Could Rainsford Bare to hunt again? Hunting for Rainsford is like eating, it’s a necessity. Rainsford will need to kill game again, not only for his survival, but it’s like second nature to him. Rainsford may not pursue animals for enjoyment as he once did, but he will do it again, also survival is key to the lonely island, he may have been influenced from winning to continue this game, and he has based his whole life upon hunting so it’ll be a hard habit to quit.
On the first note, Rainsford will hunt again because winning may affect his ego. At the end of the game “[Rainsford] had never slept in a better bed” due to the end decision of who becomes dog food and who sleeps in the winners bed, and of course this was decided by Rainsford (Connell 36). Therefore, Rainsford had shown that he beat the best, and because Zaroff unestimated someone else due to his experience and was outsmarted. Rainsford beat Zaroff, and had “won the game” (Connell 36). In hindsight, winning can possibly …show more content…
What a “great sport, hunting’ was Rainsford’s words as they were traveling on the yacht to go to Rio (Connell 19). How ironic it is that he said it was the best sport, but ends up being the hunted soon. This also proves he really has become involved in his work and loves it. Being a “big game hunter”, Rainsford had to hunt the most extravagant animals and such, so he had to work his life around his hobby (Connell 18). Being a big game hunter means hunting is something you have a wonderful passion for, clarifying that Rainsford is dead serious about this. “[Zaroff had] read” Rainsford’s book on hunting and appreciated his work (Connell 23). Writing a book shows you’re an expert in the field and how serious you take it. Generally speaking, Rainsford takes his hunting seriously and won’t be too easy to give it up because of one bad