Chapter 11
The first
breath of cannibalism among the crew is brought to light. By this point Chase’s
boast had been separated from the group and the remaining two boats were close
to their end of provisions. One man died and rather than dispose of his body immediately
they say and looked at it for a while. Finally someone piped up with the option
of eating the man, since no one opposed they appointed the cook to prepare the
meat. The book went into specific detail about how in an attempt to make it
feel less like butchering a human he cut off the head, hands, and feet, also he
skinned the body. (pg. 170) Once the men started eating they couldn't stop. This
made my completely sick to my stomach! Honestly, when reading this I was
holding down vomit. I know that this was a situational thing that only someone
in that particular position could feel and they would do whatever to survive,
but this just made me ill. Also this was the most ironic part of the book to me
because they were going to double the length of their trip to avoid cannibals.
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