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Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico

Introduction

The book Broken Spears: the Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico revolves around the massacre of the Spaniards at the Mexicans, who call themselves as the Aztec. The chapter covers the event that takes place in the Main Temple during the Fiesta of Toxcatl. The background of the content witnesses the brutal act of Spaniards deceiving the Mexicans.

Hernán Cortés was absent from the city to fight Panfilo de Narvaez, who had come to arrest the conqueror by order of Diego Velázquez, governor of Cuba. Alvarado "the Sun", as the Mexicans say, treacherously carried out the slaughter, when the celebration reached its peak. The event preserves testimony in Nahuatl and paints with realism comparable to that of the great epics of classical antiquity and the most dramatic details of betrayal engineered by Alvarado.

The testimony of Indian informants of Sahagún narrates the preparations for the feast, the way the Indians did with mass of the figure of Huitzilopochtli and finally how in the midst of the feast they suddenly attacked the Spanish, a betrayal of the Mexicans. The revolutionary battles of the Mexican history signify the effects of the brutal battle between the Spaniards and Mexicans.

Thesis Statement

Using negative political power can hype massive destruction as a consequence to the rage of the fatalities.

Discussion

The historical setting portrays the diversity of approaches of the writer who introduces massacre within the context of labor, religion, exercise of powers by the executioners and brutality. The content in discussion is a proof of abuse of powers by the leader and the impacts on society.

Alvarado, the Sun, was making inappropriate us e of his political powers and oppressing the Mexicans. As a result, the retaliation transpired by them was much fierce and saddening. They were on the ...