The Most Dangerous Game

In "The Most Dangerous Game," I believe that Richard Connell gave Rainsford a value for liberty over equality. One of the reasons why I believe this is because he is a hunter. In the beginning of the story, he tells Whitney, "You're a big-game hunter, not a philosopher." He also shows his apathy towards animals by asking "Who cares how a jaguar feels?" He then judges Whitney by saying he is soft and not being real. My beliefs are confirmed when he is forced out of the mansion and has to play Zaroff's game. His determination to stay alive drives him to value liberty to the extreme. He sets various traps to kill Zaroff as he is being hunted. He kills Ivan with a native trick he had once learned in Uganda. Once he eludes Zaroff, he couldn't just walk away; he came back at night to kill him. Then Rainsford sleeps well in Zaroff's bed with no regrets on what he had done the past 3 days. As I had stated in the first sentence, Rainsford values liberty over equality.