Montaigne's "Of Cannibals"

To be quite truthful, reading Montaigne's "Of Cannibals", was overwhelming, due to the many ideas and how modern his thinking. The main theme or focus of this essay is liberation in the face of ethnocentrism. All in all, this essay could have many different themes but this one stuck out the most. We should be less narrow-minded and more open to diverse settings, not so judgmental. In this essay, Montaigne is well aware of the …

…explained what I needed her to do for me, which wasn't a whole lot, she got short with me. She acted as though she didn't believe me and that I was lying to her. Then when she found out I wasn't lying she remained short. That is the first and only experience that I have had regarding race. Other instances that this insight can be related to would sex, martial status, intelligence, sexuality, age, etc...