In our beloved country America, we are taught many historical events that are distorted or flawed about our country. Ray Raphael’s book “Founding Myths: Stories that Hide Our Patriotic Past,” proves how easily people get confused with what is fiction and what is fact. This essay will discuss how the background of founding myths developed over time, the consequences as a result of the myths being unexplored, the impact of the myths, and whether or not these myths serve as a useful purpose.
Since we have grown to the age to go to school we begin to learn our countries history. These myths have developed over time through the historians who tell or write about them. Historians tend to change the perspective or history the way they want you to view it. The founding myth of the Founding Fathers is a great example. The author Ray Raphael gives us a reason that the Founding Fathers became developed over time. Several framers and signers did not have normal names in the past and the author believed that people would not be able to remember all the confusing names. For Americans to recite a good myth Ray Raphael believed that …show more content…
When we grow older we tend to find out the facts rather than the fiction as kids. The consequences that come with unexplored myths portray quite astonishing to the human brain. People seem to believe the knowledge they are taught over and over at a younger stage than when they become older. For example if you are brought up from your parents to believe something a certain way chances are that you will be the same. This can be however quite defective towards future learning. College professors try to confess the truth about how history really is defined and many students tend to not want to listen because, they believe the teacher is wrong or ignorant. Although some students become very persistent on not wanting to listen to facts others continue to listen and become curious on to what they