Columbus - hero or vaillant

There is an abundance of reasons that explain the inevitability of the conflict, but the different philosophies that confronted each other at that time, the sudden feeling of superiority that grew on Europeans toward the Native Americans, and also the “clash of cultures” which occurred when Europeans reached America, were the ones I consider most relevant and influential to the inability of stopping “the war”.

One of the fundamental differences between the two peoples’ philosophies lay in the question of land

In order to understand the huge differences, it is not a bad idea to take a look right back to the late fifteenth century, the era in which Europe was looking to expand and found new territories because of the growing civilization within the continent. A large percent of the population could be classified just by looking at their appearance and the role of importance that the outside look had on them. When the Europeans arrived in America, the Indians were a profoundly backward people, who had made very few technological advances. Along with that “Indian men and women look upon total nakedness with as much casualness as we look upon a man’s head or at his hands.” This was the first impression Europeans had when they first got into contact with the Indians. The second contemporary belief that would have influenced the way in which the explorers regarded the Indians was concerned with one of the many contrasted aspects. The concept of darkness versus the lightness (particularly when contrasting the red-hued skins of the Indians with the white skins of the Europeans), was at the center of the settlers thoughts. So, right from the beginning, the “Europeans held views that would have encouraged them to look down upon the Indians and to assume superiority over them.” The attitudes between the Indians and the Europeans also give some clue as to the feelings of each group. It has already been identified

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