Many tales and stories came to mind when we pondered the definition of a hero and a villain. To classify Christopher Columbus into one of those categories is difficult given the history. To firmly declare him a villain, to us, is simply unfair given the circumstances. To explore and find a new world such as he did would lead to many new experiences and decisions, and obviously high tension. While we are sure Columbus had seen and read about violent historical events, morals during that time were not significant and not developed. To face this new world with pressure from the wealthy, powerful country of Spain, Columbus was willing to do what was necessary to keep up the expansion of European culture to the new territory. While their measures were unmoral and deadly, to their status quo they were getting a job done, it’s somewhat ugly to say but it’s how our government and society came to be. We can talk hypotheticals and say the new world would have still been found and it could have been settled peacefully but this is history and what happened has happened. But to label Columbus a villain and slain his bravery and heroism for his exploration efforts isn’t correct. A villain performs acts of violence and destruction based off of pure hatred. This situation, while not completely peaceful, was not out of hate, but rather a lack of morality and sympathy to others different than their own.