Simon Bolivar Analysis
Simón Bolívar, the author, was a Venezuelan military and political leader from the Captaincy General of Venezuela (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sim%C3%B3n_Bol%C3%ADvar). He was the son of a Venezuelan Aristocrat. He wrote this letter on September 6, 1815 during his time while in exile in Jamaica (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carta_de_Jamaica). The document was a response letter written of the 29th ultimo. Bolivar’s intended audience was a gentleman residing in Kingston Jamaica, by the name of Henry Cullen.
This letter was written in response to a prior letter written to Simon Bolivar from Henry Cullen who had expressed his interest in the fate of Bolivar’s country, and the suffering endured by the hands of the Spaniards. Bolivar states “I am no less sensible of the obligation which your solicitous inquiries about the principle objects of American policy place upon me … In my opinion it is impossible to answer …show more content…
The document encompasses how the Spaniards in a tyrannical fashion, were taking over large territories of South America and millions of people. In his writing he expresses his disgust with Europe who avoided involvement, despite the atrocities. Bolivar is quite passionate in his question as to how, “What! Is Europe deaf to the clamor of her own interests? Has she no eyes to see justice? Has she grown so hardened as to become insensible? (Bolivar, par. 14).
Bolivar emphasizes his home country of Venezuela in further detail, such as the rapid sequence of events that occurred, and the remaining Venezuelan people fending off the Spaniard ‘monsters’. “Nearly a million persons formerly dwelt in Venezuela, and it is no exaggeration to say that one out of four has succumbed either to the land, sword, hunger, plague, flight, or privation, all consequences of the war, save the earthquake” (Bolivar, par.
This letter was written in response to a prior letter written to Simon Bolivar from Henry Cullen who had expressed his interest in the fate of Bolivar’s country, and the suffering endured by the hands of the Spaniards. Bolivar states “I am no less sensible of the obligation which your solicitous inquiries about the principle objects of American policy place upon me … In my opinion it is impossible to answer …show more content…
The document encompasses how the Spaniards in a tyrannical fashion, were taking over large territories of South America and millions of people. In his writing he expresses his disgust with Europe who avoided involvement, despite the atrocities. Bolivar is quite passionate in his question as to how, “What! Is Europe deaf to the clamor of her own interests? Has she no eyes to see justice? Has she grown so hardened as to become insensible? (Bolivar, par. 14).
Bolivar emphasizes his home country of Venezuela in further detail, such as the rapid sequence of events that occurred, and the remaining Venezuelan people fending off the Spaniard ‘monsters’. “Nearly a million persons formerly dwelt in Venezuela, and it is no exaggeration to say that one out of four has succumbed either to the land, sword, hunger, plague, flight, or privation, all consequences of the war, save the earthquake” (Bolivar, par.