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WP: In Song of the Hummingbird by, Graciela Limon chapter seven taught me things I want expecting to hear from this story. In this chapter I learned that the Aztec translator that help Cortez, betrayed her people because of love I think. Anyway that’s what it implies, this is what I was trying to learn about after watching the Aztec Empire video. This chapter told me about another translator who was stranded before Cortez appeared. This chapter in the book was very in formative, peaking my curiosity more and more.
RQ: During the time humming bird was talking about the idols, why was father Benito so easily dough ting his faith? I think he was dough ting his faith because hearing Hummingbird’s story, made him think of the Aztec religion similar

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