In Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game”, Sanger Rainsford, an intelligent big-game hunter, and General Zaroff, a wealthy Russian Cossack, have numerous similarities and differences regarding their views on hunting. That being said, both demonstrate a strong desire to hunt and challenge themselves in the sport. However, unlike Rainsford, hunting wild animals is no longer the challenge General Zaroff craves. Instead, General Zaroff enjoys hunting a “more dangerous game”... humans (47). Rainsford, on the other hand, is highly intelligent and believes that hunting is truly, “The best sport in the world”(40). In the text Zaroff states, “Every day I hunt, and I never grow bored now, for I have a quarry with which I can match my wits”(49). Zaroff needs
