Rainsford's Statement Analysis

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At first glance this statement sounds very poetic and unreal, but when you put a lot of thought into it your eyes are open to the real world around us. Our world is ruled by this statement. This occurs with humans and other humans, animals and other animals, and between people and animals. This is as how our world works. I say this statement is very true and real.

This can happen upon two people through bullying. When one person is bullying another person, they do it so that they can feel very powerful and stronger than anyone else. People bully other people, and they do it for one purpose. They want to be on top of everyone and be the bigger person. This is how the statement is referred to humans and not in the real way. Rainsford's statement is used as a metaphor in this sense. We may not really kill people doing this, but we do kill their spirit and happiness.
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If they do not hunt, they can not live, and they can starve. If a hungry lion gives a signal to his herd, then the hunters of the group will go hunting for food for their families. A snake usually kills the rodents. For example, in "Tom and Jerry," the cat always hunts the mouse for fun or food. This is how the world goes. If an eagle wants to eat and feed their young, then they will hunt down anything they can get.

Humans also hunt to live and eat. We hunt to feed the world. If there were no hunters in the world, then we would only eat the fruit of the trees. People also hunt and kill animals for fun and sport. People kill animals for money, popularity and taste. Lastly, people who like to kill for money travel to foreign places to kill animals and get paid while doing so. In today's world, people would kill for popularity. We live in a bad world where all of this is true, and it has happened before. There has been cases where people kill people because of money, and also because of

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