Ayn Rand's The Most Dangerous Game

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As I came into grasp of what the story “The Most Dangerous Game” was trying to betray. I quickly realized how the game of hunting had turned into a more serious competition, between a man and the hunt. I saw how Rainsford had suddenly been put into a competition as the prey instead of the hunter. A situation Rainsford had never encountered in his professional career. Zaroff was the hunter the countless winner of the game/competition. You are either the hunter or the hunted in school.
Either the student will grasp the grade A meat or fall into the bertail of parentals. Every student in a headlock competition for the golden star. Quoting their greatness with a piece of paper telling them they’ve made it into the good life. While the others

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