In each text, the explorers come into contact with Native Americans (“Indians”) at various times throughout their journeys. Some of these interactions are peaceful and some warlike. Compare and contrast the explorer’s interactions with natives in the two texts. Who got along best with the natives? What were the attitudes and beliefs they explorers and colonists held about native populations, and how did these attitudes/beliefs affect their interactions? (refers to La Relacion and Of Plymouth Plantation)

Read the excerpt from “take the tortillas out of your poetry.” i do not believe we should have to leave out the crucial elements of our language and culture to contribute to american literature, but, unfortunately, this is a conclusion i am forced to reach. i have been writing for a quarter century, and have been a published author for eighteen years. as a writer, i was part of the chicano movement which created a new literature in this country. which type of rhetoric is used most in the excerpt to convince readers that anaya’s conclusion is accurate? an appeal based on emotion an appeal based on logic an appeal based on the author’s character an appeal based on the author’s feelings