In the story “The Most Dangerous Game”, Rainsford’s ability to hunt, set up traps to kill Zaroff, and ultimately killing Zaroff, produced the fact of Rainsford becoming a human-hunter and losing his humanity.
First of all, Rainsford was already a hunter before he went to the island, this leads his ability to hunt. When Rainsford and Whitney are talking at the beginning of the story, Whitney says to Rainsford, “I’ve see you pick off a moose moving in the brown bush at four hundred yards.” This proves that Rainsford can hunt as shown by his ability to hit a moose from 400 yards. Therefore, Rainsford can hunt humans as he can hunt animals very well. Second of all, Rainsford sets traps trying to kill the general throughout the story showing