El Cid Satire

El Cid is a movie from 1961 that shows how Spain became a unified country. Spain was being invaded by the Moors, which are apart of the Muslim religion. The Moors believed their God “Allah” would help them defeat the Spanish. Rodrigo who is also known as El Cid,is on his way to get married with his fiancé Doña Ximena , when he rescues a small Spanish town from the moors. He arrests the moors and plans to take them to vivar , but he eventually lets them go as long as they don't treason on King Ferdinand’s land. Because of Rodrigo’s good acts he is now named “El Cid”, which translates to the lord. Unfortunately count Ordóñez and Doña Ximena’s father Count Gormaz think otherwise. El cid is accused of treason , defending his son's name doñ Diego challenges count gormaz to
El Cid makes prince Alfonso swear on the Bible that his didn't kill prince Sancho , feeling disrespected , prince Alfonso kicks El Cid out of the kingdom. Alfonso then tells Cid that if he doesn't meet his in a battle then he will never be able to come back. Ximena also follows her husband. Fast forward to the ending a man named Count ordóñez reunited with El Cid and together they protect others. Because of El Cids heroic greatness he is offered the crown from the people of Valencia. El Cid says he doesn't believe he deserves the crown , and instead asks the Valencias to give the crown to prince Alfonso who is worthy. After the crowing of Alfonso , el Cid decides to go back in to battle with Ben Yusuf. Through out the battle , El Cid is doing amazing and keeping his strength. Unfortunately El Cid gets injured in the battle with an arrow straight in to his body. Ximena and Prince Alfonso tell Rodrigo that he has a chance to survive if they take the arrow out of his body. El Cid makes a decision to instead die out on his horse like a true hero. Ximena and her children and the rest of the town watch as the last of El Cid is seen riding into the