La Malinche was a woman just looking for a better future for herself even if that meant betraying her own. She is a historical figure that had a huge role in the Spanish conquest in Mexico. There are various reasons on why she played a huge role in the conquest. There are multiple stories and the telling of her conquest. She not only played a role on the Mexico side but also on the Spanish side. There are some fascinating stories on how she tried to play both sides without them actually finding out. It seemed as if she was trying to come to the other side and becoming someone so tremendous in history for her actions. She started off in The Mexican side as a forceful weapon on how to get around the battle and through the Spanish, although, that didn’t last long. She met a Spanish conquistador named Hernan Cortez, who swept her off her feet. Malinali, other as Malintzin or Dona Marina, but best known as la …show more content…
Her mom remarried once her father passed away. Malinche was sold to slave traders who of course spoke a different language and she started learning it. Slowly becoming a bilingual tongue opened her a couple doors. According to some, she even learned to speak other languages that gave her an advantage in the conquest. Since she started learning these languages that were very broad in Mexico, she started using that gain as a backstabbing technique towards Mexico. Once she met with Hernan Cortes and Malinche found out who she was and her capabilities, he recruited her and took her to meetings that he wanted her to be a part of. He used her for her capabilities of speaking different languages. In other words, he practically used her for being able to speak different languages which was a gain on his side of the conquest. She was able to get him through a deep part of Mexico which he wouldn’t have gotten to without her. She was able to understand the language and used that to beat Mexico off of their own
She took the son in as her own, and as she was coming down from the mountain, she was a completely changed woman (Alvarez 162). That invasion never would’ve happened had it not been for the growing rebellion against Trujillo. Trujillo was a dictator and had heard about the growing rebellion in the mountains. He had such an evil heart, he couldn’t stand the rebellion and attempted to kill it, and everything that might be in its way, whether it was innocent or guilty.
Cheech Marin, a comedian actor and activist, said, “You have to want to be Chicano to be Chicano.” What Cheech Marin means by this is that being Chicano is something Chicanos feel and think instead of letting others give them that title. Before there were Aztecs and Chicanos there were the Mexica. The Mexica were natives who migrated all through out what is now known as Mexico. They each spread to different parts of the land. Most ended up in what is now present day Mexico City. Those Mexica later became the Aztecs. The Aztecs had a myth of how the earth and all living things were created. In the myth the Aztec sun god and the goddess of Earth both created all living things. Hence, making all Aztecs royalty. The city was then destroyed by the Spanish conquistadores. Although the Spaniards won the Aztecs didn’t go down without a fight.
He attempted this primarily through his portrayal of Montezuma’s system of governance as brutal and is people as disloyal to him. He described the apparent willingness of the peoples he encountered to abandon the Aztecs and swear allegiance to the King of Spain, “Although they were subjects of Montezuma … they had been reduced to that condition by force …and when they had obtained through me some knowledge of your Highness … they declared their desire to become vassals of your Majesty, and to form an alliance with me”(Second Letter, 38–39). Cortés justified his conquest further through his proclamation to the his king that he was acting in defense of these newly acquired vassals. Cortés wrote that Montezuma subjected the local people to violent and tyrannical repression and, “took from them their sons to be slain and offered as sacrifices to his idols”(Second Letter,
Robert E. Lee once said, “What a cruel thing war is... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors.” The Mexican war is about to start and Robert E. Lee will play a big part in it. Before and during the Mexican war, Lee will serve under General Winfield Scott, and Scott will have great influence on him (History.com “American Civil”). America had an idea of “Manifest Destiny which was American who believed it was their destiny to spread their culture across the continent to the Pacific. During the Mexican War, Lee proved to be a combat leader, leading to his involvement in the Civil War for the Confederate States of America (Robert Rudolph).
