Q: What were Cortes’ and Bernal Diaz’s motives for writing their accounts of the conquest? How did these motives color their narratives of the conquest? Record keeping has been around since the beginning of time. Even before humans existed‚ the planet earth keeps detailed records of itself in rocks‚ trees‚ and ice. Writing of events has been very important in the process of capturing‚ storing‚ and sharing information. Writing also allows the document to be sent off to a far off land without
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As a conquistador under the command of Hernán Cortes‚ Bernal Diaz witnessed some of Latin America’s most interesting and least chronicled history. He was fortunate enough to be one of a select few Europeans to experience the Aztec empire at its height and to visit Tenochtitlan prior to its downfall. In an era where personal accounts of the historical occurrences are almost nonexistent‚ Bernal Diaz’s The True History of the Conquest of New Spain provides virtually the only window into this period
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Two Accounts: Broken Spears and Bernal Diaz In every historical event there tends to be conflicting sides‚ each member has their own point of view based on a plethora of statistics. These statistics include but are not limited to‚ socio-economic classes‚ race‚ geographical boundaries‚ gender‚ etc. When two cultures interact for the first time there is bound to be some discrepancies over what truly occurred. These discrepancies are portrayed quite well through Bernal Diaz’s The Conquest of New Spain
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Bernal Diaz de Castillo wrote about a quest that he was fortunate enough to participate with his soldier leader‚ Hernan Cortes. Hernan Cortes and his soldiers went on many different expeditions in order to expand their knowledge on the unknown world. Bernal Diaz de Castillo did not hold any type of leadership within his community; however‚ he was intelligent enough to know a new world apart from an old one. The New Spain that Castillo and his conquest mates experienced eventually led to the publication
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of New Spain This Article was a written by a solider named Bernal Diaz del Castillo during 1560 about his March to Tenochtitian. Bernal wrote about his march lead by captain Cortes. He describes all the trails and tribulations they encountered on his journey. They were sent by King Charles V to meet with prince Moctezuma in Mexico. This article was a correction to a previously published account written by a noneyewittness. Bernal felt that the published version was not accurate enough so he
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sophisticated as demonstrated through their prosperous marketplace and their practice of requiring tributes from conquered territories. The marketplace of the Aztecs was so full of people that‚ “They could be heard more than a league off‚” says Bernal Diaz del Castillo in History of the Conquest of Spain (Doc N). Because the Aztecs were such a large and powerful society‚ they conquered many territories. Document M shows that‚ after they had conquered a territory in war‚ they often required the territories
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Junot Diaz was born in the Dominican Republic and raised New Jersey. He is a creative writing teacher at MIT and fiction editor at the Boston Review. He also serves on the board of advisers for the Freedom University‚ a Volunteer organization in Georgia that provides post-secondary instruction to undocumented immigrants. From what I have read I have gathered that he really had to rely on himself. Getting him through college working the jobs where you have to do the dirty work‚ dishes‚ and pumping-gas
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Interpretations in Films by Pauline Claire Macaraeg Ishmael Bernal’s films have received countless acknowledgements throughout the years because of his unique style of “working out patterns of symbolic details” (Lumbera 25). And through these patterns‚ Bernal was able to portray his views on things as an auteur. This paper examines his interpretations of religion and religious activities through his films. But this only includes three of his works: Manila by Night (1980)‚ Himala (1982)‚ and Hinugot sa
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DROWN BY JUNOT DIAZ Pat Murphy & Iris Foley Junot Diaz • Born in the Dominican Republic – December 31 1968 • Like many of his characters‚ had a strained relationship • • • • • • with his father Books include Drown This is How You Lose Her The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao – won a Pulitzer Prize Was awarded a Macarthur Fellowship Teaches creative writing at MIT Ysreal Characters • Yunior – Diaz has stated he modeled him after himself. Main character/narrator‚ 9 years old. Lives in the Dominican
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altering a recollection of actual historical events is Bernal Diaz de Castillo’s recollection of the conquest of Tenochtitlan (Mexico City). Diaz at the time‚ was a Spanish soldier during the conquest of Mexico City‚ which took place from 1519 to 1521. At the age of eighty-four years old in 1568‚ over forty years after the events had taken place‚ Diaz produced a narrative from his time as a soldier during the conquest of Mexico City. Diaz self proclaims in his recollection
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