The Most Dangerous Game Argumentative Essay

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Hunting is an adventurous but dangerous sport. In “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, Zaroff is a hunter that lives on an island in the middle of nowhere. Zaroff demonstrates that he is rich, smart, and confident. Zaroff is rich because he lives on an island that he must of bought by himself. He also lives in a beautiful home on that island in the jungle. How you might know he’s is because of the clothes he wears such as his robe for example. He also has a servant named Ivan that lives with him on the island. Ivan is also a bodyguard to Zaroff to protect him from whatever interferes with him. Zaroff is smart because when he let Rainsford get away so he could hunt him down he automatically found him. He found him when he was walking

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