Why Magellan Wasn T Worth Defending

Magellan was a strong leader who showed no weakness towards anyone or anything and always got his jobs done. He stuck to his thoughts and feelings and didn’t let them go. On the other hand, Magellan was a cruel and unfriendly man. He was not worth defending because he showed no respect towards others, was very selfish, and made life threatening decisions that would affect everyone, but himself. Primarily, Magellan showed no respect towards others, especially his crew. When his crew was exhausted after a long night's sleep he wouldn’t let them have the chance to rest, instead they had to look out at night while he went to sleep; to his crew sleep was a luxury. While he was eating all the food that he wanted his crew had to ration their share. …show more content…
All that he did was think about himself and not others, especially when his crew's lives depended on his. Magellan risked others before himself and as a captain one should always risk their lives before the crew. Magellan always made decisions benefited himself and not others. For example, rationing food was very selfish especially since his crew was doing all the work while he did nothing. Another thing that Magellan did that was selfish was make his crew sleep on the deck floor, since there were no beds or hammocks. In addition, Magellan’s boats had no bathrooms so they had to find another way to get rid of waste off the boats. Magellan’s personality didn't help in any of the situations, so his crew formed a mutiny. In Document D it states, “twenty days without taking provisions or other refreshments, and we only ate old biscuits reduced to powder, and full of grubs, and stinking from the dirt rats had made on it when eating the good biscuit, and we drank water that was yellow and stinking.” This quote elaborates on the idea that Magella made big decisions without any acknowledgement from his crew, which then affected them. Therefore, since Magella is very selfish he shouldn’t have been …show more content…
Magellan only thought for himself and was very self-centered. He didn’t care for others lives. In Document B (note) it states, “...Magellan put his crew on reduced rations. Many of them resentful of this cut and fearing that Magellan Magellan might lead them to their death - began to demand that the fleet return to Spain. Magellan refused, and the growing and the growing discontent eventually led to their mutiny described below.” This quote proves that the crew didn’t want to be pushed to their limit. They all wanted to be returned to their home, but Magellan was very selfish and put all their lives on the line so they rebelled and refused to keep going. Magellan risked it all and his crew didn’t appreciate it that he would do that especially when they had barely enough food for them all to eat a full serving. Therefore it was smart for Magellan’s crew to not to defend him because he wasn’t worth