'The last tiger must be wary, she must be strong, she must be crafty and ruthless and wise.' (P 66) In his role as the hunter, does M become inhuman?
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'The last tiger must be wary, she must be strong, she must be crafty and ruthless and wise.' (P 66) In his role as the hunter, does M become inhuman? M completely swallows the role of the hunter, making himself 'wary... strong... crafty... ruthless and wise' (P 66) thus becoming inhuman. M is comparative of himself and the tiger; the tiger is inhuman. M acts contrary to humans being social animals. M does not display the basic traits and principles that make one human. M becomes not human in nature or quality; he becomes 'the natural man' (P 58). M finds himself to be similar to the thylacine. Both are in solitary worlds, the last of their kind - M the last hunter and the last of her species. M frequently fantasises what she may be thinking adopting his conjectures to propel him on. '...the scent of a mate. That is what...

