Analysis Of Chapter 5: Myth Of Communication And Miscommunication
The myth of chapter 5 is the myth of communication and miscommunication. This chapter discussed the importance of communication to the victory of invaders especially the Spaniards. The interpreters were “invaluable members of the expedition” (p83). Invaders used the interpreters to communicate with the native emperors and native people. As though, the interpreters earned credits from their captains “Nahuas soon dubbed Cortes himself with the name of Malinche, as though captain and interpreter were one. Indeed, Cortes never seems to have let Malinche out of his sight” and gained the native people’s respect “the Mexica and other Nahuas also recognized her status, giving her name the Nahuatl honorific suffix of –tzin that turned Marina into Malintzin”