Short Essay-- George Washington-- Written April 2017
The Indispensable Man [1] Indispensable. This is the word used by James Thomas Flexner to describe General George Washington. It is an accurate choice, for though the general was not always popular, he was certainly needed. [2] Among other descriptions, he is also known as the ‘father of our nation’—a title at times debated among searchers of history. Flexner’s work describes a fallible, flawed, but stubbornly forward-moving man whose sole motivation is to improve upon the things within his sphere of influence. The accounts therein lead one to the conclusion that Washington was, indeed, the father of our nation; though not the only founder nor the principal one, it was his ideas of a union, initiated under his command through the establishment of an army united throughout territories, that eventually took shape as the constitution of the United States. [3] ...