You and I have witnessed the amount of videos that go viral through the years. Nowadays, even the stupidest thing you can come up with can get you 10 million views on you tube. But, how did something get popular back in the day? Well, luckily , that is what we discussed today in class.
A message to Garcia was a short essay that was published in 1899. The story took place in the Spanish-American war. The inspirational story became so huge that it sold over 40 million copies, and was translated into 37 different languages. It became so popular that almost everyone knew about it. They were using the story all around america to withdraw workers from slouching. It certainly had a positive impact in america.
Some new words that I learned today included:
Imbecility: Incapable, Stupidity.
Stenographer: A person who takes note of a dictation in short hand.
Missive: A letter, specially a long or official one.
This literary work is actually really impressive, and we might see work like this in the future, specially with today's technology.But honestly, I think most people will just stick to six second cat videos...
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