The Most Dangerous Game Essay

By: Xamantha Cano

Class: 8NGWA

To agree or to disagree? I’m here to tell you and give examples of haves and have nots but also

the hunters and huntees. Firstly, I'll talk about being book smart and street smart. Secondly, I will

talk about the rich and poor. Lastly, I am going to be talking about sexism. I will now begin this

essay showing examples and explaining the theory of haves and have nots which were said in

“The Most Dangerous Game.”

To begin with, I would like to talk about what it is to be book smart and street smart.

Book smart people and street smart people are two different people. According to

https://citypersonnel.net, being book smart is better because it is highly beneficial and is great for

your academics. With that being said, it is better to be book smart because it’ll help increase your

intelligence quotient (IQ). People who are book smart rely on research or on books.

Street smart people are better at thinking on their feet and in agreement with

https://www.linkedin.com in some cases, book smart people have less common sense than street

smart people. People who are street smart are often good at thinking on their feet and are great

improvisers. They can also catch on quickly by observation of behavior and more. Street smart

people give a combination of attitude and skill which is stated in https://hbswk.hbs.edu/.

I think being book smart is better. Like I said previously, it’s good to be book smart in order to

be successful, business wise and academic wise. I think being book smart is a crucial part in

academics because in your future it will help you out a lot.

In addition, I will be talking about what it is to be rich and poor.

The saying “money makes money” ( https://www.englishclub.com ). People say “money

makes money” because it in fact, does. People with a lot of money tend to invest and get into

investing through stock markets and more. With that, you can start a business and also pay off

debt.

Poor people have less advantages because they have less money meaning that they have a

disadvantage compared to people with more money or those who are richer and have more of an

advantage. According to https://www.theguardian.com. It is said that in 2018, the wealth in the

world began to increase at the time before the population of poor people, which was 3.8 billion

people, went down by 43 people during the year before.

Like said in, https://thomasjfrank.com, I agree with the statement that states “Rich mindset seeks

to spend their time, resources, and energy on work that continues to pay off long after the effort

has been invested”. I’d say richer people see money as an advantage rather than just something

to be earned. I think this because in my research, found from: https://www.linkedin.com, I found

that rich people see money as an opportunity and not as a goal because well, they have more

money which they can use to do the things you would like to do and pursue your future.

Furthermore, I will begin to talk about the topic of sexism.

People say “girls aren’t as strong as boys” but it can go both ways. People also expect

men to be strong, for example the saying, “boys don’t cry”. This is also an example of

sexism but in other terms is called “misandry” which is prejudice or discrimination

against men. Long ago, men and women couldn’t get the same education,women

couldn’t own land and they could only do house chores whereas boys worked on the land

and usually owned land as well.

A big part of sexism in the world is sexism in sports. Like I described in the last paragraph,

people don’t expect women to be as strong and so they assume women can’t play certain sports
but they’re wrong. There are many women's sports teams, for example the WNBA. People

stereotype girls as “not strong enough”, but girls can be just as strong as boys.

People lack more respect in women than in men. Another concept of this is sexism in the

business department. There is something called “The glass ceiling”, and the glass ceiling is

explained as “discriminatory barriers that prevent women from rising to positions of power or

responsibility and advancing to higher positions within an organization simply because they are

women” ( https://www.frontiersin.org ). In some cases, men usually own or are managers of

womens brands. For example, Victoria’s Secret. Victoria’s Secret is a women's brand for

undergarments, perfumes and more. A man named Roy Raymond bought and owns Victoria’s

Secret and has owned it since 1977 ( https://en.wikipedia.org ). Women in business have a

difficult time rising in the industry rather than men like stated in the glass ceiling. I think this is

true because generally, people don’t take women seriously when it comes to business.

This being said, I talked about all three topics, book smart and street smart, sexism, and the rich

and poor which are examples of the hunters and huntees and the haves and have nots.

I have stated that book smart is better, the rich have more advantages, and that women are seen

less than men. Do you agree or disagree?