interpreted Corréard and Savigny’s account as denouncing the government, since the last half of the work is particularly critical both of the French actions toward the survivors, and of slavery and colonialism.[25] However, the most salient aspect of this narrative, and the scandal as a whole, was the cannibalism. The sections describing the raft and the events on it are more memorable and were better known than the political critique tied to the explanations of what happened after the survivors were saved. In fact, the inclusion of graphic details actually undermined the overt political discussions in this work. Since it strayed so far outside of conventional myths, contemporaries could read it for its scandalous nature, but its lessons were not easily applied to society.