AGUIRRE THE WRATH OF GOD (WKs 7-8A)

Aguirre the Wrath of God is a movie directed by the German Werner Herzog. The main topic is the invasion of America by hand of the Spanish embassy. But more specificly South America such as Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Mexico and Peru. One of the many people who went deep into the jungle to look for “El Dorado” a legend which dictated that a City that was all made of Gold. The walls, Houses, everything within the city. Also that the ones who arrived to that city were recieved as Gods and a lot of golds were given to them for sacrifice. The movie tells the story of one of this groups or comboys liderated by the big Spanish commander Luis Pizarro. When the Spaniards moved from onre village to another they would take many slaves ( indians) from the previous town and used them to carry the bags and all the heavy luggage that the Invaders had. In one of those expeditions a group of around 40 spaniards and about 30 indian slaves, went looking for El Dorado, and in the middle of the jungle Pizarro decides that they should divide into groups, and go into different ways in that part of the jungle. The Groups had to have one people representing the three more important things for Spain; the Crown of Spain (king, Queen) the Church ( A priest) and the Army ( A General ). The Spanish Crown representatives were the ones which had the higher command and made all the decisions. After days in the Jungle the group decided to built three rafts, and go into the river and so look for “el Dorado” on the water. One of the rafts in the water got stucked on some rocks for one day, when the night come and became dark the indians killed every one in this raft. So the other people decided to go into land and built a new, improoved raft. And then it was when Lope De vega, the reprsenter of the Spanish crown said they should turn back and Aguirre the Main leader of the Army rebealed and shot Lope De Vega and become the new commander of that group. In that lake slowly but surely the Spanish started to die of hunger, and also the Natives would kill them withouth the spanish too see them. And “el Dorado” was never found.

I like this movie because for once it shows that Spaniards didnt really had it easy. The environment affected them and they couldnt survive the big nature. It shows the Europeans defeated.

My favorite part is when the crew in the boat are so tired and hungry that they all start to alucinate, and so the natives take adavantage of their enemyes weakness and make clear to the “Invaders” that they are the owner of those lands.(but no for too long).