Brief Summary Of 'The Most Dangerous Game'

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The Most Dangerous Game is about a hunter named Rainsford gets hunted by another hunter named Zaroff. The story begins with Rainsford falling off his yacht and swimming to an island. The island is owned by Zaroff. Zaroff then explains his passion for hunting and how hunting animals got boring for him. This caused him to start hunting humans instead of animals. The next day Zaroff wants Rainsford to be hunted. Rainsford agrees. Rainsford makes many trap that injure Zaroff and kills one of his dogs and Ivan. Rainsford then dives into the ocean and sneaks into Zaroff’s home. Zaroff thinking he won the game goes home. Rainsford then confronts him. After this Rainsford sleeps in Zaroff’s bed leaving us to believe he killed Zaroff

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