The second part of this chronicle is just as interesting and at times difficult to read as the first. De Las Casas continues the tone of the first half by descriptively explaining the violence and torture endured by the indigenous peoples. Also his writing style similarly continues throughout the second half of the book with extensive repetition. One of the many points which he repeated was, \u201cDesta dej\u00f3 perdida y asolada y despoblada una provincial riqu\u00edsima de gente y oro que tiene un valle de cuarenta leguas, y en ella quem\u00f3 pueblo que ten\u00eda mil casas\u201d (64). He continuously commented on how wonderful the people and land were. In my opinion this would only further encourage the king of Spain to continue the conquest of the \u2018New World\u2019. Nonetheless, this chronicle is very unusual for this time period. I greatly enjoyed reading work from a different perspective and even though it was written from a European\u2019s point of view it went against the typical mindset of its time. De Las Casas described this time as a cruel, unjust and intolerable conquest rather than a much needed and celebrated European discovery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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