People read literature, whether if it is a novel or historical fiction, reading has an ubiquitous presence around the world. Human nature involves characteristics of behavioral attributes of humanity, whether one is good or evil. Humans are both yin and yang because people have done something sinful at least one time. Guilt connects to the historical fiction, “The Sniper,” by Liam O’Flaherty and the action-adventure novel, “The Most Dangerous Game,” written by Richard Connell because there is no solicitude in the beginning for humans or animals.
“The Sniper” shows that during the war, a person can do cruel things, which connects to the stated question if humans are good and evil. The theme about guilt is that it can affect one physically and…show more content… The theme about guilt in “The Most Dangerous Game” is that being narcissistic could fire back overtime. For instance, Whitney and Rainsford cruised by an island called “Ship-Trap Island” in the “dank tropical night” (5). Hunting is ‘the best sport in the world,’ (6) said Rainsford. ‘For the hunter. Not for the jaguar,” explained Whitney. Rainsford does not show penitence towards the innocent animals he hunts. Whitney went to sleep and Rainsford ‘smoked another pipe on the afterdeck’ (6). As he was smoking, he heard multiple gunshots. (7) His human eyes tried to peer through the pitch black night when he fell off the yacht. He ended up at the island and met a general, who planted those gunshots, Zaroff. Zaroff treated Rainsford with solicitude as a preparation for the human hunting game. Rainsford endured through the prolonged hunt. ‘I congratulate you. You have won the game, endorsed Zaroff. ‘I am still a beast at bay,’ (22) said Rainsford. Remorse fills Rainsford’s body as he realizes how petrifying animals must feel when they are being hunted after his experience of putting himself in their