Hunting In The Most Dangerous Game By Richard Connell

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In “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, Rainsford’s attitude towards hunted animals changes as he has first-hand experience in Zaroff’s game of knowing how scared animals are when they are hunted. When Rainsford finds out what Zaroff hunts, he becomes angry that Zaroff sees no difference between fighting wars, and killing helpless humans as he says, “Why should I not be serious? I am speaking of hunting.’ ‘Hunting? Great Guns, General Zaroff, what you speak of is murder”(Connell 6). After listening to Zaroff, Rainsford realizes that Zaroff defines humans as animals, only that they have the ability to reason, which he wants. A hidden message in this passage is that Zaroff has a different opinion of what hunting is, believing that he

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