Essay 2 LIT

· Good topic here, but you have a number of style and structure issues here as well -

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· Your papers need to be in essay format according to MLA style requirements – don’t include the question that you are basing your essay on, indent new paragraphs, don’t need a cover page

· Paper should be longer here – this is on the short side of the word count requirement

· You should be bringing in direct quotes from the works here and cite the information in-text according to MLA requirements – you list two books, but you don’t cite any direct quotes from either of them

· Need to put the title of articles in “quotes” – longer works, like books, need to be in italics

· Punctuation issues here at times – for example, comma issues here throughout the paper

· Some capitalization issues here at times

· Word usage issues here at times and some clarity issues as well –

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Q)Discuss the images of America the European writers constructed to promote colonization and settlement. What kinds of unique natural resources and environmental factors did they extol in their accounts of the New World? <-- don’t need to include this

Need to indent paragraphs To begin with, John Smith who was a British explorer, soldier and an author wrote many articles that promoted colonization and settlement in America. Many writers who wrote about the capitalize native Americans often exaggerated their writings in order to hasten colonization with was <-- not clear here different with John Smith. In his writings, he mainly wrote about the potentials which were lying unutilized in this new world. Smith, unlike other writers, did not write about the abundance of gold in this new world, but he wrote about the monetary opportunity in the form of developing industries. He cited that industries such as fishing, farming, shipbuilding and fur trade could do very well in this new world. Smith attempted to attract colonialism by reasoning out how the fertile soils and abundant resources would be of high benefit to the colonists. <-- bring in some direct quotes here from his work as evidence here

Indent He, however, cautioned that only those who were willing to work hard would be able to live and succeed in America. He strongly warned of the struggles the potential colonialists will go through in the new land and the potential gains they stand to gain in their quest. He wrote on how the vast piece of land would be enough to settle the surplus population of Britain and how the fertile soils were ideal for agricultural production <-- need a period here and bring in some quotes from the reading as well

Indent here European colonization began after Christopher Columbus sailed to this new lands while he was searching for trade routes. Since he was the first person to land in the Native American he initiated the colonization process in his writings, he cited on how gold was abundant in this region which was not the case. His writings profoundly triggered the colonization process. Most of this resources which were abundant during those periods like land have over the years become scarce, and some of this resources have been fully utilized leaving none for the future generations.

Indent here Núñez Cabeza de Vaca was a trader and an explorer who wrote the article known as The Relation commonly referred to as The account <-- need to put the title of articles in “quotes” . In his reading he writes about his encounters with the native Americans commonly referred to as the red Indians .In his reading he begins about his journey to America and the problems he encountered ranging from how they were short of provision and how his fellow men lost contact with their ships and how some of them died of starvation. He also cites how some of their boats sunk due to the Caribbean Hurricane. He further explains about his experience in native America and how they had captured him and four other men but they ended up being set free and gained the honors of being divine healers. Through his works he wrote about the ways of life of the indigenous people in this region such as their treatment to children, their wedding rites and how they were feeding themselves. In his writings he was careful so as to give detailed information about his interactions with that society.Cabeza de Vaca is remembered by students of history as the first explorer to explore the interior of America currently the states of Florida, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona he was among the four men who were able to survive shipwreck, starvation and hostility from the native Americans. His works greatly display the culture of the Native Americans before the coming of the colonizers.

Works cited

Niles, Judith. Native American history a chronology of the vast achievements of a culture and their links to world events. New York: Ballantine Books, 1996. Print.

Vaca, Alvar, Rolena Adorno, and Patrick C. Pautz. The narrative of Cabeza de Vaca. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2003. Print.