*Conclusion

At first, the idea of working with hypertext was not very enthusiastic for me; I thought that it would me more complicated and trickier than read a printed book, but it has not been like that. I have liked it for the fact that you are (the own reader) who decide what want to read in each moment of the story. Do you want to read about the Aztec family? Or do you prefer to read about the kind of food they ate? O maybe do you want to read about the Solar Calendar they used? The election was in my hands in each moment, and this is the main difference between hypertexts and printed books. Links in hypertexts are also explanatory, for example, in the story there is a paragraph where Michael (the central character) talk about a language he is not able to pronounce (Nahualt language) and there is a link that “moves” the lector to an explanation of Nahualt language.

Moreover, the story has been very easy to read, due to the fact that I like to know about other cultures and the story talks about costumes and curiosities of the Aztec Civilization. Many things have been very interesting. In addition, the language used by the author is very simple to understand, although I have searched in the net some words related with the Aztec culture, because I was unfamiliar with them.

I recommend reading hypertext, it has been a very pleasant experience for me and it makes you familiarize with computers. It’s necessary to stand out that reading hypertexts have some disadvantages, like reading in the screen of the computer; I found it a bit uncomfortable.

To finish, I would recommend the lecture of this hypertext in particular to those who wants to know more about other cultures, Aztec Culture in this case, which I find fascinating. It has been the first time I read a hypertext but not the last.

I provide a list of links about the Aztec Civilization for those persons who want to know more about this civilization. The most part of this links have been the web sites where I have searched the information to elaborate this paper.

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Academic year 2008/2009
© a.r.e.a./Dr.Vicente Forés López
© María Vergara Martínez
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