Saturday, September 28, 2013

hey guys
this is my paper on The Kings Fifth and how each character has changed threw out the book. I would recommend it if you are a high levelled reader and like adventure other wise it is dry and boring cuz that what I thought at first till my teacher helped me understand the book.  just saying.
love u all.
xxxx


The Kings Fifth 
General Coronado - Non-Fictional Leader of the Spanish Army. In real life Coronado failed in his quest for treasure to enrich the Spanish empire. Coronado led one of the most remarkable European explorations of the North American interior.He came to the Americas
inspired by rumors of seven cities of gold
. Coronado led a royal expedition of about 300 Spanish soldiers, over 1,000 Tlaxcalan Indians, and an enormous herd of livestock north into what is now the American West. In July 1540 Coronado and his advance party of Spanish cavalry encountered a Zuni pueblo, Hawikuh, which already had some experience with the Spanish. In terms of him in the book, it is not clear how he changes. He is full of thirst for gold and adventure threw out the journey.

Zia Troyano - a younger teenager Native American girl guide who agrees to help navigate the group to their destiny in exchange for the friendship of Esteban. She is a passionate and loyal friend but does not like the Spanish love for gold and greed. She guides this dangerous journey as a volunteer, Zia. She was brought along by Estéban, who met her in the army from which the band was divided from.  Zia is the only one to eventually preserve both her life and freedom. On the end of the book she leaves Esteban do to his greed and love for gold. She then comes back years later to stand up for Esteban in court hoping that she would live happily ever after with him.

Esteban- A young teenage boy, who is asked to join Captain Mendoza on a quest. After lots of persuasion, he agrees to join on the guest. In the beginning Esteban does not care about gold. But threw out the book he starts to fall in love with gold. This starts when he finds a nugget of gold the size of a hazel nut. He decides to keep it for himself and not tell anyone that he found it. he soon finds himself thinking about it all the time.  Esteban changes even more when Captain Mendoza dies from the dog attack. The young boy then starts to show fear and hate towards the Indians which drives Zia away from him
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Captain Mendoza- Captian in the army of Coronado and leader of the band of adventures that would seek out gold in the land of Cibola. An industrious and motivated man, Mendoza's greed blinds him and leads to his eventual death. He dies by getting attacked by his dog that he himself taught to kill if threatened. Threw out the whole book, Captian Mendoza shows his greed and love for gold. He also shows hate and fear from Indians which soon affects Esteban.

 

2 comments:

  1. Funny thing is that after your report it sounds like an intriguing read. It's often the way in life when you don't have the tools to appreciate the depth of something your initial impression may be that something is not really of interest to you. That is why knowledge and education are an important part of being able to appreciate the world! Thank you for sharing.

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