Dec 30, 2009

The Most Dangerous Game | Topics for Discussion

1. How did Rainsford's character change in the course of the story?

2. What is the relationship between the hunter and the hunted? Is hunting animals morally right?

3. Is it ever morally right to kill another human being? How is killing in a war different from what Zaroff did?

4. Does exposure to violence and killing make people less sensitive to those things and more likely to be violent or to kill?

5. Would sending a man like Zaroff to prison for murder change his moral attitude toward killing? How should murderers be punished?

6. Instead of...