Irony in "The Most Dangerous Game"

In "The Most Dangerous Game", written by Richard Connell, there is irony. 0The irony started when Rainsford and Whitney were sailing to hunt animals. Rainsford said that hunting was the best sport in the world and Whitney replied that it was good for the hunter, but not the jaguar. They kept on talking and Rainsford said, "Who cares how a jaguar feels", and you can tell that Rainsford doesn't realizes what he is saying right now. Soon after he fell off the boat, and swam for a while then washed up on the beach of an island. He found a general named Zaroff who was also a hunter, but he hunted people who washed up on the beach. Zaroff challenged Rainsford to the hunt and told him if he did not accept Ivan (a very strong man who was almost eight feet tall) would beat him up. Rainsford accepted the challenge. The next day Zaroff gave him a head start and then began to chase him like an animal. During the hunt Rainsford's hand got hurt, but he still ended up killing Zaroff.

The irony displays that Rainsford did not care about the animals he hunted until he felt what it was like when he was hunted by Zaroff. Now he probably wont neglect the way animals feel when you kill the for game.