English 11 Homework to January, Tuesday, the Third:

Read, Research and Respond: 

1. "Of Cannibals, Kings and Culture: The Problem of Ethnocentricity." After reading the article carefully and thoroughly (more than once), and after your discussion in class, and writing down examples. You are to respond to the article in a thoughtful way, using contemporary examples from our world to add to Montaigne's analysis.

2. You are to read Michel de Montaigne: On Cannibals (1580). Read it a few times, look up words you don't know and respond to his analysis, in an intelligent, thorough,  personal and worldly response. 

Develop your ideas, by showing specific examples, and ones beyond the obvious, by looking into ancient history and up to modern times.  Go Global: look at many examples.

You are to understand what ethnocentricity  does to groups and individuals and civilizations.