What drives a man to kill? What evil forces lure a human to kill another human being in cold blood? The answers to these questions can be found in the story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell. In this story a couple of renowned hunters are on their way to pick up a shipment of guns and hunt game in the Amazon. The hunters are on the way to Rio when Rainsford falls overboard. …showed first 75 words of 678 total…

…showed last 75 words of 678 total…as you seem to harbor romantic ideas about the value of human life” (15). This is not the comment of a loving man, it is the statement of a cold hearted killer. Though General Zaroff was a wealthy member of the upper class and a skilled hunter, his love of hunting turned him into a cold-hearted murderer. The Gerneral’s desire to have the perfect game to hunt drove him to the hunting of human beings.