In Bartolome De Las Casas’s “from The Very Brief Relation of the Devastation of the Indies” a lot of descriptive verbiage is utilized to paint a distinct picture of good vs. evil in an unjust world. Referencing the Spaniards as Christians is done with a great deal of anger‚ and sarcasm. These Spaniards performed many acts of evil as they brutally tortured‚ killed‚ and enslaved the Native American peoples. According to De Las Casas “they attacked the towns and spared neither the children nor the
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Q2: 2A. Las Casas was located in the New World‚ more specifically‚ on an island where natives were enslaved by the Spaniards. He was right in the midst of encountering Indian treatment at its cruelest. It would be hard not to form a bias when Indians who seem to do no wrong are being tortured for what appears to be for the sake of the invader’s enjoyment. 2B. Because Las Casas was a priest‚ he becomes a much more reliable source than the average person because of religious reputation. Priests should
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To underline another significant point‚ these native Indians are totally defenseless‚ and vulnerable to every single dangerous attack by the Spaniards. When Indians flee to mountains‚ these inhuman‚ cruel Spanish captains pursue them with fierce dogs to attack and tear them into several pieces. In addition to that‚ if Indians kill only one Christian‚ they would kill a hundred Indians in return. This is the misconception of our modern times that one individual feels himself superior to other‚ this
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Zhe Cui Prof. Nicholas MKTG-342 Case Analysis Feb 27‚ 2015 La Casa de Las Botas 1. Summary La Casa de Las Botas is a small company which has luxurious retail space in downtown Buenos Aires and a little workshop located about 10km to the west. El Señor Jorge Da Silva Villagrán‚ the company founder and owner‚ used to work as an apprentice for Pierri Company for fifteen years. When Mr. Pierri was retiring along with some of his employees‚ Jorge decided to buy the business from him in 1989‚ since he
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Columbus and de la Casas make two very different observations of the new world. Columbus made many detailed descriptions in his letter to the King Ferdinand‚ who had financed his journey with the intentions of completing three very clear goals. The first‚ “to procure riches for the Spanish empire‚” the second‚ “to find a new route to the East Indies‚” and lastly‚ “to convert native peoples to Christianity (Casper et al.‚ 4).” de la Casas had a much different intention than Columbus for why he journeyed
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Written Response: Bartoleme de Las Casas My immediate response to Las Casas’ account was one of sorrow‚ dread‚ and horror. I cannot even express in words the emotions that ran through my mind and soul as I read this terrifying report exposing the truth of our country’s beginnings. My voice cracked as I read aloud Las Casas’ words‚ and I felt myself holding back tears as a roar against injustice raged within me. I wish I could believe Las Casas was a liar‚ but his brutal honesty wipes away every
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land at‚ while there is absolutely no way he could have known the language at all. 8. After his first interactions with the natives‚ Columbus believes that “they could be much more easily converted to our holy faith by gentle means”‚ and mentions that they mean even readily accept Christianity as they appear to have no religion. 9. Columbus is convinced that the natives are poor because they have no clothes on their back whatsoever‚ they willingly
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Bartoleme de las Casas was born on 1484 in Sevilla‚ Spain. In 1502 he left for Hispaniola to spread the word of Christianity and monitor the progress of religion in that area. Once there he witnessed the brutal treatment of the indigenous people. He continued to participate in the conquest for an additional twelve years. After his services‚ he was rewarded with territory and indigenous people of his own. Once he met the gentle people‚ Las Casas realized that the way the Spaniards treated the Native Americans
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After reading the short text called “A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies‚” by Bartolomé de Las Casas‚ I was surprised at the brutality and coldheartedness of the Spaniards towards the Indian natives. I knew that they did some horrible things from previous history classes and what not‚ but actually reading about some of the specific things they did was a bit hard to take in. An example of this is the following quote: “And thus pregnant and nursing women and children and old persons and
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September 28‚ 2017 De Las Casas The author of the primary source titled “A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies” is Bartolomé de las Casas‚ a Spanish colonist‚ social reformer and Dominican friar from the 16th-century. He became the first resident Bishop of Chiapas‚ the first officially appointed Protector of the Indians and was also appointed an officer of the King of Spain in the New World. Based on these positions he held‚ it could be acknowledged that De Las Casas was higher up on the
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