Cabeza de Vaca visual

In the beginning of the letter written by Cabeza de Vaca, I felt he was belittling himself to make the Catholic Majesty feel more important. He referred to his opinions as trivial and unimportant. By doing this he humbles himself before his majesty and in a way he kind of comes across as a brown-noser, or a suck up. In his majesty's case, it most likely made reading his letters easier because Cabeza de Vaca showed him that he knew his place.

I chose two cartoons because they both together show how Cabeza de Vaca comes across in the early paragraphs of his letter. In the first one, the man wants a big loan and before he even attempts to explain his case he is kissing up (quite literally) to the man who can approve or deny his loan. This is just like Cabeza de Vaca, he knew that to even be given the chance to state his case he would have to kiss up to his majesty. Finally, the second one I chose because the suspicious look on the boss's face caught my attention and makes me wonder about the reaction of the Catholic Majesty. Also, the huge grin on the man was funny and is how I picture Cabeza de Vaca.