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    In the article about Columbus and the Cannibals by Hulme, when Columbus arrived in the New World, and was confronted by the people there, but he referred to them as intelligent people who attempted to communicate where there was a large language barrier. His initial journal articles consist of praise for the people while they were looking for gold. However, he constantly referred to them as being different, such as naked like the day they were born, and pointed out many different aspects of them

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    Palmer and Lester state that Cannibal Tours is a “critique of a western mind-set that continues to be fascinated by the primitive Other.” Due to the nature of the film, it is impossible not to approach Cannibal Tours through the lens of critical tourism. Concerned with ideology and power relations, critical tourism can be applied to Cannibal Tours as it highlights the colonizing gaze of cultural tourists visiting the Sepik River to encounter the exotic, wanting to observe people that are different

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    Tempest by Shakespeare, the debate between nature and civilization is commented on by the character of Gonzalo. He observes everything that happens and refrains from judging based on what he sees. Shakespeare drew inspiration from Montaigne’s Of Cannibals, an essay in which the narrator documents his experiences in a new culture. Montaigne defies the egocentric European belief of the superior nature of Western culture. Gonzalo’s speeches convey

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    does go into the public, in addition to speaking on virtues and duties, he mainly speaks on the two points, “an unfaltering courage in war and affection to their women.” (Claeys and Sargent, 100) War was important to the Cannibals as a means to protect themselves, but the Cannibals liked their simple life and did not feel the need to expand their territory or pursue more than their nation provides. (Claeys and Sargent, 102) The warriors do cut off the head of the person they killed as a trophy, and

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    In “Of Cannibals,” Michel de Montaigne creates an atmosphere of tension between the New World barbarians and the Old World Europeans through his comparison of each group’s eating habits, marriage customs, and war practices. However, Montaigne’s essay is more than just a proof for a superior ethnography, as this comparison only appears at the midpoint of the piece. Prior to this, Montaigne’s introduction is filled with historical allusions, vignettes, and references to geographical transformation

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    According to the New York Times article titled The Cannibals of North Korea published on February 5, 2013 by Max Fisher, emphasizes that North Korea is struggling in providing the necessity of food to their population. Since some of North Korea’s crops had previously failed in the mid 1990’s many faced starvation and children struggled to still feel safe in towns. Many children were warned not to sleep in public or walk alone due to the possibility of being kidnapped and butchered for meals. Thousands

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    ultimately, begins. J. Maarten Troost’s adventure to the island atoll of Tarawa is told within the pages of his book, The Sex Lives of Cannibals. Misadventures galore, Troost describes his existence on Tarawa during a two-year journey that is laced with episodes of culture shock and acculturation. As previously mentioned, J. Maarten Troost’s book, The Sex Lives of Cannibals, is a true-life story that chronicles his two-year stay on the remote tropical

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    Cannibal Coop Analysis

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    can be a double-edged sword for many users because many do not realize or disregard the dangers of online chatting. The article published on CBS NEWS about “Ex-NYPD officer dubbed "Cannibal Cop" tells his story” is a story of a former New York police officer Gilberto Valle. Gilberto Valle was tagged as the “Cannibal Cop” for the horrifying statement he made in fetish-driven online chats. Valle’s shared his gruesome fetish wishes

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    myth of golden age , the cruelty, the corruption and the culture of Europe, and show up that european insularity which condemns peoples as barbarous merely because of their manners and their dress are different.” page 31 In the article, ”On the cannibals,” by Michel De Montaigne explains people calling anything that they are unfamiliar with barbarous or uncivilized. The writer reverses the selfish or self-seeking European reliance belief in the superiority of Western culture. The myths of the Europeans

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    Cannibal Tours Analysis

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    totally weird for them to be look at. The people that it is so inappropriate for other to people looking like if there is something wrong with them. And it is totally understandable and relatable at some point in life. In both article and in the Cannibal Tours, as a viewer, you get to see where how people feel when they after being look at. In this paper, I will provided analytical examples of how the people who are being displayed feel. Furthermore, in the article, the author provides an evidence

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