the first Asian to land in the Americas? And which comes first?

Concluseng

So as that of content that can affect thousands of people , Christopher Columbus first berepengaruh to Europe , and by 2014 the story now remains influential . sometimes a hero must appear in people who have a background that is less good , but we should not see someone just out of badness , because anyone can be a hero .

And it could be he is a chosen and trusted to bring the best change despite having a poor background . We should take a lesson from this incident , that with the case of the emergence of the American continent inventor is causing global conflict , we come to know about the discovery of the American continent because not everyone knows about the history of that ever happened and not everyone is concerned with history .

Reading the book is very good to add to our knowledge , but do not just read a book in a book or on a single source , we have to read from books other sources so that we could see an event from different angles .

history of raw data that must not be taken for granted , but must be with critical thinking , because history can also be bad when it was written for an interest . By twisting the facts , millions of people will understand something in reverse and be fatal . For that before writing us spread we must expand berpikirr kerasapakah book we wrote can help others or even other menyesatkanorang , little heart you are going to answer this aritikel truth .