The Most Dangerous Game

The Most Dangerous Game was quite an interesting story with very complex characters, though it only focused on mainly two. The author Richard Connell had two very different characters come together and change, and I believe Richard Connell values equality over liberty more. The reason I feel this way is because it's somewhat a good vs. evil type of thing. Rainsford is our main character and he's a hunter who happens to fall off a boat and end up on Ship-Trap Island; the island Zaroff happens to own. Zaroff hunts people for pleasure because animals got too boringfor him. In the end, Zaroff ends up dying when Rainsford beats him at his own game. Even though Connell doesn't elaborate his other characters that much, like Whitney, Ivan and the Spanish soldiers; I don't believe he has to because the main characters were Zaroff and Rainsford. I also beleive that he believes in equality because before Zaroff was defeated, he said, "I'll cheerfully find myself defeated" if Rainsford were to win. After Rainsford won, Zaroff played by the rules and said, "One of us has to make a repast for the hounds" so the game was equal and fair. In conclusion, I believe Richard Conell values equality more because in the end, good triumphed evil and Rainsford won the game fairly.