Analysis Of From Indians To Chicanos By James Diego Vigil

In chapter two of From Indians to Chicanos by James Diego Vigil focuses a lot on how the attributes of civilization were accustomed to their living in the Aztec period. There are three subtopics the chapter covers. The first one talks about the nobility they offered to society, the second subtopic that the book covers are their traditions on what they believed. The third subtopic the book focuses on is Racism. Throughout the book we see some issues that the society already begins to struggle. These subtopics are important because they are what made the Aztec period possible. The first subtopic the book discuss is nobility that was supported by the commoners. Since Aztecs came up with a system that was mostly agreed to go with everything they …show more content…
They wanted to have a morally based culture, what they did to make it possible was influence men how to be a speaker with their words but using their soul and body. Young people were taught this at home and from teachers. Religion helped with making them understand what being human was about. It was very important to them. Education was taught by priests, they were in charge of educating young people. There were two types of learning that was built around school. The first one was being devoted to religion and were trained to become priests. The second type of learning was military power. No matter the teaching they picked, they were all taught adult responsibilities. Religion played a big role in their education and in their …show more content…
They were a strong believer on forgiveness and they tried to give everyone a change to confess one at least on time in their life, but it was mostly when they were old. The last subtopic talks about racism. For Aztecs did not care about racial features or race. Anybody could have a high position, Aztecs thought about betterment for their society and opportunities rather than worrying about racial appearance. Aztecs were a bit rough with other groups in Mesoamerica, like strangers or enemies. There was no racial superiority or inferiority in their social system, it usually consisted of them being careful with strangers and kept their enemies away. This chapter talked a lot about the things they did in their society. I learned a lot about what traditions they used to influence young people and teach them from right and wrong. I found it fascinating that they were very religious and made that a big part of their teaching. I thought it was surprising how they didn’t have any problems within their society but when it was about people outside Mesoamerica then they were caution. Overall I think this chapter explain more about what they did in their society and how they wanted to be viewed by