The hunting of man, one of the most evil practices we have come to know, is widely regarded as disgusting and highly illegal. However in self defense and defending of one's private property, this act of murder is accepted as human rights. If we wish to distinguish between the two, we must look at underlying causes of such heinous actions. In Richard Connell's short story “The Most Dangerous Game” and Saki’s short story “The Interlopers,” the main character General Zaroff and Ulrich von Gradwitz are alike in the following ways: Both men engaged their prey on his own land, both men stalked a human being, and both men met their demise prematurely. Both men hunted on their own land, searching for a trophy unlike any other. One of the common characteristics between these two men were the fact they chose their own land as their hunting grounds. General Zaroff scoped in on a big game hunter, Sanger Rainsford, and his desire for this trophy outweighed all his other trophies combined. On the other hand, Ulrich von Gradwitz chose vengeance over a trophy. He longed for justice and wished to have all his land undisputably. If both men were to receive what they longed for, they must take the life of a fellow man. This led to the attempted murder of two men, one …show more content…
General Zaroff’s choice to hunt Rainsford for sport ended up being his own downfall, and led led to his death when Rainsford won the challenge and ended Zaroff’s life in a duel. All the while, von Gradwitz’s plan to eliminate his competition for his land led to him being trapped under a tree. However, in this case, he and his enemy became friends, they began calling for help soon after. This caused wolves to converge on them, and they presumably consumed the two men alive. In both cases the men were very much the cause of their own death, albeit due to poor decisions and assistance from an outside