Las Casas's View Of The Natives
The world in reverse is meant to demonstrate how the Spaniards were known as civilized peoples and were to behave like that, while the Natives were originally seen as savages. But after reading Las Casas’s account he describes and makes the reader view the Natives as civilized and Spaniards as the savages they try to make the natives seem to be. Las Casas confirms this quote “the world in reverse with his descriptions of both groups. He describes the Natives as “the most blessed people on earth”, innocent and pure in mind”, capable of learning, and never boisterous. His descriptions of the Spaniards are the complete opposite, they are described as “ravening wolves”, “tigers and savage lions who have not eaten meat for days” and as murderers.