At first, it seemed like the Spanish had total control of the city, but trouble soon broke out. In May 1520, Cortes briefly left the city. Ignorantly, his men, for some odd reason, attacked the Aztec. "Those Idiots!" I bet Cortes would have exclaimed as he came back to find his men being besieged in Moctezuma's palace. Cortes, being quite the intelligent thinker, thought that calming them would be the best way out of the situation.
due to the fact that she fought for what was right and that never stopped her. She found out early
These two women had primary roles during the Mexican revolution. Camila who is conservative, played the domestic role. She provided shelter and care to the soldiers during the harsh times. She was seen as a playing the traditional roles of women in society. However War Paint played the complete opposite role of what society expects of a woman. She was a fierce woman who partook in different events and fought along with the men. She was the type of women who drank a lot and had many love interests. In the novel, Camilla explains to Luis Cervantes about how Demetrio Macias was feeling her and wanted to know if he would do anything about it. From the statement she made, Luis laughed and preached to Camila about how she should take interest because Demetrio really likes her. However, Camila is not convinced because she is attracted to Luis. “Camilla felt a welling up in her chest, rising to her throat, nearly choking her. She pressed her fist hard against her squinting eyes to stop the tears starting to flow from them. Then she wiped the moisture away from her cheeks with the back of her hand and ran away quickly as a musk deer, just as she had done three days ago” (Azuela, pg 36). Instead of telling her real feelings to Luis, she felt like it was better if she kept her feelings to herself. As we can see, this was the submissive and innocent role expected from women during the Mexican
In The Underdogs written by Mariano Azuela, we are introduced to a character that strongly symbolizes the fuel of the Mexican Revolution. Heroes like Demetrio Macias brought the Serrano’s hope of giving them what they felt they truly deserved. Although Demetrio Macias, the general (colonel) of a rebel army is hunting down the army of Pancho Villa, he seems to have the same ideals as the enemy. In addition to Demetrio Macias, we meet women like Camilla and War Paint who represent the different roles that women played during the Mexican Revolution.
The first thing he did when he got to Mexico was tricking them into trusting them by giving them gifts, he even convinced them he was a god. Because of him tricking them into thinking they were gods Moctezuma gave cortes his daughter and they used Moctezuma’s daughter as a sexual toy. Then after this his greed took over he originally wasn’t even the captain, he was more of a sub captain, but he wanted all the treasures so he overthrew the captain then he was the captain.
because she was the first of her sisters to join the rebellion, she went to law school, and
As you can tell she helped majorly because she helped them fight their own battles. Her main priorities were keeping the slaves in the United States, helping the Spanish Government, and following her treaty. She accomplished her goal with a good attitude.
for the rights of women, and she even brought her own family into the rebellion to assist her in
...in slavery by the Maya merchants. La Malinche was giving to a Spanish Conquistador after conquering a city called Tabasco. While in his possession, she learned Spanish and become Hernan Cortes personal interpreter. Eventually falling in love with Cortes and become his mistress. In this adultery relationship she bore him two sons. Eventualy She learn that Cortes was heading back to Spain with out her. Those Cusing her to comit a hanes crime of killing her two sons by the bank of a lake that “would be ome the foundation for Mexico City”. http://thehauntedinternet.com/lallorona.html..
...o avoid disbelief from her audience. She was the first woman who dared to tell her experience of enslavement and how she was sexuallyabused.
It is obvious that the communication between the Spaniards and native was not even close to perfection, especially at first when even different tribes spoke different languages in Mexico. Even with the help of Malinche and Agular the translation couldn’t be good, as explained in the following quote “Spaniards and natives played a version of the childhood game of telephone. For one simple piece of dialogue to be achieved, Cortés spoke in Spanish to Aguilar, Aguilar translated into Yucatec Maya, which Malinche then trans¬lated into Nahuatl, before repeating the process in reverse. Even once Ma¬linche learned Spanish, how much must have been lost in the translation”(pg.85). However; the barrier of communication did not stopped them from meeting