The gold eaters by ronald wright6/1/2023 The novel mainly follows Waman’s journeys with the Spaniards, as they attempt to colonize the Incan Empire and search the land for gold. He is soon violently captured by Spaniards and is forced to become Francisco Pizarro’s interpreter. The novel tells a somewhat cliche adventure and homecoming story through the eyes of Waman, a young provincial from the Incan empire who runs away from home shortly after coming of age. Wright devotes a great portion of the novel to creating a colorful setting of Peru during the early 1500s, but he does so at the expense of his plot. Despite having an accomplished tone of historical realism, however, the novel is somewhat lacking in plot depth and character maturity. But yes, they jokingly concede, “We live on gold.” Through this misunderstanding, the Incas come to know the Spanish conquistadors as the eponymous gold eaters in Ronald Wright’s historical fiction novel, “The Gold Eaters.” Wright paints a vivid picture of Peru in the early 16th century as Spanish explorers and colonizers began to arrive, providing convincing perspectives from both the Spanish and the Incas’ side. The Spaniards laugh at this ridiculous thought. The Peruvian Incas are confused by the Spanish colonists’ obsession with gold and wonder if they eat gold to survive.
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