500_Years

500 Years When Christopher Columbus began making his discoveries he would document things that he witnessed. When looking back on those today you can get an idea of how long the art of literature has been around. You get an idea of the time period and can see that even though we as people have evolved over time, we still have many similarities. Whenever Martin Luther King used to give speeches he would do it in such a powerful way. A way that was inspiring and a way that gripped the listener. Christopher Columbus wrote in a way similar to this. When reading his “Letter to Luis de Santangel Regarding the First Voyage” he describes “trees of a thousand kind…[that seemed to] touch the sky.” Readers were intrigued , it caught the attention and the imagination of them. Whether or not you listening to King or reading of Columbus’ voyages, you get a feeling that they knew how powerful words could be. However, within the past 500 years a lot of things throughout society way, literature, been, time, things, today, looking, back, years, throughout, through, think, thing, reading, powerful, people, past, lot, long, king, idea, huge, good, evolved, columbus, christopher, began, around, 500, wrote, words, witnessed, within, willing, whether, we’ve