Second of all, Las Casas uses sympathy as a rhetorical feature. For instance, Las Casas creates sympathy when describing natives as faithful and obedient individuals. In the text it says they were, “The simplest people in the world...faithful and obedient both to their own native lords and to the Spaniards”(9). Nevertheless, in spite of being abused, the natives are willing to treat the Spaniards politely. When Las Casas describes the natives as faithful and obedient, this help get a response within the reader. The response could be emotional, informative, or sympathetic. Yet, Las Casas manages to get a reader’s emotional response. People admire those who are brave and that is what the natives are. Due to their situation, we start to
