In Bartolome De Las Casas’s “from The Very Brief Relation of the Devastation of the Indies” a lot of descriptive verbiage is utilized to paint a distinct picture of good vs. evil in an unjust world. Referencing the Spaniards as Christians is done with a great deal of anger‚ and sarcasm. These Spaniards performed many acts of evil as they brutally tortured‚ killed‚ and enslaved the Native American peoples. According to De Las Casas “they attacked the towns and spared neither the children nor the
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In the textbook of Bartolome de las Casas From The Very Brief Relation of the Devastation of the Indies‚ de la Casas said “This was the first land in the New World to be destroyed and depopulated by the Christians‚ and here they began their subjection of the women and children‚ taking them away from the Indians to use them and ill use them‚ eating the food they provided with their sweat and toil.” Base on this saying we can guest his thought about the New World and its inhabitants‚ he explains
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Zhe Cui Prof. Nicholas MKTG-342 Case Analysis Feb 27‚ 2015 La Casa de Las Botas 1. Summary La Casa de Las Botas is a small company which has luxurious retail space in downtown Buenos Aires and a little workshop located about 10km to the west. El Señor Jorge Da Silva Villagrán‚ the company founder and owner‚ used to work as an apprentice for Pierri Company for fifteen years. When Mr. Pierri was retiring along with some of his employees‚ Jorge decided to buy the business from him in 1989‚ since he
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article‚ de Las Casas makes another interesting comment about Christians’ another terrific action towards Indians. After taking the exiled king of India‚ Christians send him in a vessel to another place. But many Christians are drowned along with the king. The significant point is that there were very huge amount of gold in the shipwreck and the comment made by de Las Casas points out the real condition: "Such was God’s vengeance for so many terrible injustices." Bartolome de Las Casas gives another
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Columbus and de la Casas make two very different observations of the new world. Columbus made many detailed descriptions in his letter to the King Ferdinand‚ who had financed his journey with the intentions of completing three very clear goals. The first‚ “to procure riches for the Spanish empire‚” the second‚ “to find a new route to the East Indies‚” and lastly‚ “to convert native peoples to Christianity (Casper et al.‚ 4).” de la Casas had a much different intention than Columbus for why he journeyed
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Written Response: Bartoleme de Las Casas My immediate response to Las Casas’ account was one of sorrow‚ dread‚ and horror. I cannot even express in words the emotions that ran through my mind and soul as I read this terrifying report exposing the truth of our country’s beginnings. My voice cracked as I read aloud Las Casas’ words‚ and I felt myself holding back tears as a roar against injustice raged within me. I wish I could believe Las Casas was a liar‚ but his brutal honesty wipes away every
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The argument of Juan Gines de Sepulveda is that of negative feedback to what was experienced in the first encounter of the Spaniards and American Indians in the Sixteenth Century. Also‚ Sepulveda demonstrates through his opinion that war against the Indians is a rightful act due to the fact that the Indians are seen as lower beings. The proof that Sepulveda uses to support his position is the glimpse the Spaniards noted in the short time they observed the Indians. Sepulveda thought that the Indians
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Dakota Holgard APUSH Columbus Questions 1. In 1492‚ Ferdinand and Isabella had just ended a war with the Moors‚ otherwise known as Muslims‚ and conquered Granada. In the same year‚ Jewish people were expelled from the Spain‚ and Columbus was granted passage to India via a western route. 2. The King of India is referred to by Columbus as the Great Can‚ meaning the King of Kings. 3. Columbus seeks out India in order to “learn their disposition and the proper method of converting them to
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After reading the short text called “A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies‚” by Bartolomé de Las Casas‚ I was surprised at the brutality and coldheartedness of the Spaniards towards the Indian natives. I knew that they did some horrible things from previous history classes and what not‚ but actually reading about some of the specific things they did was a bit hard to take in. An example of this is the following quote: “And thus pregnant and nursing women and children and old persons and
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CMLT277 The Contributions and Perceptions of Bartolome de Las Casas After reading Carlos Fuentes’ book‚ “The Buried Mirror: Reflections on Spain and the New World”‚ he devoted a section to Bartolome de Las Casas which allowed the reader to capture his unique perspective (32-38). In the introductory text before the reading of “The Brief History of the Destruction of the Indies” (as read in class)‚ Bartolome de Las Casas is viewed as a devoted Saint and missionary that was an activist
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