The Most Dangerous Game

“He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided.” (Paragraph 207) What is the overall effect of the last line of the story?

  1. The last line leaves the reader to infer that Rainsford has killed Zaroff, contrasting Zaroff’s chilling death with Rainsford’s rewarding night’s sleep.
  2. The last line leaves the reader to conclude that the events of this story have all been a dream Rainsford had while asleep on the yacht.
  3. The last line leaves the reader to infer that Rainsford has killed Zaroff, making the ending a triumphant victory for civilization and American values.
  4. The last line leaves the reader to suppose that Rainsford actually likes the comforts of civilization better than nature and that civilization is man’s place above nature.
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4. The last line leaves the reader to infer that Rainsford has killed Zaroff, contrasting Zaroff’s chilling death with Rainsford’s rewarding night’s sleep.

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