It has been said before that every human being is one of two kinds of people--a hunter or a huntee, but is this really true? In our English class, we read a short story called, "The Most Dangerous Game". This is a story of an interesting twist on hunting including a fight for survival and the sweet taste of revenge. In the story, the main character, Rainsford, makes the statement, "...Be a realist. The world is made up of two classes--the hunters and the huntees." I think the picture to the left is a nice portrayal of how Rainsford viewed people and these two classes. I, however, do not agree with the statement he made. I do think that there may be people on earth who could be considered a hunter (one with an agressive personality, one who is rich, or one who has power, etc) or a huntee (someone who is passive, of the lower class, or less powerful, etc). However, I do not think the entire population of the world could be condensed into one of those two catagories. There are many people who are in between. There are many who have well balanced out personalities or may be more a huntee in one way and a hunter in another. For example, one may not be of the highest class, but they may still have a more assertive nature to them and tend to control things. Also, "huntee" is often used in coherence with the term "victim". But those who do not possess the characteristics hunter are not automatically characterized as victims. It is the individual that can determine whether or not he or she is really a victim; standing up for oneself and having a strong foothold in who they are as a person and who they are in Christ is just one example of how one could, and many do, keep from becoming huntees themselves. So while Rainsford may have had a quite different perception of the subject of hunters and huntees, I believe that people are more than just one or the other, which is what makes every human being unique and original in many different ways.
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