Question

In "The Most Dangerous Game," Sanger Rainsford says "I am a hunter, not a murderer" when he finds out that Zaroff hunts humans. Based on this statement, what can be inferred about Rainsford's ideas?

1 Rainsford thinks killing for sport is murder.
2 Rainsford believes killing humans is murder but has no problem killing animals.
3Rainsford believes Zaroff is a murderer because he hunts humans.
4Rainsford thinks Zaroff is a murderer because he kills exotic animals.
5Rainsford mocks Zaroff for thinking killing animals is the same as murder.

Answer 1

Rainsford does not hold human life on the same level as animal life. For Rainsford hunting is a sport or a means to gain food, not a mere even to simply kill for the love of killing.

Answer 2

Answer: 2) Rainsford believes killing humans is murder but has no problem killing animals.

Step-by-step explanation: Based on the given phrase, said by Sanger Rainsford in "The Most Dangerous Game" when he finds out that Zaroff hunts humans, we can infer that Rainsford believes that killing humans is murder but has no problem killing animals, because he says that he is a hunter, not a murderer, this implies that he thinks that killing animals isn't murder. So the correct answer is option 2.