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I have some trouble with the introduction to Bernal Diaz del Castillo’s account. The intro in Johnson says that Castillo was angered by the false reports of the Conquest that he had been reading, and so decided to write his own, truthful, account. However, Castillo’s account is littered with extravagance and hyperbole. For example, he writes, “As for the horrible noise when the lions and tigers roared, and the jackals and foxes howled, and the serpents hissed, it was so appalling that one seemed to be in hell” (22). While I am sure all of these new creatures and their noises were overwhelming, the extent to which Castillo describes everything actually makes me question his supposed sincerity. ~Kristen Lonsdorf | I have some trouble with the introduction to Bernal Diaz del Castillo’s account. The intro in Johnson says that Castillo was angered by the false reports of the Conquest that he had been reading, and so decided to write his own, truthful, account. However, Castillo’s account is littered with extravagance and hyperbole. For example, he writes, “As for the horrible noise when the lions and tigers roared, and the jackals and foxes howled, and the serpents hissed, it was so appalling that one seemed to be in hell” (22). While I am sure all of these new creatures and their noises were overwhelming, the extent to which Castillo describes everything actually makes me question his supposed sincerity. ~Kristen Lonsdorf | ||
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| + | Powhatan's "Speech to Captain John Smith" leaves me with multiple questions. I'm confused of who recorded it, was it John Smith? Also, how is it that the speech has suddenly become translated into english? Within the 2 years the colonists have been at Jamestown, there doesn't seem to be a the Indians could have become so fluent in a foreign speech. Especially knowing that by 1609 the population was so low that the exposure to the english language was extremely limited. How were the Indians and colonists able to communitcate so well if their languages differed so dramatically? -Ally Campo | ||
