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Cannibalism It Still Exists Summary
Annouse Dorime
English 111
October 13, 2010
‘’Cannibalism It Still Exist’’ by Linh Kieu Ngo ‘’In the essay Cannibalism It Still Exist’’, Linh Kieu Ngo Explains how the Vietnamese refugees lost their captain on an escape boat. They were forced to survive with very little, after their food and water supply was gone. She explains how the refugees were forced to develop cannibalism by eating human flesh. Even though they didn’t want to eat other human flesh, the refugees had no choice because that was their only way of surviving. Linh also explains how all the Vietnamese refugees died after five month except for one person. Linh went on to say Cannibalism, the act of humans eating humans, still interest people and has long history. Some people may find it odd to eat other humans but for some, cannibalism is like eating any other meat from the supper market. She explains cannibalism in two ways. One is endocannibalism and the other is exocannibalism. Endocannibalism is eating in there own group. Exocannibalism is eating humans outside their group
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She went as far to explain different type of cannibalism. Dietary cannibalism accrues when people are captured for others just to eat. Culture cannibalism is when consumed, human eating different part of human body for fertility and ext. Miyanmin people eat their own dead in respect for them. And Miyanmin practice both indo and exo cannibalism. The leopard and Alligator society in South Africa eat human flesh as part of their culture. For example the Leopard and Alligator people honors their people by eating their

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