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Richard Van Camp's Short Story 'The Strongest Blood'

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- Richard Van Camp’s short story “The Strongest Blood” describes an interesting experience for the character, Leo. - Leo wants to earn money instead of going to college. - Leo’s father, Isadore takes Leo to hunting grouse, and they see the older bull had a fight with the younger bull. - The older bull uses many experiences to beat the younger bull and win the fight, and the younger bull is injured. - After seeing the fight between the two bulls, Leo seems to learn some lessons about his future. - The end of the short story shows that this experience brings Leo some thinking and changes his view, and Leo decides to discuss his life with his mother.

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