Higson, Charlie. The Enemy. Hyperion. New York. 2009.
In this source, the author tells the story of children being the only healthy survivors when a disease attacks anyone older than 16 and parents turn into zombie cannibals. The book gives a terrifying and detailed description of what the zombie parents do to children, how they rip them apart and eat them, torture them and scare them to death. This source is a thriller and gives me a good description of what zombie cannibals would be like as well as the type of fear and destruction they cause.
Lawrence, Iain. The Cannibals. Laurel-Leafe. New York. 2005.
In this source, the author tells the tale of two young boys being accused of a crime they did not commit. They are forced to leave a ship they are on in order to avoid being charged in court. The only problem- the islands they escape to are filled with cannibals. The threat of the cannibals in the story is not as graphic as my previous source, but it gives me an idea of what the fear created in the characters. I was able to contrast between the character facing a daunting unfair legal system or the fear of being eaten by cannibals.
The Holy Bible. American Bible Society. D. Fanshaw. 1840. Google Books.
In this source, I was able to research the history of cannibals in the Bible. This helped me to see that the threat of cannibalism was used for punishment, and to instill a new form of discipline that no one would want to handle. The Bible is a difficult book for me to read, it provided me with what I feel is a story to compliment the rest of my research about cannibals. I don’t believe that the section I chose to read about was necessarily something that actually happened, but it was so fitting to everything else I was writing about that it was a perfect fit.
All the books you choose sound really good, I choose the second on about monsters. It is totally interesting and different which I totally like.Good luck!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like you have some good sources here. I didn't know there was anything about cannibals in the bible. It would be interesting to find some actual historic evidence of cannibals and information about when and where and potential causes. I know the paper is about cannibals in fiction, but your sources have made me wonder about it. Good work, and good luck on the final draft.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy the topic you chose of "cannibals," it's not something that most people would choose to write an essay on because it does bring a bit of a challenge. I also think it was a great idea to use "The Holy Bible" as one of your sources because it does date backs an extremely long time. That will help you tie in novels and text of modern day society with how things were back in the day.
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