Reflections on the American Cannibal

In pre-modern and previous(predicate) modern Europe, cannibalism in the new-fashioned World sparked interest in explorers and scholars. The European notion of the American cannibal, as was made heart-to-heart by several promulgated texts and first-hand  accounts, was that of a ferocious incorrect man, who had no nuance or speech communication and ate gentle flesh for nourishment. There was the progeny of a major language barrier between the American natives and the Europeans, so these first-hand  accounts are not totally accurate, thus it is steadfastly to get a smash picture of the native culture of America. Coming from Europe and having a European top dogset, the explorers and scholars encountered new and obscure things that they did not really understand. They saw things that were unlike anything they had back at home, like cannibal common peoples winning men prisoner and kill and eating them. Europe during the belatedly sixteenth century was in din due to ap paritional wars between the Huguenots and the Catholics. There was widespread famine and atrocities perpetrate in the name of religion. \nMichel de Montaigne lived during this time of turmoil and pioneered the writing of subjective seeks. He was an extremely intelligent and knowledgeable man, as is evident in his writings. He witnessed these atrocities being committed in his own night club and in his text, Of Cannibals, he writes astir(predicate) his discussions with his friend, Jean de Léry, who had spend some time with the Tupinamba tribe in Brazil. Montaigne writes about cannibals from the observations of Léry, but did not intend 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 career into Italy and warns his readers to keep an open mind when dealing with foreign things. He also emphasizes the need for his rea ders to not rely on common opinion when passing judgments. Already, he is hinti...