Explanation to visual

The picture shows the symbolic favoritism the author of Cabeza de Vaca shows for the main character, Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca through out the passage. The author shows this favoritism through pathos and uses of ethos to portray how they favor the Spanish hero through his trials and tribulations of a voyage he set sail on with Navarez.
Through pathos,(1) the author attempts to sway their reader to feel the same way for the cruel treatment for Vaca on his imprisonment through word choice and tone. Words such as “cruel” and “illegal” pop out from the text to stand out as the side of which the author stands on with the treatment of Vaca. The author states that the treatment of Vaca’s imprisonment was cruel while adding the side-note that it was also illegal. The words convey the tone the author is using by showing that the author is slightly discontented with the way their hero is being done. (2)The downgrade of the antagonist character, Navarez, also comes to show that the current leader of Cabeza and the rest of the crew was incompetent of running and conducting a voyage and Cabeza is a much better candidate considering his background. Words to imbrute Navarez's character like “impetuous”, “self-centered”, and “poor leader” show the way the author feels for the current character and uses this word choice and sassy tone to sway the reader to feel sympathy for Vaca when being ordered by a man such as him. (3)Also he\she attempts to move their reader’s opinion through the portrayal of Vaca as nothing less than worthy. The author adds in pieces of information indicating that Vaca advises the leader of the voyage on certain decisions-even though the man didn’t listen to him- that eventually make a major impact on the outcome of the journey while adding the image of Vaca being a hero when saving himself and three other survivors to make the reader feel that Cabeza is of noble standing and good hearted- a person the reader can relate to and come to respect on personal standards.
Through ethos, the author implies that Cabeza is a man of good character, and worthy status when mentioning his past relatives. All names taken into consideration are either heroes of war, people in prestige power, or leaders of ancient clans and tribes that were greatly respected to draw attention to the fact that Vaca comes from a line of extrodinary people that witheld great power. This draws the conclusion that Cabeza is a man of noble standing and of good character, worthy of owning any position of power that may be offered to him just based on his lineage. In addition, the author tells the reader that Vaca was a war veteran and wanted to keep his respected family heritage alive through the acts of going off to war and other dangerous voyages. This mention of Vaca’s intentions point to the fact that the author feels that Cabeza is a man of good will and character and deserves to be favored by all for his good standing, motivation and impressive background.