Docter’s critical article of the Spaniard explorer Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca describes the life experience which transformed himself into a person of deepened faith and love for his fellow beings. Despite the variety of options such as ethnographies, movies, and reports among others mentioned in the article, this might be the best option for the readers in order to know the Cabeza de Vaca’s adventures. The author’s narrative provides the readers with opportunities for a better understating of the relevance of his adventures to him and the Native Americans as well. Docter divides her critic into three parts; the conqueror, the struggling survivor, and the healer. In each of these three parts, the author portraits the most significant events