Love In Aldous Huxley's The Most Dangerous Game

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When in a life threatening situation, people tend to go with the youngest person to save.
In the eyes of the state, they don’t pick the youngest person, they pick the people who are more accomplished and have more “value” than others. We are only worth $129,000 it seems like a lot, but that money is not worth losing a loved one for. In the story “The Most Dangerous Game” A character named Rainsford gets washed up on an island to find a huge chateau. As Rainsford uses the gargoyle knocker, a massive man named Ivan opened the door, with a long-barreled revolver pointing straight at Rainsford’s heart. In the book after hearing about the general’s hunting Rainsford states “Thank you, I’m a hunter, not a murderer.” (Pg. 14) In the bible

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