Prey Hunting In The Most Dangerous Game By Richard Connell

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Many people enjoy hunting, they love the thrill and tracking down their prey hunting is a very open sport to all people they hunt big game, waterfowl, and small game. People hunt all over the world it is a worldwide sport. In the story “the most dangerous game” Written by Richard Connell two men who have similar interests get together and something very interesting happens next.
A man named Rainsford is a hunter who really doesn't view the world quite right he believes that there are two kinds of people in the world the hunters and the huntees. He falls off a boat in the caribbean only to find himself stranded on a island and the only thing around is a huge castle that is described very scary and dark. He finds a man named Zaroff that has very

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