Jan 19 2009
The Hunter and The Hunted
From Heller With A Gun “The hunter and the hunted . . . these two are kin. Their senses are alert to the same stimuli, awaken to the same far-off sounds. A shadow in the wrong place, a flicker of sun reflection, a creak of leather . . . each may be a warning.” (page 5).
So often in the world around us things which seem to be completely opposed to each other are really very much the same. Something cannot be separated from itself or the system in which it lives. If a man is out to hunt another man then he needs to be aware of that person’s habits and desires. In order to understand another person he needs to become somewhat like that person.
The question to ask is what the dividing point between the two are. It cannot be a matter simply of action. King Mabry shoots his pursuer. Though he does not kill the man, this appears to be purely a matter of chance rather than choice. What is the difference? Is it motive? Means? The other actions that King Mabry would rather be doing than committing violence?
