Sanger Rainsford: A Big Game Hunter

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The protagonist, Sanger Rainsford, is a big-game hunter who encounters numerous near-death experiences. It can compare to world war I that the most danger circumstance people hunting each other as a prey or a beast facing fear and hardhearted ruin. The adventure in the hunting game curves his personal philosophy at the very end of the story. Obviously, although he survives after the abnormal amusement, his transformation, handling each challenge with calm and serene, shows that he is crueler than General Zaroff while He decided to sleep in a very excellent bed instal of a repast for the hounds.

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