The Most Dangerous Game | Social Sensitivity
The morality of hunting is the primary issue of social consequence addressed by "The Most Dangerous Game." The author portrays hunters as compulsive killers who are intrinsically bloodthirsty and cruel. Both Zaroff and Rainsford seem to have an insatiable need to find greater and greater challenges and more and more creatures to kill. That Rainsford initially stops short of adding human beings to his catalog of desirable prey does little to separate him from the unapologetic Zaroff. In the end, Rainsford succumbs to the same temptation as Zaroff, quenching his hunter's need for ever...
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