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Early American Prpagandistic Literature

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  Early American Propagandistic Literature
  
  
  
       Literature prior to 1700 consists largely of historical reference partial to adventure, disaster, corruption, and suffering as a result of discovery. The concept of discovering anything always creates an abundance of resulting dilemmas, especially when discovering new territory, as Christopher Columbus is known for in reference to the "New World". The New World proposed a multitude of illusions and expectations to inhabitants throughout the world, however, it was initially and mainly Europeans that immigrated and colonized what is now known as the great United States of America. American culture has been driven and adopted since the very beginning of its creation and remains to be an important concept to people all over the world. In this essay I will discuss the issues, from the earliest formation of American civilization, that were and still are imposed on its population based on the beginning discoveries through literary examples.
       The majority of early American literature did not actually come from its natives due to the non verbal culture that strongly valued memory over mechanics as a means of preservation. Thus, it was the Europeans that highly influenced American literature. Christopher Columbus was one of these writers and was also one of the earliest as documented in his letters describing his voyages. The idea of individual success is one of the major concepts adopted by Americans. Christopher Columbus sets a perfect example to prove this by taking the initiative to personally set out on intense voyages...