Herodotus And Cabeza De Vaca Analysis
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An Analysis of Herodotus and Cabeza de Vaca
Herodotus and Cabeza de Vaca were very influential writers in their day. They could not have been more apart in years though. Herodotus was before the birth of Christ and was one of the first writers to go into detail about events that had happened in the past. He went into great detail about wars and things like that. One of his greatest works was when he went into detail about the Egyptian culture and how they lived. Cabaza was one of the first Europeans to discover America and explore there. He and his crew were shipwrecked and taken slaves by Native Americans. Luckily Cabaza and some of his crew escaped and wandered America for eight years. He finally came in contact with his Spaniards …show more content…
The Egyptians were a very advanced culture who was getting along very well for themselves. The Avavares were not, they were what you would call the opposite of being advanced. They were a very primitive tribe that was not very good at surviving. The Avarares struggled against hunger, “They did not like to do any work, in order to be able to go in quest of food. They saved all their energy to find food.” (Page 499) They had to savor each bit of energy they had in order to survive. If you had to compare these two groups of people you might compare them to what we know today as a first world country and a third world country.(America to Haiti) These two groups could not have been more different, one survived and ruled for a long time and the other died off. To conclude, the two writers, Herodotus and Cabeza de Vaca were very informational when it came to writing about the Egyptians and the Avavares. They went into great detail to write about these two groups of people. The two were very respected writers in their day and were very well rounded writers. The two compared and contrasted the different views of these groups of people to normal civilizations of the
An Analysis of Herodotus and Cabeza de Vaca
Herodotus and Cabeza de Vaca were very influential writers in their day. They could not have been more apart in years though. Herodotus was before the birth of Christ and was one of the first writers to go into detail about events that had happened in the past. He went into great detail about wars and things like that. One of his greatest works was when he went into detail about the Egyptian culture and how they lived. Cabaza was one of the first Europeans to discover America and explore there. He and his crew were shipwrecked and taken slaves by Native Americans. Luckily Cabaza and some of his crew escaped and wandered America for eight years. He finally came in contact with his Spaniards …show more content…
The Egyptians were a very advanced culture who was getting along very well for themselves. The Avavares were not, they were what you would call the opposite of being advanced. They were a very primitive tribe that was not very good at surviving. The Avarares struggled against hunger, “They did not like to do any work, in order to be able to go in quest of food. They saved all their energy to find food.” (Page 499) They had to savor each bit of energy they had in order to survive. If you had to compare these two groups of people you might compare them to what we know today as a first world country and a third world country.(America to Haiti) These two groups could not have been more different, one survived and ruled for a long time and the other died off. To conclude, the two writers, Herodotus and Cabeza de Vaca were very informational when it came to writing about the Egyptians and the Avavares. They went into great detail to write about these two groups of people. The two were very respected writers in their day and were very well rounded writers. The two compared and contrasted the different views of these groups of people to normal civilizations of the