It was really cool to be able to read so many different accounts of when the Spaniards first came and the reaction that the Indians had to them. It was good to be able to see it from different perspectives, through letters and entries. "Moteuccoma did this because he took them for gods, considered them gods, worshipped them as gods" (pg 98, par 4). I've heard before that the Indians thought the Spaniards were the white god that had been prophesied to come, but in the last story it really shows that they did, indeed, think this to some extent. I can see from both points of view, when the Indians did sacrifices and put blood on the food for Cortez and his men to eat, they honestly thought that they were respecting them and showing them their great status. From the other point of view, the Spaniards had no idea why they were doing it, all they knew is that suddenly their delicious meal was covered in the fresh blood of some other person. "and [the emissaries] sprinkled blood in the food, they bloodied it, which made their stomachs turn and disgusted them, because of the great stench of the blood" (pg 98, par 3). That would definitely make me lose my appetite.
The bit that we read from "Labyrinth of Solitute" was super interesting. I was totally caught up in the first part of it talking about solitude and how we come to that state. "Death and birth are solitary experiences. we are born alone and we die alone" (pg. 196 par.2). When you think about it, you do have people around you for those moments in your life, but ultimately you are passing through them alone. Those people cannot feel your pain, your fear, your acceptance. Your emotions are your own and you alone can bear the situation. He also mentions the adolescent. There is a definite difference in a child and a teenager. It goes along with the changes in your body, graduating elementary school and moving to bigger schools, more student body and more things to worry about. I definitely saw a lot of the solitude side of me when I was in Jr. High and High School. You just feel so lost, so alone in the world. I feel like, for the most part, Octavio has a very good knowledge of human emotions and
The bit that we read from "Labyrinth of Solitute" was super interesting. I was totally caught up in the first part of it talking about solitude and how we come to that state. "Death and birth are solitary experiences. we are born alone and we die alone" (pg. 196 par.2). When you think about it, you do have people around you for those moments in your life, but ultimately you are passing through them alone. Those people cannot feel your pain, your fear, your acceptance. Your emotions are your own and you alone can bear the situation. He also mentions the adolescent. There is a definite difference in a child and a teenager. It goes along with the changes in your body, graduating elementary school and moving to bigger schools, more student body and more things to worry about. I definitely saw a lot of the solitude side of me when I was in Jr. High and High School. You just feel so lost, so alone in the world. I feel like, for the most part, Octavio has a very good knowledge of human emotions and
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