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PBA2B According to his Jamaica Letter, Simon Bolivar's desired outcomes was to have the people break away from the civil state, and create a new Civil State and declare independence. The reason he had wanted the people to break away was because he had felt they were treated unfairly. But it was not going to be that easy to just declare independence there were some challenges that they had to face. According to his Jamaican Letter the outcome that Simon Bolivar desired for Latin America was for the people to break away from the civil state a create their own form of the social contract he wanted them to separate from Spain and be independent. The conditions Latin America had been expressed by the people, and how Spain had kept them in a lock. “The veil has been torn asunder, we [South America] have already seen the light and it is not our desire to thrust back into the darkness” (Bolivar 201). When Bolivar said this he is emphasizing his desire to have them separate from Spain he said “it is not” their desire to go “into the darkness” [There original state]. Therefore is emphasizing the fact that the desire for Latin America was to have the people separate from Spain. He also said this directly when Bolivar says “light” he is referring to being separated from Spain, they have already experienced separation from Spain, and the “darkness” Bolivar talked primarily being dependent on Spain. Overall Bolivar directly showed his desire for Latin America was to have the people separate from Spain entirely. Bolivar uses figurative language to show that his desire for spain was for them to break away from Spain, and the way of achieving this was to ultimately by breaking the social contract, and creating their own form of the Social Contrac... ... middle of paper ... ...trong disbelief that Latin America could achieve independence. In depth on how spain had created such restriction on Latin America, and they created a boundary. “More than anyone, I desire to see America fashioned into the greatest nation in the world, greatest not so much by virtue of her area and wealth as by freedom and glory” (Bolivar 202). Bolivar had good intentions for Latin America because he had wanted them to achieve independence. When Bolivar said, “freedom and glory” he is explaining that he wanted the Latin Americans to gain freedom. This is why, he was slightly a champion because although he thought they couldn’t move on into their own democracy he still had a view that the impossible could be done. Therefore, to some extent he was a champion for wanting having a view that they could achieve independence, which shows his outlook on the Latin Americans.

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