The Taste of Cannibalism

Speech title: The Taste of Cannibalism

Specific purpose: To inform my audience about the historical reasoning behind cannibalism and the reasons why it might still occur present day.

Central Ideal/Thesis statement: People do strange things as a result of their beliefs and they do even stranger things to stay alive in desperate situations.

Introduction:

One of the most horrific words in the English language is of course cannibalism. It's earned this recognition in large part do to the gruesome imagery that it has the power to evoke. This is a term that has only come to be associated with such an emotional response in recent centuries. As hard as it is to believe there was in fact a time in our past when cannibalism was an ordinary fact of life. I found this extremely interesting and as a result choose