Describe The Relationship Between Past And Future

The relationship between past and future
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The relationship between past and future
Scholars believe that our past and present determines our future, events of the past are important, our past means reviewing ,history, defining and interpreting events that occurred in the past, whether at an individual level or within the society. The events are documented to enable other generation be familiar with their origin. To understand our history, we heavily rely on historians who document significant events (Pollock, 2013). The question is how people who have been known to make history significantly influence today and the future as they present the good side of history (Pollock, 2013). People who have been credited with success from written historical events have manipulated the detailed account of the truth (Jett, 2017).
George Orwell claims that “Who controls the past, controls the future, and who controls the present, controls the past" (Nakamura, 2016). The above phrase shows how history can change the world. George Orwell implies that the future can easily be determined by the past. If the past was pleasant, this is what we would strive for in the future. If our past was not peaceful, then the future cannot be different (Nakamura, 2016). George Orwell’s reaction to Christopher Columbus’s story justifies how our history can influence the future. Because history is written by those who are dominant, this essay argues in reference to the story of Columbus reviewing the definition of history.
Christopher Columbus the great explorer known for his role in the western civilization has sparked the debate whether Columbus was a patriotic to be glorified (Beding, 2016). Scholars and historians have argued that the story of Columbus presents the history of exploitation of native Indians but not of a true hero (Beding, 2016). Spaniards who were present at the time the journal was being written, viewed Columbus as a cruel person, not a person worthy to be celebrated (Jane, 2017). Today's history portrays Columbus as a hero and an explorer who discovered America, earning himself a day that needs to be celebrated in the form of Columbus Day (Jane, 2017).
The question is whether there is some truth about the exploitation of the native people during the process of discovery. There has been a great divide on how people viewed Columbus, George Orwell's phrase and other scholars support some of these claims (Zinn,2016).Howard Zinn admits that, despite holding a Ph.D. in history, he had never reviewed the story of Columbus including his action, this overshadows the saying "he who controls the past controls the future', (Zinn, 2016). Howard had achieved the highest levels of knowledge in history and specialized in history; he had not known issues of exploitation that were kept a secret. Like many people, Howard relied on Columbus journal to understand what took place in the past (Zinn, 2016).
One of the quotes from Columbus’s journal described the native people as “very simple and honest and exceedingly liberal with all they have, none of them refusing anything he may possess when he is asked for it. They would make great slaves" (Zinn, 2016). Such statements are biase...