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?

Answer 1

The answers are :  

Rainsford believes killing humans is murder but has no problem killing animals.  

Rainsford believes Zaroff is a murderer because he hunts humans.

Answer 2

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. 

Zaroff's ideas counter this in that Zaroff has progressed to the point where killing humans, the most intelligent beings, has become a sport to him. 

The bottom line is that the two men have different world views which influence their actions.