Why We Are More Valuable

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Some people’s lives are more valuable than others. This isn’t because of their net worth. It is the actions they perform and their status to us. Such as, President Obama is more heavily guarded than a high school student because he is the leader of the United States of America, so he is more valuable in the eyes of some Americans. However, some people are less valuable because of the crimes they have committed. Such as, Adolf Hitler killed millions of people during World War II. Our first reason is that General Zaroff favored Ivan more than sailors. This may have been because Ivan was loyal to General Zaroff. This could also be because Ivan was strong, but deaf. Ivan was also a Cossack, just like General Zaroff. General Zaroff also liked Rainsford more than the sailors just because he was smart and a seasoned hunter. General Zaroff also thought that Ivan would be hard to replace according to The Most Dangerous Game “One thought is that it would be difficult to replace Ivan…” …show more content…

These people are the United State’s police officers and firefighters. Such as in the 9/11 article it states “Mr. feinberg, my husband was a fireman and died a hero at the World Trade Center. Why are you giving me less money than the banker who represented Enron? Why are you demeaning the memory of my husband?” This is an example because the fireman was a hero and he got less money than a banker. All the banker did was sit behind a desk and deal with money. So we think the fireman should have got more money than the

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