Rainsford was very justified to kill General Zaroff a mad man with a huge eager to hunt but it is getting boring to him, so he wants an animal that can reason. But there is one problem only one animal that can reason a human being. While Rainsford and Zaroff are eating dinner and discussing this new “animal” Rainsford is very much against him trying to hunt them, “ ‘But they are men,’ said Rainsford hotly. ‘Precisely,’ said the general, ‘that is why I use them. It gives me pleasure. They can reason, after a fashion. So they are dangerous.’” (Connell 5). The quote shows that General Zaroff has no appreciation for human life, and people don't matter to him, only the thrill of the hunt. Again if he has no appreciation for human life then he will