The Most Dangerous Game Essay In the short story the most dangerous game Rainsford was justified in killing general Zaroff.Rainsford was a person who fell off the ship,and swim to land. He went to a nice building for food,and people that help.General Zaroff was the one who bought the island and know everything about it. He gave Rainsford food. The only problem wash tried to kill Rainsford,and that’s why they ended up fighting to there death.In most states in the U.S it legal to kill people who try to kill you. Murder means kill someone unlawfully and with premeditation. This means Rainsford didn’t murder the general because the general try to kill him. So this means it was self defense. This was not a murder. My ideas would relate to a