Peoples History

The author of Columbus the Indians, and Human Progress made the thesis on how the Indians and others forgings were nice and had open arms to Columbus's crew when they arrived to new land. This is unusual because if you were to meet people of different ethnicity and had absolutely no clue who they were, most people would not be friendly but be unwelcoming.His/her argument was that people such as Indians and Arawak's were unbelievable because they were so nice and had great hospitality. Columbus and his crew set out for new land not knowing what to expect. They couldn't be positive that there was undiscovered land and they couldn't be positive that the world was flat. They had no hard evidence of either. So as they were sailing for months they finally saw birds flying which made them realize that land must be close. They were right and when they sailed into what is now Cuba the Arawak's were waiting. The Arawak's saw the ships and swam out to them greeting the new people into their land and lives.The two questions which engage in the authors argument are first, why are people from then and people now so different in terms of accepting foreigners or people they do not know into their lives? If people were to come to America from Mars say, Americans would not accept them as a matter of fact people would run from them and look at them as the "other". This mindset that they are not as good as us and we know nothing about them therefore why should we let these people into our lives. The second question is, when did people in the world stop being so nice? As time goes on more people get selfish and rude. These people were offering the voyagers with food water and shelter. Now people would never offer them money, food, or shelter because their to worked up on themselves. We need to reverse the trend and be more polite and welcoming to people. And I feel is the crime rates would ever drop you would see more people being more friendly.I thought the reading was very good and informative. I never knew that the first people to meet Columbus and his crew were so nice and welcoming to them. I learned alot about how people you don't know should be treated. I honestly can say that reading this piece gave me an open mind to allow a foreign exchange student to live with me in the future. This piece also made me realize that its not hard to be nice to people and saying hi when you see someone may have a positive effect on their life. I believe that kindness spreads the more kind you are to people the more people will be kind to you.