5/4/3/2/1 NOTES # 4

5-COMMENTS:

*In Cuzco, the place that was the capital of the ancient Inca Empire, many people still use temples and fields to work their farms.

*The most impressive megalithic edifices built on Cuzco is made with a really hard type of stone, and it is 13 feet high 7 feet wide, and about 6 feet thick. Its weigh is approximately 50 tons.

*Once the conquistadors under the command of Francisco Pizarro had executed Atahualpa in 1533, they put "Puppet Inca" as the ruler of Peru.

*The city of Urocoto, the lost city, is believed to lie far to the southeast in the forests east of Lake Titicaca, where the secret monastery of Andes is also rumored to be located.

*The author is exploring the routes and temples of Machu Pichu looking inside the remains of edifices and walking the ancient trails.

4-QUESTIONS:

*Why was Atahualpa, the Inca emperor, executed?

*What does Urocoto means in the English language?

*Is it possible that in the world there is still lost places?

*What is the reason of the author's expedition in South America?

3-VOCABULARY:

*affiliated: to take in as a member.

*tossed: to throw about.

*colleague: a fellow worker , associate in office.

*reed: a tall, slender grass.

2- *Allusion: there are two allusions in this part of the book, the first one is in page # 97, where the author uses a quote from the Indian Chief named Sioux to begin with in chapter number four. The second and last allusion occurs in page # 104, when the author makes a reference to a book called The Ancient Atlantic, he also takes a dialogue out of this book.

*Dialogue: in this chapter, the protagonist and his accompanists talk about where to go after they already inspectioned the Machu Pichu ruins.

1-SUMMARY:

*In this part of the book, the protagonist and his friends are in the Machu Pichu Ruins walking around the ancient trails and also trying to find new things in the old city. After a little while Steve stops and starts to think about Cuzco and the way it was conquered and the left in dynasty, and also how Atahualpa's execution affected the role of the Indians into the New World. This means that the death of Atahualpa had a great significance in the work and the destination of the Incas because he was the emperor. Afterwards Steve comes back stops it and they leave.