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Side Bet
“Man versus Beast”
Grant Wiesner Grade 8 E.L.A. Mr. Wiesner April 23, 2003
“The tribe has spoken. The rat is the winner of “Survivor: Man versus Beast’.” This sentence is similar to one spoken on the popular television series,Survivor, where people compete against each other to be the final survivor at a tropical locale. What would happen if humans competed against animals? One might think that human intelligence would be victorious against animal instinct. This supposition is incorrect. An animal, no matter what type or size would defeat a human competitor in any life or death struggle if they were allowed to be on equal ground ,without the human comforts of technology. In the story Side Bet, one can prove that the rat was the real survivor against the man, by looking at its cunningness, its physical condition ,and ho...
“Man versus Beast”
Grant Wiesner Grade 8 E.L.A. Mr. Wiesner April 23, 2003
“The tribe has spoken. The rat is the winner of “Survivor: Man versus Beast’.” This sentence is similar to one spoken on the popular television series,Survivor, where people compete against each other to be the final survivor at a tropical locale. What would happen if humans competed against animals? One might think that human intelligence would be victorious against animal instinct. This supposition is incorrect. An animal, no matter what type or size would defeat a human competitor in any life or death struggle if they were allowed to be on equal ground ,without the human comforts of technology. In the story Side Bet, one can prove that the rat was the real survivor against the man, by looking at its cunningness, its physical condition ,and ho...
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