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Zaroff: A Short Story
In the short story the most dangerous game about who is rainford he is a hunter of animal. And too about who is zaroff is hunter too but one day he bored of hunt animal and star hunt people rainford and zaroff fighting for the life zaroff say you want live we do a contract you go run 3 hour and I go hunt you and rainford want defended because zaroff want to kill people.

Murder:the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.

The conclusion is about the movies that was presented and created made a real story history is based on two people who wanted to live one wanted to kill people and the other wanted for all those bad things.

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