In George Best’s A True Discourse and Thomas Hariot’s A Brief and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia, both men share a common goal, which was to get people to America. George Best used a persona that portrays someone logical, or a thinking man; but does not stray from his religious background and the beliefs of the time period. Thomas Hariot presented an authoritarian persona, someone who knows the ways, people, and the commodities of the colony. While both men chose a different persona, they knew to use what would be best for their purpose and their audience. Each persona was chosen for its effectiveness and each came across differently in these works. They both, however, wanted the same thing and that was funding for further exploration and/or colonization.
In the excerpt from George Best’s work, he covers a topic that is a big issue for the time, and that is the natives of the Americas. By first addressing the commonly held theories and then directly showing why they may not be true, he is able to begin explaining his theories to a newly educated mind; he does this with the hopes of replacing the wrong information with what he deems is the right information. While he does try to educate his readers, Best stays true to his British roots; he makes sure to use the pronouns we and us inclusively. For example, in the opening of A True Discourse, he states “Wee have among us in England black Moors, Æthiopians, out of all parts of Torrida Zona, which after a small continuance, can well endure the cold of our Country. And why should not we as well abide the heat of their Country” (Best 54)? This gives him the advantage of the audience identifying with him as one of their own, not an outsider trying to change their beliefs. ...
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...h. Best and Hariot take very different approaches to reaching their intended audience; Best is identified as the traveled and informed British man and Hariot as the “Americanized” expert with British roots and loyalties. Both knew where these distinctions should lie, and were very successful in their representation. They considered all topics and how they should stand in regards to them. Best included himself in every topic, without distinguishing between “me” and “you”. Hariot switched from distant expert, to loyal Brit from one paragraph to the next. He knew that he could not risk drawing a line between the two sides that left him on one or the other. He needed to expertly straddle the line between the new world and the old one. These works show the difference between one who reports the information of exploration and one who makes the discoveries a part of him.
In Woody Holton's Forced Founders, that most revered segment of the revolutionary generation, the elitist gentry class of Virginia, comes across very much as a group of self-serving reactionaries, rather then the idealized revolutionaries of the great patriotic myth of popular history. He sets about disassembling a central portion of the myth created by earlier generations of Consensus historians, by asserting that rather then gallantly leading the charge for independence, Virginia's elitist gentry resorted to independence as their last and only means of saving their elite ruling status, their economic futures, and even their very lives many feared. While this is very much an example of revisionist history, Holton has not so much rewritten history, as he has provided the back story of the complexity and diversity of the Virginia colony on the eve of the American Revolution. For while the book's title may insinuate otherwise, lowly groups like slaves and Indians discussed here are afforded only the status of “founders” by pressing those traditionally thought of in this role to take the plunge for independence. Still the papers and correspondence of the iconic figureheads of the revolutionary generation like Washington, Jefferson, and Madison make up the bulk of primary sources.
A Declaration in 1622 is a piece of history that will forever be debated. It was written by Edward Waterhouse who was a prominent Virginia official. In a Declaration in 1622, he describes his first-hand accounts of English genocide and the relationship between the Powhatan and settlers. The point of this paper is to claim that Waterhouse’s portrayal is realistic due to his factual perspective of the time period on the contrasting aspects of the Powhatan and settlers. Diving into Edwards historical accounts can show the hardships of the settlers, the varying characteristics of both groups, the importance of tobacco, and the demonization of Native Americans. The characteristics will conclude the factually sound delineation of Edward Waterhouse.
Monroe wrote that Spain and Portugal’s efforts "to improve the condition of the people of [colonized countries in the Americas]” yielded disappointing results, and suggests that the United States was better positioned to take on the role of colonial overseer given the nation’s unique geographical, social, and political connection to the Americas. Monroe justified this right to benevolent imperialism largely around the idea that America’s government, “has been achieved by the loss of so much blood and treasure, and matured by the wisdom of their most enlightened citizens, [which has produced] unexampled felicity [throughout America].” Yet contained within this utopian treatment of the American political system is the inherent suggestion that the American definition of “unexampled felicity” was universally applicable throughout the Americas. Here, the issue of textuality is raised; while politically, the protection of American countries by the United States suggests a benevolent intention, the idea that America had indirect authority over its neighbors indicates an impe...
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The concept of personality has numerous definitions (Fatahi, Moradi, & Kashani-Vahid, 2016). Schultz and Schultz (2009), define personality in its broad sense as the manner of an individual’s behaviour in different situations. This essay explores the nature of personality, with the intention of highlighting its flexibility. The results of numerous empirical research studies are examined in order to investigate if, and how personality changes over time. It will be argued that an individual’s personality has the ability to change throughout their life.
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