Craft Master "A": 3rd Critical Review: Howard Zinn, Opened the Falseness of History

3^rd Critical Review

Howard Zinn, Opened the Falseness of History

(By: Dewi Patah Andi Putri)

Introduction

This paper discuss about a critical on Howard Zinn’s article that entitle “Speaking Truth to Power with Books”. Howard zinn is best known for writing A People’s History of the United States (1980). Also Howard zinn is writer of article entitled “Speaking Truth to Power with Books”. A writing can give power of history truth, but the truth of story can manipulated. As a content of article entitle speaking truth to power with books. In this article, Howard Zinn talked about truth which expressed of the United States which has misinterpret, as some people know that Colombus is hero for United States but beside that there are awkwardness which yet people’s know. In the article, Howard zinn begins of explain between book and writing is cannot separates.

Speaking Truth to Power with Book, from the title have interpret that truth is a condition which occurred without element which influence such as national, economical, social and culture. Book has influence to create the people thinks, information which they got was change their think. Book operate in many ways to change people’s consciousness. A people have dominate a text is people’s which change history. As a Howard zinn book “A People’s History of the United States”. This book earth shaking about history of United States.

The book claimed to present American history through the eyes of the nation many victim groups: workers, Americans Indians, slaves, women, blacks, and populists. Zinn’s ultimate goal was to influence new generations of young students into becoming revolutionaries whose hatred for the United States would impel them to work toward “a transformation of national priorities” and a comprehensive “change in the system.” “The prisoners of the system will continue to rebel,” Zinn said in hopes that somebody “our grandchildren might possibly see a different and marvelous world.”

Summary

This book described about the founding of the American Republic as an exercise in tyrannical control of the many by the few, mainly for great and profit. Also there are several basic points that Zinn wrote on Columbus, whom his ridicolusly percieve as the hero of America. First according to zinn, Colombus and those explorers who followed him to the new world did so far essentially one overriding reason: financial gain. “Behind the English invasion of North America, behind their massacre of Indians, their deception, their brutality, was that special powerful drive born in civilization based on private profit.

Second, if some people say that Colombus is people who found American country and reputed as exploration hero, but many some books failed for explained some of facts history. Get obsession to found route of journey, Colombus whit the “Enterprise Hindia” ship in 1492. There are some facts about Colombus: Colombus not arrived in north America, the first Colombus days published when 1792 in New York, Colombus is not people who found new world (America). Colombus has responsible with embellishment of thousand American people.

Third, zinn said it was upset thing to those brought up in the United States who learned about Colombus the hero, Colombus the great discover, Colombus the pious Bible Reader. To read about Colombus as a murderer, a torturer, a kidnapper, a mutilator of native people, a hypocrite, a greedy man looking for gold, willing to kill people and mutilate people it was shocking.

Zinn book says, the pilgrims who came to New England were white “invaders” of a vast “territory inhabited by tribes of Indians” which the author portrays as a mostly peaceful network of brothers who had there to fore lived in idyllic harmony with one another. Zinn proceeds to paint the antellum Shouth as a uniquely cruel slaveholding society that mercilessly subjugated man for profit. Yet he offers a similarly negative assessment of the Norht: : “It is money and profit, not the movement against slavery, that was uppermost in the priorities of the men who ran the country.” Thus, both slavery and emancipation, according to zinn, were caused by the same thing: greed. Zinn again cites greed as the cause for America’s entry into World War 1: “America capitalism needed international rivalry and periodic war to create an artificial community of interest among the poor that showed itself in sporadic movement.

Main Body

Book of Howard zinn is interest because of this book explain black side of United States history and commitment with cartographer group, but there are neglected in Zinn’s article. First in zinn article, zinn not talk about who is the first find the United States. In another article tell that people who first find the United Stated is Muslim of Africa exactly came from Egypt, than Muslim from Asia, Arab, and Turk. Facts of this can explain from some of ancient which found in California by American’s archacologist Dr Barry Fell said that there are ancient inscribed Yesus Bin Maria. Fell said that in the ancient inscribed Arabic language.

Second, Over the centuries there have been many portraits drawn of Columbus, and they all look different because nobody really knew what Columbus looked like. He may have had no portrait made while alive. Columbus's birthplace and year of birth have been enduring controversies. The standard view is that Columbus was born in Genoa, part of today’s Italy, in around 1451, but there are arguments that Columbus was Spanish, Portuguese, Jewish, and several other European nationalities.

Zinn's A People's History of the United States, What has happened during the past generation, with Columbus’s heroic image being tarnished and looking at the facts objectively. Some people still have a national holiday called Columbus Day. Zinn yet explicit explain about why some of peole still have Colombus Day.

Conclution

So, Howard zinn article talk about interpret that truth is a condition which occurred without element which influence such as national, economical, social and culture. Book has influence to create the people thinks, information which they got was change their think. Book operate in many ways to change people’s consciousness. A people have dominate a text is people’s which change history. As a Howard zinn book “A People’s History of the United States”. This book earth shaking about history of United States.