Zaroff said that the cape buffalo “Hurled me against a tree” but he still has its head hanging on his wall from where he won the fight. Another reason why I think Zaroff is talented is because he can't hunt animals anymore because they're too easy for him to hunt which leads me to my next topic. Topic three I think Zaroff is a harsh individual. “I never joke about hunting. I needed a new animal. I found one.”-Zaroff “Hunting? What you speak of is murder (page 225).” Zaroff thought that hunting was becoming boring to him because it was too easy for him.
What he did to resolve this problem was he stocked his island with human beings because he wanted a challenge. The way Zaroff looked at it, what he was doing wasn't harsh because he gave them electricity, food, water, and a place to stay until he wanted to hunt. If they refused to hunt with him, he turned them over to Ivan to be tortured. These are reasons why I feel Zaroff is a harsh