Read Jean de Lerys travel account of Tupinamba tribe from Brazil (History of a Voyage to the Land of Brazil), and Montaignes “Of Cannibals” (in Montaignes essays pdf, page 13). Then write a 2-3 page response: Consider the tropes of the cannibal and the virtuous pagan / noble savage mentioned in both Lry and Montaigne travel accounts. How do these tropes interact and which is more dominant? Do these readings advance the notion of the Tupinamba as cannibals or not?

Read Jean de Lerys travel account of Tupinamba tribe from Brazil (History of a Voyage to the Land of Brazil), and Montaignes “Of Cannibals” (in Montaignes essays pdf, page 13). Then write a 2-3 page response: Consider the tropes of the cannibal and the virtuous pagan / noble savage mentioned in both Lry and Montaigne travel accounts. How do these tropes interact and which is more dominant? Do these readings advance the notion of the Tupinamba as cannibals or not?

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