Sunday, September 12, 2010

English and Scottish views?

The Scots and the English have very different views on many different things, which is why they fought a lot, but they also both  had different views of the Scottish people. The Scots believed themselves to be heroes, fighting barbarians and fit to rule the world. The Englishmen considered the Scots to be the enemies, the ones who should be destroyed, and that they should rule the world.

The Scottish believe that the English have no right to be fighting them, they say to God that "We are sincerely willing to do anything for him, having regard to our condition, that we can, to win peace for ourselves." They act like they are just poor little Scots being picked on by the English.

Also, the Scots and the English see specific people from Scotland differently. The Scots say of William Wallace: "William Wallace was an exemplar of unbending commitment to Scotland’s independence who died a martyr to the cause." He was one of the most important people to the Scottish in all of their history. 




The English see William Wallace as a traitor, and they hate him. They say awful things about him because he had created an army to fight against the King of England.  The English also hate other Scottish leaders, like Robert the Bruce. Basically, because they fight against the Scots, they do not take time to actually see if they are good or not, they just judge them based on the fact that they are their enemy. 





1 comment:

  1. Be very specific. Don't just say that they have "different views on a lot of things" -- that's way too general. I'd like you to be more specific in your thesis statement and draft something that will make for an interesting argument.

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