Most important events in a poem for my librarian, mrs. long

What can you infer about how the particular events in "the memoirs of the conquistador bernal del diaz de castillo" still affected the writer at the time of writing his memoir? he thinks of his dead crewmen with sadness and regrets that they died for nothing. he is still frustrated that one of his men accidentally kills himself by drinking too much water.  he thinks wistfully about the wealth he may have enjoyed if they had found gold in the yucatan.  he still considers indians liars. 

In this paragraph the author uses a real life example to demonstrate how do cryptography a. can the government. b. can be dangerous. c. is a swiss specialty d. is unreasonable expensive

Who is the speaker in making a fist by naomi shihab nye