Zaroff Vs Rainsford

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People all over the world run into experiences that land them into life or death situations. Many people go through survival experiences when they are forced into that position that is irrelevant to the person’s choices. For that reason, people should not be held accountable for life or death situations that are unforeseeable.
Rainsford was being hunted mercilessly through a jungle by a man called Zaroff, and Rainsford had reached the point of no return there for killing General Zaroff in his defense. “My dear fellow’ said the general, ‘have I not told you I always mean what I say about hunting? This is really an inspiration, I drink to a foeman worthy of my steel-- at last” (Paragraph 161). Rainsford had to be the prey of Zaroff during the

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