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In the story "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell, Rainsford is proud of all of his accomplishments for hunting and he doesn't care about the animals he hunts, that is until he goes from the hunter to the hunted. The quote "character is what you are in the dark" written by Dwight Lyman Moody means that you are your true self when you are alone. This quote relates to the story because while Rainsford is being hunted, he is scared and vulnerable yet he is also smart and resourceful. Throughout the story Richard Connell has the readers at the edges of their seats by making the story suspenseful. At first Rainsford is being chased by General Zaroff and the reader doesn't know what might happen next. While Rainsford is being hunted, he keeps his cool until he realizes Zaroff is messing with him. In the story it says,"The general was playing with him! The general was saving him for another day’s sport! The Cossack was the cat; he was the mouse. …show more content…

In the story Zaroff says many horrible things about the creatures he hunts, showing he has no mercy. In the story Zaroff states that, “Why should I not use my gift? If I wish to hunt, why should I not? I hunt the scum of the earth—sailors from tramp ships—lascars, blacks, Chinese, whites, mongrels—a thoroughbred horse or hound is worth more than a score of them.” by saying this, Zaroff is implying that he will continue to hunt humans until he is stopped. Rainsford knew that this would happen so he had to stop him. Rainsford was just protecting the different people that Zaroff would kill if he weren’t stopped. In conclusion Rainsford was only protecting himself and the people around him. So yes, Rainsford is justified in killing General Zaroff. The quote "character is what you are in the dark" relates to Rainsford because if he hadn’t gotten hunted he never would have felt the fear nor anger to Kill General Zaroff, which needed to be

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