In the first half of Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias it is apparent that De Las Casas is writing for a cause. I do not see any selfish intentions within his writing. Although he is not against colonization and evangelization he does not seem to seek any personal gains from his chronicle. He genuinely is seeking aid for the people of the Americas. De Las Casas uses strong rhetoric to get his point across to his intended reader. The indigenous people are being tortured and the Spanish are not acting like good Christians; “…que en todas las partes de las Indias donde han ido y pasado cristianos, siempre hicieron en los indios todas las crueldades susodichas …en aquellas inocentes gentes.” (pg. 24)
Among all the justifiably used vocabulary to describe the actions of the Spanish, there was one quote that stood out especially. It describes the despair the Indigenous people faced and allows the reader to feel their hopelessness; “Aquellos son los caminos por donde íbamos a servir a los cristianos y, aunque trabajábamos mucho, en fin volvíamonos a cabo de algún tiempo a nuestras casas y a nuestras mujeres y hijos; pero agora vamos sin esperanza de nunca jamás volver ni verlos ni de tener más vida.” (pg. 31)