Mervyn Peak once said “Civilized people don’t feel.” In the short story, “The most dangerous game” by Richard Connell, Connell writes of a man who is a great hunter with a low attention span. The hunter’s name is Zaroff, but instead of hunting animals he “hunts” men. Rainsford, a skilled hunter also, finds himself in Zaroff’s cruel game. In the beginning, Rainsford could never fathom the idea of a man killing a man. As the story continues Rainsford changes from the hunter to the hunted and in the end, becomes the murderer. Throughout the story, Zaroff sees himself as a ‘civilized’ man. He doesn’t comprehend the difference between hunting and murdering. So, a ‘civilized’ man like Zaroff does not feel. Connell uses characterization, imagery,
