Leon-Portilla, Miguel,ed. The Broken. Boston: Beacon Press, 1992 The Broken Spears written by Miguel Leon-Portilla is a book that goes into depth about the conquest of Mexico starting in 1519 from the point of view of the conquered Aztecs. The book talks about everything significant in the Aztec society that took place during this time of conquest. It goes over the first news of Cortez' and the Spaniards arrival. To Montecuhzoma's belief of the gods, and …showed first 75 words of 559 total…

…showed last 75 words of 559 total…obviously has an effect on the author writing. But it improves it rather than hinders it. The Professor makes the Aztecs the good people and portrays the Spanish as bad people in this book. This is obvious through out the book. This book is very effective. It expands our knowledge of history in that, people after reading this book can better understand colonization. And the effect it has on the people that are being colonized.