As I have shown throughout his essays, Gordon establishes a narrative of the past in the diaspora that is decidedly negative, drawing on images of the Jewish people as passive and parasitic, alienated from nature and work and consequently without a living culture. Through his ideology, Gordon establishes an idea of ​​the perfect relationship between people, nature and work; a relationship that must be held so that a people can be a living and creative culture. Gordon argues that the Jewish people have been kept separated from the natural sphere in their own land where they developed as a people, and separated from direct contact with nature in the countries where they live in diaspora, thus creating a strictly negative attitude. identity of diasporic Jews. The diaspora experience is presented by Gordon as an identity-defining experience presupposed as part of Jewish self-understanding. Gordon's ideology indicates that the Diaspora was a degrading and negative experience for all Jews: “I look at you, my people. I see you degraded, hungry, poor, thirsty, beaten and wounded, torn and martyred, no longer a giant; the light of your face has gone out... you are miserable, very miserable, no one is miserable like you, just miserable, nothing else! You crawl in the mud and your little ones cry deafeningly" (Letters, III:137). The idea of ​​diaspora and group identity influenced each other, so much so that the concept of Jewish identity was shaped by the diaspora experience. , and the perception of the Diaspora was influenced by the perceived identity as a Jewish people destined for Palestine. Because the Diaspora experience is presented as a distinct identity trait of the Jewish people, there is... middle of paper... ....omy has created a strong opposing identity helps Gordon consolidate his goal of reaffirming the Jewish people as a strong nation rebuilding their homeland and their faith. Gordon's goal is to create a new kind of Jew, one who works the land with manual labor in unison with nature. For this ideal to be attractive it is necessary to establish a strong opposite to crystallize the need for change. As a narrative construction, the denial of diaspora serves an important function in Gordon's essays, first because it establishes a certain ideology within his community of readers, and second because it effectively establishes a series of boundaries between the future in Palestine and the past in Palestine. the Diaspora. Bringing about the certain downfall of Jews in the Diaspora due to turning away from work, pioneers are encouraged to embrace hard work in the Yishuv..