Rainsford Civilized Analysis

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Civilized is when a person is well educated and knows their own right. Everybody is civilized everywhere. Are hunters civilized? Evidence from the story shows that Zaroff considers himself civilized, Rainsford considers Zaroff civilized and Rainsford consider himself civilized. First of all, evidence from the story shows that Zaroff considers himself civilized. He considers himself civilized because he says “Oh yes, I have electricity. We try to be civilized here”(pg.50). He says this because he sees that if has something that has to do with civilization, like electricity, then he is civilized. Even though he’s in a place where there isn’t a store or something like that, he still considers himself civilized. In this case he is civilized wherever

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