Reflections on the American Cannibal

In pre- raw and early modern Europe, cannibalism in the New ground sparked interest in explorers and scholars. The European nonion of the American cannibal, as was made clear by several published texts and first-hand  accounts, was that of a ferocious wild man, who had no culture or speech communication and ate human pulp magazine for nourish custodyt. There was the issue of a major language bar mingled with the American natives and the Europeans, so these first-hand  accounts are not all told accurate, thus it is hard to recrudesce a complete fork out of the native culture of America. climax from Europe and having a European mindset, the explorers and scholars encountered new and strange things that they did not real understand. They saw things that were una ilk anything they had back at home, like cannibal tribes taking men prisoner and killing and consume them. Europe during the late ordinal century was in paroxysm due to religious wars between the Huguenots and t he Catholics. There was widespread paucity and atrocities committed in the touch on of religion. \nMichel de Montaigne lived during this time of turmoil and pioneered the pen of subjective quizs. He was an highly intelligent and learned man, as is evident in his writings. He witnessed these atrocities being committed in his own society and in his text, Of Cannibals, he writes about his discussions with his friend, jean de Léry, who had spent many time with the Tupinamba tribe in Brazil. Montaigne writes about cannibals from the observations of Léry, notwithstanding did not mean for his essay to give a public description of cannibals. Rather, when Montaigne writes of cannibals, he is really reflecting upon his own society. \nMontaigne opens his essay by referencing King Pyrrhuss passage into Italy and warns his readers to concur an open mind when dealings with foreign things. He also emphasizes the need for his readers to not trust on popular touch sensation when passing judgments. Already, he is hinti...