Summarize your contribution to Part III of the discussion. What was your analysis of the use of symbols in the novel, including where they appear, what they represent, and how they are used. How do they add to the story? Based on these symbols, what inferences can you make about the characters? How do these symbols relate to the plot?

Atahualpaemperor of the inca empire who rose to the throne after winning a civil war between him and his brother.  -he refused to become a spanish vassal or christian.-francisco pizarro kidnapped him and demanded a huge ransom.  -pizarro's secretary described him as "a man of thirty years, good-looking and poised, somewhat stout, with a wide, handsome, and ferocious face, and the eyes flaming with blood."-after the ransom was paid, atahualpa was killed by pizarro