Comparing Most Dangerous Game And Child By Tiger, By Thomas Wolfe

There is no distinct difference between being considered good and being considered evil. Every person falls somewhere in between the spectrum. An evil person would be considered someone who is immoral. An evil person puts their life above everyone else’s, and will stop at nothing to get what they want. Being a good person can mean multiple things. It could be someone who is friendly and happy or someone who is generous and selfless. Conflicts that people experience, more specifically how they resolve it, help to decide where a person lies on the scale of good and evil. The short stories entitled, “The Most Dangerous Game,” by Richard Connell, and “Child by Tiger,” written by Thomas Wolfe, both have characters that posses traits of good and evil. Throughout both …show more content…
However, he is shown to be truly evil throughout the plot of the story. When the story begins, both characters, Zaroff meets Rainsford, who described him as “…a most thoughtful and affable host…” (Connell 32). Richard Connell sets a positive tone when Zaroff has his first encounter with Rainsford, for Zaroff was genuinely nice and warm to Rainsford. Throughout the story, the reader sees the true side of Zaroff, as he forces Rainsford to participate in a human hunt. The hunter, Zaroff, and the prey, Rainsford, become more vicious and violent while fighting for their life. True horror is described as Zaroff tries to outsmart Rainsford in the forest. During the game, “nothing escaped those searching black eyes, no crushed blade of grass, no bent twig, no mark, no matter how faint, in the moss” (Connell 42). Originally, Zaroff seemed gracious and friendly, but as the physical conflict with Rainsford evolved, his evil side began to show. Throughout the story, Zaroff is placed on the evil side of the scale, for his actions included murder, human hunting, and other barbaric