Writing a Literary Analysis through the Lens of a Quotation — Unit test
Question 1 • *English 9 (World Lit) Sem 2 Summer
Read the excerpt from "The Most Dangerous Game.""Dear me," said the general, quite unruffled, "again that unpleasant word. But I think I can show you that your scruples are quite ill founded.""Yes?""Life is for the strong, to be lived by the strong, and, if needs be, taken by the strong. The weak of the world were put here to give the strong pleasure. I am strong. Why should I not use my gift? If I wish to hunt, why should I not? I hunt the scum of the earth—sailors from tramp ships—lascars, bla
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“But I think I can show you that your scruples are quite ill founded.”
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“Life is for the strong, to be lived by the strong, and, if needs be, taken by the strong.”
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“Why should I not use my gift? If I wish to hunt, why should I not?”
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“—a thoroughbred horse or hound is worth more than a score of them.”