Introduction
I. Imagine our class as a rugby team and Mrs. Edwards as our coach as we were flying over the Himalayas for a tournament until our plane suddenly crashes.
A. Although we’re most of us survived, we barely have any food to live on.
B. Would we have to resort to cannibalism?
II. Cannibalism can be defined as any animal or human that eats their own kind.
A. But for the sake of my speech, we will focus on humans.
B. I know that you may be thinking how on earth I arrived to this topic or whether or not to hang around me but I consider cannibalism to be an interesting topic.
III. There are various ways cannibalism has been regarded today.
A. Cannibalism has been regarded as a strong aspect of pre-historical cultures around the world.
B. Cannibalism has been a prevailing conflict in today’s moral society.
C. Cannibalism has also been used as a means of survival.
IV. Although I haven’t eaten anyone…yet, I have consulted various databases for my topic.
A. I have printed information off reliable websites.
B. I have delved into two books by other enthused cannibal experts.
C. I have also used Ebsco to find current articles on this hot topic.
V. Today I will present you my information in a topical format which is divided into subtopics.
A. We will first see how cannibalism has been prevalent in historical cultures.
B. We will then examine modern day cannibalism as justification for psychopathic actions.
C. And finally, we will see how cannibalism has been used as a means of survival.
(Transition: Let us first look at cannibalism’s influence in prehistoric cultures.)
Body
I. Cannibalism has etched its mark in many cultures around the world.
A. The oldest evidence of cannibalism among Neanderthals was found in sites in the French cave Ardeche in southeastern France.
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...al!” I simply hope you are now more informed on how cannibalism played roles in culture, modern-day psychopaths, and as a “justified” means of survival.
II. Because if you were stuck in plane crash in the Himalayas, would you resort to cannibalism?
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Every society has it’s own cultural traditions and norms. Many of the traditions are passed down from generation to generation for so long that they become the norms of the culture. The Wari’ are no different than anyone else in that their traditions become cultural norms. In Consuming Grief: Compassionate Cannibalism in an Amazonian Society, Beth A. Conklin travels to the Wari’ people in order to study illness and death from both before and after they had foreign contact. While there she finds herself going into depth on the lifestyle of the Wari’ people and how their norm of cannibalism came about and how it was phased out by the outside world.
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