Cabeza De Vaca Analysis
Cabeza de Vaca was more memorable than Las Casas’s. I’ve already mentioned what was most memorable about Cabeza de Vaca, plus I also stated a list of faults in the last homework assignment.
Although Las Casas’s book was short, it was an incredibly painful read that became tiresome. His style of writing was repetitive and dull. The whole book could literally be summed up in one sentence, “The Spanish were cruel bastards that went to the New World demanding gold then killed, enslaved, and exploited the Indians because they thought them inferior.”
The way they murdered those poor Indians were so violent and awful it made me sick. They burned their bodies, tortured them, and to me, the worst of them all was ripping their bodies apart and feeding them to wild dogs. Las Casas description was a horrific read! …show more content…
It was predictable, you become so aware that the story looses impact. Once I got the idea what was going on I knew what would happen next. It all was just too similar, the story sort of joined together into a blob of the same concept.
The Spaniards were Christians…Ok??? I thought of them as devils. The book made Christianity seem tyrannical. When they tried introducing Christianity to the Indians, no, not introduce, force. The Spaniards just waltz in and throw Christianity in their faces. Once the Indians rejected the religion, those poor people were soon enslaved and murdered. They didn’t know what being a true Christian meant, all they knew was being one would lead to a massacre.
This was why I chose Cabeza de Vaca over Las Cassas. Cabeza De Vaca’s book was a bit more interesting than Las Cassas book: A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies. I find Cabeza de Vaca’s book adventurous and somewhat enjoyable. As for Las Cassas, it was violent, numbingly dull, and
Although Las Casas’s book was short, it was an incredibly painful read that became tiresome. His style of writing was repetitive and dull. The whole book could literally be summed up in one sentence, “The Spanish were cruel bastards that went to the New World demanding gold then killed, enslaved, and exploited the Indians because they thought them inferior.”
The way they murdered those poor Indians were so violent and awful it made me sick. They burned their bodies, tortured them, and to me, the worst of them all was ripping their bodies apart and feeding them to wild dogs. Las Casas description was a horrific read! …show more content…
It was predictable, you become so aware that the story looses impact. Once I got the idea what was going on I knew what would happen next. It all was just too similar, the story sort of joined together into a blob of the same concept.
The Spaniards were Christians…Ok??? I thought of them as devils. The book made Christianity seem tyrannical. When they tried introducing Christianity to the Indians, no, not introduce, force. The Spaniards just waltz in and throw Christianity in their faces. Once the Indians rejected the religion, those poor people were soon enslaved and murdered. They didn’t know what being a true Christian meant, all they knew was being one would lead to a massacre.
This was why I chose Cabeza de Vaca over Las Cassas. Cabeza De Vaca’s book was a bit more interesting than Las Cassas book: A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies. I find Cabeza de Vaca’s book adventurous and somewhat enjoyable. As for Las Cassas, it was violent, numbingly dull, and