Lo siento – en Ingl\u00e9s \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n
I prefer this account of the invasion of the Indies by the Europeans because it comes in stark contrast to the account relived by Cabeza de Vaca in Naufragios. Bartolom\u00e9 de Las Casas understands that the Europeans weren\u2019t helping the natives when they colonized the New World. He writes his book without any compassion for the explorers calling them \u201cmalos hombres\u201d, \u201cabominables y crueles hombres bestiales\u201d, and many other things. I\u2019m glad that he touched on the sexual assault that occurred while the Europeans were in the New World. Although it is a terrible thing to be part of one\u2019s history, it is an important aspect of the domination and conquering of the Americas. I think his sentiments towards the explorers is epitomized in the sentence on page 19 where he says \u201cy porque toda la gente que huir pod\u00eda se encerraba en los montes y sub\u00eda a las sierras huyendo de hombres tan inhumanos, tan sin piedad y tan feroces bestias, extirpadores y capitales enemigos del linaje humano, ense\u00f1aron y amaestraron lebreles, perros brav\u00edsimos que en viendo un indio lo hac\u00edan pedazos en un credo, y mejor arremet\u00edan a \u00e9l y lo com\u00edan que si fuera un puerco.\u201d <\/p>\n
He mentions and then describes in detail that in each and every place the Europeans went, the lives of the Indians were changed for the worst. I like how he segregates the novel into specific destruction that he saw in certain places (Nueva Espa\u00f1a, la provincia de Nicaragua, de isla de Cuba, etc.). This separation gives the impression of authority on the subject and truth of what he\u2019s saying. One point to make is that without using specific names of Europeans, Las Casas\u2019 interpretation appears less authentic that the work written by Cabeza de Vaca because his use of names of actual explorers can be confirmed through historic documents, I\u2019m sure. It is interesting to notice that Las Casas names certain native kings and queens and regular native people by given native name, Behechio, Anacaona y Higuanama (p.22), but always refers to the Europeans as \u201clos cristianos\u201d, \u201clos espa\u00f1oles\u201d, or \u201clos castellanos.\u201d This is yet another example where Las Casas shows his feelings towards the Europeans because this contrasts with Cabeza de Vaca who named many of the Europeans and Christians by name but called the Indians by tribe name or place name (as a group, rather than by their personal names.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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