Historical PerspectiveUnfortunately, all most Americans know about the event known as Bloody Sunday is what they learned from U2's hit single, "Sunday Bloody Sunday. The source of this song's popularity comes from its ability to arouse widespread sympathy for the Irish by painting an unforgettable picture of death and despair in the minds of each of its listeners. So what's unfortunate about this song being the primary source of historical knowledge about Bloody Sunday for most Americans? This is unfortunate not because of its lack of information or authenticity, but because of its lack of historical perspective. Essayist Jane Tompkins addresses this idea of ​​perspecitivism by citing the changing representation of colonial American Indians in historical texts dating from 1964 to 1978. Limerick, in historical texts from the early 1960s, Indians do not were not represented at all; they were “simply unnoticed” (65). By the late 1960s, Indian culture, although “an inferior culture” (65), was finally recognized. In the early 1970s, Indians "were the more or less innocent prey of power-hungry whites" (65), but it was not until 1978 that they became "complex and determined human beings, whose life was motivated to a large extent by spirituality” (66). ). Tompkins argues that because every historical narrative is the product of its author's perspective, it is important to analyze diverse sources, including those from traditionally underrepresented groups. What I discovered in my research on Bloody Sunday is that in our efforts to accommodate the traditionally underrepresented perspective, we have instead distractedly omitted the dominant perspective. This omission will undoubtedly cause the same problems as the omission of the paper's traditionally underrepresented background......Unlimited Special Reports. October 20, 2000. .Limmerick, Patricia Nelson. The legacy of the conquest. New York and London: WWNorton & Company, 1987. 35-54.McClean, Raymond, MD The Road to Bloody Sunday. Derry, Northern Ireland: Guildhall Press, 1997. 120-130. Morrison, Matt. “In memory of Bloody Sunday.” The Irish people. January 25, 1997. October 1, 2000. Tompkins, Jane. ““Indians”: textualism, morality and the problem of history. in “Race”, Writing and Difference. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1986. 59-77. Winchester, Simon. “13 killed as paratroopers break up riot.” Guardian Unlimited Special Reports. October 20 2000.>.