The quotation above is from "The Most Dangerous Game", a short story by Richard Connel. This story is about a man named Rainsford, a hunter who said, "The world is made up of two classes- the hunters and the huntees." My interpretation of this quote is that there are people who seek and people who are sought. To clarify my understanding of the term "hunter", I believe that we, as humans, are always searching for something or someone. An example of something frequently sought is power. Whether it is more wealth, more influence, or even more materialistic objects--humans have some level of desire for power. As for the "huntees", they refer to what is being hunted; if you think about it, in the actual sport of hunting, the "hunter" is hunting the "huntee" for personal gain which could be money or pride. I think you can apply the "huntees" of the sport of hunting to the "huntees" of social classes because we are, in a way, hunting each other for a personal gain--again, frequently power. I believe that we, as people, are "hunting" each other to reach a higher social level of power.
