Song of the Humming Brid

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Professor Mike Fraga
CHS 100
November 13, 2012

prevail Review: Song of the Hummingbird by Graciela Limon
The novel, Song of the Hummingbird by Graciela Limon is a gripping and scintillating story about Mexicos oppression by the Spaniards in the 16th century. In rig to use Chicana Literature, the reference uses Huitzitzilín who is a female protagonist to secern the story from her perspective. Huitzitzilín is very adamant about tell the illustrious historical colonial portrayal of the conquest of the innate people of Mexico. She is unapologetic and quite proud of her savage roots, which were unmake by the Spanish colonialists.
The novel was set about threescore years after the fateful intrusion of Tenochtitlán-Mexico by Cortes, which earmarks the fatal fall of curtains on the life of Huitzitzilín. At the time of narration, she is a guest at a Catholic monastery in Mexico urban center where she pauperisms to make her final confession. A young non-Christian priest by the name of Father Benito is sent to attend her in order to absolve her from her sins before dying. However, the flow of the story develops into a brushing of titans, Huitzitzilín and father Benito, where it can no longer be termed as a confession.



In her wisdom, Huitzitzilín knows very closely that the recount of her story cannot go undocumented and therefore she creates a platform to tell her side of story. Her perspective of Mexico conquest is an witness version from a conquered persons point of view.
on that point are numerous humorous and captivating scenes in the book, such(prenominal) as the lengthy religious debate between the priest and the protagonist. In this debate, Huitzitzilín talks of events like Montezuma, the womens cleanup position ceremony performed at Tonantzins Temple among many others. The author uses the fictional autobiography of Huitzitzilín in these scenes and
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many others to pull at European exploitation of the Mexico people. On his part, the priest is able to...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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