Compare and Contrast

Answer the following TWO questions:

1. Both Domingo Sarmiento and Jos Mart grappled with the question of what
direction should be taken by the independent nations of Spanish America. In
his writings, offered what we might call plans for the future of his countries. These plans were based on specific visions of the identities of the nations they hoped to lead. Compare and contrast how these two authors addressed the question of identity in the works we read for our class.

2. When different cultures come into contact with each other, they often judge that the other culture is superior or inferior to yours. Using our readings from The vision of the vanquished and the True Story of the Conquest of New Spain from Bernal Daz del Castillo as benchmarks, discuss how the Spanish
and the Indians evaluated the value (or lack of value) of the other’s culture