The Most Dangerous Game

"Life is for the strong, to be lived by the strong, and if need be, taken by the strong. The weak of the world were put here to give the strong pleasure"(Connell 11). So states General Zaroff as he is explaining to Rainsford why he hunts men on his island. General Zaroff is one of the main characters in Richard Connell's short story "The Most Dangerous Game". Rainsford answers hotly that they are men and …

…slave owners had in America before the Civil War. Not only this, but the Nazis also had this outlook toward the Jews in World War II, and they failed as well. Therefore, Zaroff's manipulative, sadistic, and arrogant traits not only represent more universally found traits in the world today, but also that when these traits are found in a civilization or group of people, whatever that group is trying to accomplish will most likely fail.