Was Rainsford Justified In Killing Zaroff Analysis

Rainsford was justified in killing Zaroff because,Zaroff would’ve continued to kill people,if he would’ve survived. Rainsford also had his life on the line during this fight. For example,Zaroff explains to Rainsford how hunting has become a bore and he needs new game to hunt.
“ ‘But no animal can reason,’ objected Rainsford. ‘there is one that can.’ ‘But you can’t mean–’ gasped Rainsford. ‘And why not?’ ‘I can’t believe you are serious, General Zaroff…’ ‘Why should I not be serious? I am speaking of hunting.’
‘...what you speak of is murder!’” (Connell 5). If Rainsford hadn’t killed Zaroff,Zaroff would’ve continued to kill/hunt other people. By killing Zaroff Rainsford saved the lives of many other. Zaroff was set on hunting humans as his game and if Zaroff would’ve killed Rainsford, …show more content…
As a general rule when someone has made a decision it’s very hard to change it. Moving on, Rainsford had snuck into the General’s room,
Startled:General Zaroff had proposed an idea. “The General made on of his deepest bows “I see” he said “Splendid, One of us is to furnish a repast of hounds. The other will sleep in this very excellent bed. On guard Rainsford...” He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided”
(Connell 9) . This means, They will fight one another until one has been fed to the hounds, the other will sleep in a bed, described to be “very excellent”. As general rule if someone's life is on the line they fight to protect themselves, Rainsford fought to survive and to protect himself. He beat
Zaroff and ended up surviving.
Some people may say Rainsford was not justified in killing Zaroff because no one has the right