Read the excerpt from "The Most Dangerous Game."

"I wanted the ideal animal to hunt," explained the general. "So I said: 'What are the attributes of an ideal quarry?' And the answer was, of course, 'It must have courage, cunning, and, above all, it must be able to reason.'"

"But no animal can reason," objected Rainsford.

"My dear fellow," said the general, "there is one that can."

"But you can't mean-" gasped Rainsford.

"And why not?"

"I can't believe you are serious, General Zaroff. This is a grisly joke."

"Why should I not be serious? I am speaking of hunting."

"Hunting? General Zaroff, what you speak of is murder."

Rainsford's response to Zaroff indicates that

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24 September, 11:26

Read the excerpt from "The Most Dangerous Game."

"I wanted the ideal animal to hunt," explained the general. "So I said: 'What are the attributes of an ideal quarry?' And the answer was, of course, 'It must have courage, cunning, and, above all, it must be able to reason.'"

"But no animal can reason," objected Rainsford.

"My dear fellow," said the general, "there is one that can."

"But you can't mean-" gasped Rainsford.

"And why not?"

"I can't believe you are serious, General Zaroff. This is a grisly joke."

"Why should I not be serious? I am speaking of hunting."

"Hunting? General Zaroff, what you speak of is murder."

Rainsford's response to Zaroff indicates that

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Moriah Costa · Answer 1

I believe that it indicates that Zaroff is suggesting to hunt humans, and that Rainsford he views it as murder.

Jaelynn Olsen · Answer 2

First, let's analyze Rainsford reaction, at the beginning he thinks that the general is joking, he refers to the General's idea as a "grisly joke", later he completely disagrees to call that activity "haunting", he refers to it as "murder". With this we can infer that he strongly disagrees with Zaroff thought, Rainsford's response to Zaroff indicates that he is complete against to the idea of haunting humans.