"The Most Dangerous Game" is an appropriate title for the text because the story is about a man named Sanger Rainsford, a big-game hunter, who becomes the prey of another hunter, General Zaroff. General Zaroff is a wealthy man who has become bored with hunting animals and has turned to hunt humans for sport. He sees it as the ultimate challenge and the most dangerous game.
One of the reasons "The Most Dangerous Game" is an appropriate title is because the game involves hunting humans; The central theme of the story is the idea of humans being hunted for sport, which is a dangerous and disturbing concept. General Zaroff has created a twisted game in which he pits himself against his fellow man, using all his skills as a hunter to stalk and kill
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This statement can be backed up when at the beginning of the story Rainsford expresses his shock at Zaroff's hunting practices. Zaroff responds, "Why, I have here a cartridge that detonates on impact. It is a pleasure to hunt with. I assure you it has made the tigers in India seem like the rabbits here. […] Will you believe me when I say that I hunted for a purpose greater than that? I have hunted every kind of game in every land. It would be impossible for me to tell you how many animals I have killed." Here, Zaroff is indicating that he sees hunting humans as a greater challenge than any other animal he has hunted before and that he does so for his pleasure. Another quote from the story is at the end of the story when Rainsford has defeated Zaroff and is preparing to leave the island. Zaroff says to him, "Well, we will not discuss the ethics of hunting. You are a big-game hunter, not a philosopher. Who cares how a jaguar feels?" Again, Zaroff is reinforcing his belief that hunting is simply a game or sport, and that he sees no ethical issues with pursuing and killing animals (and humans) for his