Reference no: EM133707717
Read the article below, on Manifest Destiny and the space program. Then Answer the questions below:
1. In what way in this essay does Marina Koren use the past? Be sure to specifically address the subject of colonialism.
2. How are language and space exploration linked according to Koren? Elaborate with specifics.
3. More than halfway through her essay Koren writes "But bringing God into space exploration, as the concept of manifest destiny does, complicates the issue [of space exploration] even further." Do you agree? What can be said on both sides of the claim?
4. Just as your essays have (or should have) a main thesis, Koren has one as well in this essay: what is it? Paraphrase it using only your own words -- no quotes.
5. Kyle Hobsbawm is mentioned in this essay to support Koren's main thesis. Look this person up on Google or the search engine of your choice. Tell us what you learn through your research and the meaning of what you've learned in relation to Koren's thesis.
6. If you agree with her thesis, discuss the arguments that can made against her thesis. That is, find its weak points. Think historically. If you disagree with her thesis, however, or wish to qualify it, discuss your disagreements (backed by evidence) or qualifications (backed by evidence). Choose one or the other path.
7. Several themes in this article are the themes in the history we have been studying this semester. List 3 such themes, noting where appear in the essay and where we find those themes in U.S. History.