...In the story The Most Dangerous Game Rainsford killed Zaroff. Was Rainsford justified in killing Zaroff? Yes, Rainsford was justified in killing Zaroff. Rainsford discovered out what Zaroff hunted and said “ Hunting? What you speak of is murder” (Connell 5). This is important to the evidence because it reveals that Rainsford is not sure of Zaroff killing humans. Also this supports the claim by Rainsford saying this is murder because Zaroff kills people for his hunting sport and Rainsford became prey for Zaroff. In addition to the first piece of evidence where it shows that Rainsford was justified in killing zaroff is when Zaroff says “ it would be impossible to tell you how many “animals” I have killed” (connell 4). Further explaining...
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...Rainsford was justified in killing General Zaroff and these facts will prove why. After Rainsford found General Zaroff’s enormous building on the palatial chateau he went in and was treated very well due to them knowing who he was by his book. After a while of talking Rainsford exclaimed, “I can’t believe you are serious, General Zaroff...”. “ Hunting? Great guns, General Zaroff, what you speak of is murder!” (Connell 9). Zaroff got tired of hunting animals because he was perfect at it. He lived by the sea and had the technology to crash ships and he took the people who were on them as his “game”. By Rainsford killing Zaroff, he took one life but he saved many lives by doing this. If Zaroff lived many more innocent people would die....
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...property, this act of murder is accepted as human rights. If we wish to distinguish between the two, we must look at underlying causes of such heinous actions. In Richard Connell's short story “The Most Dangerous Game” and Saki’s short story “The Interlopers,” the main character General Zaroff and Ulrich von Gradwitz are alike in the following ways: Both men engaged their prey on his own land, both men stalked a human being, and both men met their demise prematurely. Both men hunted on their own land, searching for a trophy unlike any other. One of the common characteristics between these two men were the fact they chose their own land as their hunting grounds. General Zaroff scoped in on a big game hunter, Sanger Rainsford, and his desire for this trophy outweighed all his other trophies combined. On the other hand, Ulrich von Gradwitz chose vengeance over a trophy. He longed for justice and wished to have all his land undisputably. If both men were to receive what they longed for, they must take the life of a fellow man. This led to the attempted murder of two men, one...
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