Was Rainsford Justified In The Most Dangerous Game Persuasive Essay

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The short story “The Most Dangerous Game’’, Rainsford was justified in killing General Zaroff . Rainsford is a hunter who fell off a yacht at Ship Trap Island where he meets General Zaroff. General Zaroff is a hunter too. He stays on the island and hunts. Rainsford and General Zaroff are fighting to their death because General Zaroff wants to hunt Rainsford.

The definition of murder is the unlawful premeditated killing of are human being by another (Wikipedia). A noncrimal homicide ruling, usually committee in self-defense or another, exists under United States law (Wikipedia). Since Rainsford killed General Zaroff it’s not illegal since it was for defense. For example in scary movies they kill the killer when the