Fear In The Most Dangerous Game By Richard Connell

As Pittacus Lore once said, “I know what I’m capable of; I am a soldier now, a warrior. I am someone to fear, not hunt.” Fear is caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous. In the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, the main character Rainsford is repeatedly trying to convince his friend Whitney that the animals they hunt and hang on their walls have no sense of emotion or fear. But when he learns the unbearable feeling and anxiety of being the huntee, he is convinced otherwise. Based off of Rainsford’s experiences in the book, giving up hunting all together is not difficult as it may seem.

Rainsford believes that hunting people is merciless and inhumane. "Hunting? Great Guns, General Zaroff, what you
speak of is murder." Here, he is realizing just what Zaroff means when he says he needed a new animal. The reason that Rainsford hunted animals is that he could kill them without feeling guilty about taking a life. But when he sees that humans were involved in Zaroff’s “game,” he realizes the consequences of his actions; taking innocent lives for fun.