... scarring images and stomach churning feelings as we read the two narratives. However, we can argue how Douglas's explanation was more impacting and sincere than Las Casas report. The explanation Douglas gave was a first hand experience, Las Casas" was merely a report of horrendous events going on in the Indies. The basis of my hypothesis of Douglas" sincerity can be proven through examples and interpretations ... feeling behind them. In the second paragraph of chapter one, Douglas uses an ingenious technique. He talks about how black his mother was and compares her complexion to that of...

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... streets. Lewis uses a dream as the vehicle to carry his ideas. Lewis boards a bus for Heaven with other ghosts from the town. It is not until the last chapter of the book that the reader finds out that Lewis is actually having a dream. Lewis finds himself in a dark and dreary place, where the houses are gray and empty, a dismal rain ... just before sunset. Walking through this abominable town, he happens to find a bus stop, which takes inhabitants out of this gloomy place and into a much brighter happier world. Slightly bewildered, Lewis boards the bus and begins a journey out of a cit...

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