Persuasive essay

Although the primary source only presents one point of view of a
situation; the opposing sides belief is equally important. The dialogue “La
Relacion” by Cabeza de Vaca; the experiences of William Bradford in “Of
Plymouth Plantation” and the story of “Pocahontas”, all express the
importance of understanding both sides of a situation. According to the
primary sources of these accounts; the actions and behaviors of the Native
Americans were unjustified by reason and their culture was considered
savage-like. After further examination of the recorded events; you can easily
conclude that the Native American’s behaviors were clearly an act of their
culture or retaliation. Furthermore, the primary source’s bias description of
an event will often lead to other misunderstandings of a situation.

In Cabeza de Vaca’s “La Relacion”, Cabeza and his conquistadors
already had pre-conceived ideas of Native Americans. They considered the
Indians a savag...