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Schreiner's Essay: What Is A Hunter

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1. Where in the essay do you first begin to suspect the writer’s feelings about hunting? What in the essay or in your experience led you to this perception? In the essay, What is a Hunter by Robert G. Schreiner, I found that the writer’s feeling about hunting is stated in the first paragraph wend Schreiner points at Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary to define the word hunter; next, he writes “However” and “I had always considered”; finally, Schreiner state that, since he is a good shooter quite proficient in the use of firearms, he always thought about it. 2. How would you characterize the writer’s grandfather? How would you characterize his cousin? I characterize the writer’s grandfather as he wants to be involve in the life of his grandchildren; …show more content…

However, he is enjoying the experience shooting jackrabbits then kill then against the truck the ones who are hurting. 3. How did the writer’s understanding of himself change as a result of this hunting experience? In that Christmas afternoon, Schreiner had new feeling about been a hunter; at first he felt sickened hearing the banging of killing rabbits against the truck the all afternoon. Indeed, later on Schreiner feels irritated about it. Finely his grandfather convinced to hunt two jackrabbits, after Schreiner had shooter effectively to the jackrabbit’s heads, he went for his prey only to find out it was a bloody parts of the jackrabbits all around. Then Schreiner realized that it was a waste of life that afternoon and there is more to being a hunter that knowing how to use a rifle. 4. How might the essay be strengthened or weakened if the opening paragraph were cut? Without this paragraph, how would your understanding of the author and his change be different? If we cut the first paragraph, I think it will weak the entire essay, in my opinion it will sound like he is writing some hunter experience in Christmas afternoon with his cosign and

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