General Zaroff Compare And Contrast

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The Most Dangerous Game is a story that discusses the inner capability to humans to perform acts of extreme violence. It observes two different, yet similar characters in General Zaroff and Rainsford. They both have very similar views on hunting, as they both consider the feelings of the prey to be meaningless. However, the stark difference between the two characters is the General Zaroff hunts humans and Rainsford hunts big game. Connell made sure to write this similarity into the story for the sake of foreshadowing. The reason for this is simple, the Most Dangerous Game is a story about Rainsford becoming what General Zaroff already is, a murderer. It can be inferred that General Zaroff was most likely very similar to Rainsford before he