Wednesday, March 9, 2011

To the Edge of the World Blog # 3

Please read pages 154-179 and respond to the prompts below.  You must write in complete sentences.  2-4 sentences should suffice for most prompts.


Due:
A1/A2 - Friday, 3/11
B4 - Monday, 3/14

1.  What color are the natives teeth?

2.  How can can Rodrigo "spitting a tooth from his mouth" speak volumes about the state that the men must have been in?

3.  Do you feel the force Magellan used against the natives village was excessive? Defend your response.

4.  How do they know they have arrived in the "far east?"

5.  Who was Job?  How do you pronounce his name?

6.  Why does Magellan want Humabon to become Christian?

7.  What happened when one chieftain did not "pay tribute to Rajah Humabon?"

8.  Magellan screams "retreat" before he dies.  How might this be symbolic?

9.  Magellan succeeds in many ways, but do you feel the way the treat the natives is fair?  How might his journey be viewed as a microcosm of colonialism in general?

10.  The Spaniards are Christians, but do they live according to their beliefs?

Blog # 3 I, Juan de Pareja

Please read pages 129-39 and respond to the following prompts in complete sentences.  Two to four sentences for each response should suffice.

1.  Why did "His Majesty" ask Velazquez to go to Italy?

2.  What happened to Velazquez's hand en route to Italy?

3.  What does Juan ask for after fixing Velazquez's hand?

4.  Describe how the light in Venice is different.  *Use a quote as support.

5.  Who is "His Holiness?"

6.  How does Velazquez want to represent Juan in his portrait?

Due:
A1/A2 - Friday, 3/11
B4 - Monday, 3/14