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Why Is General Zaroff Dangerous
General started hunting when he was only ten years old he killed his first animal which was a bear and he killed it when he was ten which was impressive for a kid that young to kill a bear. He got a little gun when he was five years of age then he started to like hunting a lot with his dad so that's how he killed his first bear when he was ten.”I killed my first bear when i was ten”. General Zaroff is cruel because he don’t care about hunting animals and he don’t care about hunting humans cause he says that hunting animal is too easy for him so he hunts humans and say that it's easy for him. The General does not care if Ivan and his dogs die because he's a heartless person whose cruel like how Ivan died he didn’t really care about it and how his best dog died he didn't care.General Zaroff …show more content…
His assistance Ivan is dangerous is to because the general let’s Ivan torture you if you don’t escape and win the general. The general is dangerous because he plays dangerous games like let you have three hours to run away then the next day hes going to come and hunt you down and kill you. He the general is dangerous by letting his pack of dogs chase you and hunt you down.”You have killed my best dog but now i’m going to use all of my dogs”. General Zaroff is dangerous because of how much people and animals he’s killed in his life and how much animal skulls and human skulls in his house. His assistance Ivan is dangerous is to because the general let’s Ivan torture you if you don’t escape and win the general. The general is dangerous because he plays dangerous games like let you have three hours to run away then the next day hes going to come and hunt you down and kill you. He the general is dangerous by letting his pack of dogs chase you and hunt you down.”You have killed my best dog but now i’m going to use all of my

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