Broken Spears- A look at the Spanish Invasion thrrough the eyes of the Aztecs.

The Broken Spears is an eye-opening book about the Spanish Conquest of the indigenous people of Mexico, the Aztecs. This book is unique in that it gives a perspective of the Aztecs. Most of the time history is written from the viewpoint of the winners, and the Aztecs were by no means the winners of this encounter. What made this book so appealing was that great detail and passion in which the events were portrayed. It feels as if the reader was there watching or even partaking in the events during that time. If a piece of literature can make a person feel like they want to be an activist for the tragedy that is taking place in the story, it has succeeded in communicating its message to the reader. This piece of historical literature is very important, because of the lack of knowledge that people have about the true history of the world.
The Spanish were very successful in their conquest of the Aztec people for two distinct reasons. The first was their technology. As a civilization gr...