http://americanliterature.wordpress.com/2006/08/30/myth-and-history-in-cabeza-de-vaca/ Thought Experiments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:26:26 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://americanliterature.wordpress.com/2006/08/30/myth-and-history-in-cabeza-de-vaca/#comment-2 Danielle Kleve Fri, 01 Sep 2006 17:47:02 +0000 https://americanliterature.wordpress.com/2006/08/30/myth-and-history-in-cabeza-de-vaca/#comment-2 I completely agree. While I was reading, La Relacion I felt that he was frequently alluding to himself as a superior figure in promoting Christainity, just as Jesus did. Cabeza de Vaca portrayed himself as one of the natives when stating, "We bore a share in the famine along the whole way; for poorly could these unfortunates provide for us, themselves being so reduced they looked as though they would willingly die." Cabeza de Vaca wanted to inform the Holy Emperor that he was experiencing the pain of the Natives, just as Jesus experienced the pain of his people. I completely agree. While I was reading, La Relacion I felt that he was frequently alluding to himself as a superior figure in promoting Christainity, just as Jesus did. Cabeza de Vaca portrayed himself as one of the natives when stating, “We bore a share in the famine along the whole way; for poorly could these unfortunates provide for us, themselves being so reduced they looked as though they would willingly die.” Cabeza de Vaca wanted to inform the Holy Emperor that he was experiencing the pain of the Natives, just as Jesus experienced the pain of his people.

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