Many of the natives that they came across welcomed them wholeheartedly, until they abused the hospitality that was given to them and gave nothing in return. One Aztec can be quoted in saying that “They thirsted mightily for gold; they stuffed themselves with it; they starved for it; they lusted for it like pigs.” (textbook) Hernando Cortes was one of the explorers guilty of abusing the hospitality that he was treated with. He ended up conquering the Aztecs and killing their king, Montezuma. After he was killed, the Aztec’s lost their will to even fight back. Another Spanish explorer that wronged the Indians was Pizzaro, who conquered the Incas.
Things like killing the ruler of Rome and throwing the whole empire into turmoil. For their argument they argued that because they loved Rome so much, that is why they had to kill Caesar because they could not have a ruler over Rome. Their forefathers had fought for the freedom and republic of Rome and they even killed a guy who tried to be ruler. Brutus and Cassius had the right idea in trying to protect the republic but they didn’t think it through enough and that is where their plan failed. Caesar was given a crown three times and the people wanted him to have it, but all three times he rejected it to look good in front of the people.
But rather than waiting on being attacked, Cortes determined to anticipate them. He had some of the city lords called saying that he wished to speak to them and shut them in the chamber by themselves. After the five hour firing to some houses and towers where natives defended themselves, Cortes and his army with the help of Tascaltecal and Cempoal natives, forced all the people out of the city. 3. After evaluating Cortes letter to the king, I believe that it is subjective towards the Native American civilization.
Bullfighting is just too dangerous a practice for humans to justify. While some customs posses a positive effect, some customs also posses a negative effect and can even be inhumane. Two examples include the custom of stoning portrayed in Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery" and the practice of bullfighting seen in Spanish influenced countries around the world. Bullfighting should be brought to and end because of the violent and cruel nature, the use of murder as entertainment, and due to the potential harm and even death to all parties involved. Society today does not have room for barbaric traditions such as
Montezuma, however, chose to lock up the elders and starve them to death so no one else would hear of this. (p.34) His methods never cease to confuse me. He had a picture drawn by an artist that depicted the same events. “Pale men with white beards riding on beasts”(p.85), they didn’t know they were horses yet. I found this to be shocking and very interested.
Christopher Columbus wrote in his log stating that the natives traded everything they owned willingly, and without force. Columbus also wrote that the natives would be fine servants. He noticed the lack of technology, and his opinion of a savage like society, which gave him the feeling of superiority. Columbus took a few natives by force for information as he sailed around in the search of gold. It appears that Columbus is an impatient man, for when he did not get what he wanted, when he wanted, he released his wrath by brutally killing the natives, and so they could recognize his authority.
She commanded her father to let the bull of heaven free to wreak havoc amongst Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh, along with his friend Enkidu, goes into battle against the bull and end up slaying the beast. Enkidu was then punished for slaying of the bull. He suffered for 12 days, then later died. After his death, Gilgamesh then realized that death would be slowly approaching him.
He explained that white men always win and cheat, so the white men are the victors but the white man is always a bad man. This shows that it can be prejudice because Tom`s story was not heard and he was accused of being guilty and so he was killed. In cases of Tom being wrongly accused, harassment by others, on Scout and Atticus defending the jail can have an opinion of people that is destructive. When the group of men came to kill Tom, it shows that if Scout and Jem did not have a father would be the same thing for Walter Cunningham.
His followers, numbering around a hundred additionally incorporated a little bad-to-the-bone unit of naive youngsters. They started to accept, without inquiry, Manson's claims that he was Jesus and his predictions of a race war. Manson was declared guilty first degree murder for regulating the passing’s of the Tate/La Bianca exploited people. He was sentenced to death yet this was consequently driven to life in jail after the Californian's Supreme Court nullified all capital punishments
The gamecocks are fitted with a sharp, curved steel blade, known as a “gaff.” A cockfight will usually end in the death of one gamecock or sometimes both. Is cockfighting a sport, a cultural tradition, or just simply animal cruelty? Cockfighting in Hawaii or perhaps throughout the world, depending on whom you ask, will give you different views on what they believe it represents. Some will say it is a sport thriving with underworld activity, others say it is a rich, cultural practice that has been tradition for many years, and lastly the view of cockfighting as a blood sport in which the fighting birds suffer greatly. This has been an ongoing issue that state lawmakers and politicians deal with time and time again.