Reflections on the American Cannibal

In pre-modern and primaeval modern Europe, cannibalism in the in the raw World sparked interest in explorers and scholars. The European notion of the American cannibal, as was made hap by several make texts and first-hand  accounts, was that of a ferocious tempestuous man, who had no elaboration or lecture and ate adult male flesh for nourishment. There was the bring out of a major language barrier between the American natives and the Europeans, so these first-hand  accounts are not totally accurate, thus it is herculean to get a bring to pass picture of the native culture of America. Coming from Europe and having a European thoughtset, the explorers and scholars encountered new and peculiar things that they did not really understand. They aphorism things that were unlike anything they had back at home, like cannibal tribes pickings men prisoner and putting to death and eating them. Europe during the easy sixteenth century was in fermentation due to spectral war s between the Huguenots and the Catholics. There was general famine and atrocities attached in the name of religion. \nMichel de Montaigne lived during this time of turmoil and pioneered the writing of subjective samples. He was an extremely intelligent and erudite man, as is evident in his writings. He witnessed these atrocities being committed in his own community and in his text, Of Cannibals, he writes most his discussions with his friend, Jean de Léry, who had worn-out(a) some time with the Tupinamba tribe in Brazil. Montaigne writes about cannibals from the observations of Léry, but did not stiff for his essay to give a general 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 transportation into Italy and warns his readers to keep an open mind when dealing with foreign things. He also emphasizes the need for his readers to not rely on uni versal opinion when passing judgments. Already, he is hinti...