Zaroff Selfish Quotes

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A wise man, known as Carl PanzramPanzarm once said “I believe the only way to reform people is to kill them”. This quote is representing Zaroff, the only way to change how Zaroff feels about hunting humans, is to kill him. General Zaroff is a professional hunter, but has a little twist to it , he hunts humans and is out for Rainsford. Rainsford is forced to play “The Most Dangerous Game” to stay alive even if he disagreed in the first place. Therefore Rainsford wouldn't hunt again because he classifies it as assassination and not hunting.
Rainsford will not hunt again because he doesn't call it hunting. Rainsford believes Zaroff is a murderer because his passion is killing humans and says it is a sport. Zaroff had stated that he killed humans
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While being in the forest, for what felt like forever, Rainsford needed to fight his way through the bush for two hours, and he kept repeating to himself “{he} must keep {his} nerve {he} must keep {his} nerve”(Connell 32). He was getting pretty nervous but he kept repeating that had to get through all this . He was feeling sick during fighting because he wasn't used to killing humans, and was scared. When he was out hunting he “Then pent up air burst hotly from rainsford's lungs. His first rainsford lungs. His first thought made him feel sick and numb”(Connell 33). He wasn't so sure about the game was playing, he was obviously extremely nervous and it gave him a weird feeling that he has never felt before. He doesn't like the way he gets when hunting,its a weird feeling for him to experience. “Rainsford's second thought was even more terrible. It sent a shudder of cold horror through his whole being. Why had the general smiled? Why had he turned back?”(Connell . As well Rainsford was really nervous and he had fear in him because he wasn't told he was going to hunt for humans, he didn't even agree in hunting in the first place but was forced to.Since the beginning rainsford had disagreed in participating in the game but Zaroff basically forced him to

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