Most Dangerous Game

Are you a hunter, or are you a prey? In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game”, the main character, Rainsford, states that “the world is made up of two classes-the hunters and the huntees.” on page 216. I do not agree with this statement that you either hunt or be hunted.

So who were the hunters? In the story Rainford also says, “luckily you and I are hunters.” When Rainsford states this he is referring to himself and whitney. Also in the story, Zaroff, another main character is also a hunter, on page 220 he says,”I have a passion in my life, Mr Rainsford, and it's the hunt.”

If there is hunters there's got to be huntees. When Zaroff and Rainsford we're talking, Rainsford figured out that Zaroff hunts humans that come to the Island.

he figured this out when Zaroff states “It must have courage, cunning,and above all it must be able to reason.” page 225. The species that matches this description is human.

I do not agree that you are either a hunter or a prey. The reason behind my reasoning is because in the story you can see who is a hunter or a prey but you could also see people who were neither. The preys in the the story are the wild animals and the people Zaroff heeps hostage. The hunters are Zaroff, Rainsford, and Whitney. But there is still characters who are neither, like the pirates.

So what are you? A hunter a prey or are you just a bystander who does neither? This is why i disagree with Rainsford when he says “The world is made up of two classes-the hunters and the huntees.” Because like the pirates, you can be neither.