In “Fifth Sun” written by Camilla Townsend, we read about the Mexican culture and history and how it changed overtime with the arrival of the Spanish. As we read through the narrative, we see how Townsend illuminates the suffrage of the indigenous by providing different insights from tlatonani’s and sources from the Spanish (135 Townsend). The focus of this essay is how the Mexicans maintained their culture, although they were conquered. There were many ways in which the accomplished kept their culture and beliefs alive. This paper will specify how the Mexicans and the Spanish would combine their beliefs to make peace (170 Townsend). Mexico had little to no choice but to do this, but it would keep their culture alive in some way. (170 Townsend) …show more content…
One of the ways the Mexica maintained their culture throughout the conquering was to combine their culture with the Spanish or in other words, in order to avoid fighting they succumb to the expectations of new religious ideologies (187 Townsend). A quote to support this would be, “Only in the 1990s did it become commonplace for scholars to argue that this premise was indeed false—that in fact the indigenous had not simply rejected generations of belief and accepted Christian teachings without question.” (135 Townsend). Now although this quote does not relate exactly to the claim, it can still represent how the Mexica accepted the new culture in order to adapt and survive (170 Townsend). A better quote to support this would be, “Go home, Mexica, go inside.” They could not turn the tide of power, he reminded them; they should salvage what they could of their lives.” (170 Townsend). This quote is from chapter seven where the Mexican people are violently protesting the Spanish and Martin tells them to go inside to avoid conflict because he knows it would only do more harm than good (170