"History of Chocolate" Universal Theme Paragraph

 For my recent bimonthly current event for my history class, we have been introduced to universal themes, a few common themes found in articles and books. In class, we are given the free choice to pick an article that sparks out interest and complete a Google slideshow pertaining the article. For this slideshow, I chose my article to be about the history of chocolate, and chose the universal theme of adaption to write my paragraph.

Adaptation always leads to change. According to the article, “In 1650, you could order as many different drinks in a chocolate house as you can order coffee drinks in a café now.” The Ancient Mayan people were the first to create a drink made of cacao, and the drink quickly spread to many other parts of the world. Once those countries adapted to the new drink & flavors, they were able to make their own changes & create new coca flavor variations based on their likings. The same thing can be said with the “eating chocolate” we see today, as once people discovered the sweet treat originating from Switzerland, they were able to make their own changes & choose the flavors that worked best for them. Connecting back to the quote, the same can also be said about coffee & how countries around the world have made their own take on the drink. Once adapted & familiarized with, the amount of creative freedom a person has to change certain things is truly never-ending.