Nicholas PavickDr. Kelly DeVriesEurope and world2 March 2014The conspiracy against the DoctorsWhen interpreting a novel, it is easy to look too deeply into its meaning, especially if you have never faced the trial before. To accurately excavate meaning and/or thesis within the novel, the reader is required to think critically, develop a theory, and support it with story details. The reader cannot be afraid to get lost in the book or speculate on the implications of the story. In the novel Blood of April, the author Lauro Martines spoils the reader by including all the atrocious punishments inflicted on the Pazzi conspirators. Martines' writing has no shortage of detail throughout the story, while also providing an engaging and energetic approach to the story. However, April 26th does not reach the climax of events until halfway through the novel. Martine's main goal here is to show how that mixture of aspects has to do with the attempted overthrow of the Medici. Personally, I always find it irrational and barbaric that two groups of people can allow money and power to ruin a relationship. Sometimes greed can be our greatest enemy and with revenge as a compliment, a disaster, or in this case the Mad Doctors conspiracy, begins to brew. Most of the stories are written from the victor's point of view, however, Martines gives the reader insight into the Madmen's mentality. Therefore, Martinez's thesis is revealed throughout the novel and is supported that politics, conflicts of interest, greed and power were the major underlying factors that decided the relationship and outcome of the powerful Medici family and the rapid growing influence of the Pazzi. In high school, I was asked to write an essay on false power that directly…middle of the paper…conflicts of interest, greed, and power were the major underlying factors that decided the relationship and outcome of the powerful Medici family and the growing influence of the Pazzi. We can see revenge and politics in great examples such as: Pazzi's ties to the Pope, Guglielmo Pazzi marrying Lorenzo's sister, Tommaso's corruption and support of the Medici, Lorenzo's attempted excommunication, and Lorenzo's visit to the king of Naples. Renaissance Italy was far from just art and literature, it was a tangled tangle of politics and emotions and Martines is there every step of the way. Like all good stories, the reader learns that nothing good will ever come from evil and revenge. However, this is why we study history and read novels like Martines', so we can learn from the past and move forward, without making the same mistakes as our ancestors.