Cannibalism

Aaron Jeu Prof. Chaldekas CLA 112 May 7, 2018 Human or Animal Mythology not only originates from ancient cultures, but it also persists through media and is often times reborn into new myths. Storytellers, like The Walt Disney Company or even grandparents, continue to retell myths in their own respective ways tailoring various themes and characters to their audience. Similar to ancient myths, modern mythology is created to invoke feelings of admiration, joy, sorrow, horror, and thrill. Modern…

By beginning with the story of the animals, Martel shows that it is ordinary for animals to murder and eat each other as a means of survival. Because the reader becomes numb to the savage acts of the animals, this story lessens the barbarity of cannibalism. Not only does it lessen the violence of humans murdering and devouring each other, but it also weakens the disgust of eating live, uncooked animals. For example, eating a live rat is socially unacceptable and disgusting; however, a “squealing…

“A Modest Proposal” V. “Lifeboat Ethics” Distributing limited resources among our rapidly growing economy has always been a cause for concern. There are new lives being brought into this world everyday even though our resources are dwindling down as we speak. In “A Modest Proposal” by Jonathan Swift and “Lifeboat Ethics” by Garrett Hardin, each author uses a different method of appeals to propose to their readers a way to help our ever growing population. Hardin uses more of a logic based…

Almost 16 years ago, in the year 1998, our loyal president, Bill Clinton, made headlines in nearly every newspaper across the nation: President Clinton had an affair with secretary, Monica Lewinsky. With the press pushing him into a corner, Clinton repeatedly denied such affairs, saying that he never had sex with that woman. Why? Why would he continue to deny the affair? Why would he commit such licentious actions in the first place? The answer is simple: incentives . He was driven to keep his…

Composed of Flaws As I acquire more knowledge in Greek mythology, my interest in the imperfections of the Olympians increases because human beings are extremely similar to them. Athena was seen as one of the most important goddesses due to her intelligence, but I am curious to find out if she ever failed while constructing a plan or a strategy. For example, failure is one of the most common defects found upon human beings because one must fail before achieving great success. Furthermore,…

my culture. Raw beef in Ethiopia is considered ”kings meal” and people have eaten raw beef for centuries. My friend however, did not understand that watching me eating uncooked meal and he displayed disgusted face reaction as if I was practicing cannibalism. He asked me why I am eating raw beef and said that is disgusting. I was shocked and I asked if he eats Pig, then he replied no! That is “dirty”. How about pork I followed up, and then he expressed his love for pork with passion. I told him…

Do not consume animal products; vegans will argue that it is unhealthy, immoral, inhumane and unnecessary to our survival. Vegans claim that several diseases and afflictions are directly attributed to animal consumption. They anthropomorphize the eating of animals to our upbringing, culture & convenience, it has propagandized us into being tolerant to the brutalization and slaughter of animals triggering the holocaust of billions yearly. Vegans illustrate that human body manifests herbivore…

Some colonists always had racial and cultural prejudices against blacks. Segments of the English population believed in negative stereotypes about Africans such as “black color is God’s punishment for sin”, and that blacks practice witchcraft, cannibalism and savagery. Prominent colonists, such as John Smith in Virginia, were extremely opinionated and made no bones about their view that African blacks were idle and had devil like characteristics. “The combination of color, language, dress and…

A father and son travel south down the road, encountering characters and events as they try and survive, one day at a time. The father tries his best to divert the boy from the decisions of fellow humans, such as stealing, cannibalism and murder, which are a result of the world around. However the boy shows his humanity and goodness himself, by guiding his father to be kind and helpful in the face of humanity’s destruction. These themes of good and evil are argued in the novel…

turns to worse when the men realize there is only enough hardtack to last a day or two. On January 20, Lawson Thomas, a black crew member, dies, and the crew contemplates turning to cannibalism. The men concluded that in order to survive, they must eat the dead crew members. It is ironic that the men turned to cannibalism, because they feared the inhabitants of the…