...antagonist General Zaroff in the story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell. Zaroff’s position in the book started when a man named Rainsford found their shelter and needed help. General Zaroff let Rainsford into his shelter and let him have clothes and food. Zaroff then said Rainsford about his hunting career and mentioned such an insane thing to do. He said Rainsford that he likes to hunt the scum of the earth more than animals. Zaroff made Rainsford play a game and if dint he was to be executed or hunted. Rainsford played the game and ended it by killing General Zaroff. In this story General Zaroff is a hunter, an insane and quirky character. The first trait of General Zaroff is that he is a...
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...In “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, General Zaroff is shown to be a murderous, evil person, welcoming, and forceful. General Zaroff is murderous. When General Zaroff tells Rainsford that he hunts humans too so Rainsford starts a conversation with the General. “ Hunting? Good God, General, What you speak of is murder” (Connell 70). So General Zaroff is a murderer and sometimes a hunter. General Zaroff is shown to be a hunter, someone who hunts down animals and sometimes humans. Although the General is also nice at welcoming. During the story, General Zaroff is shown to be welcoming. This shows why General Zaroff is nice to people when he meets them. “another man was coming down the broad marble steps...he advanced to Rainsford...
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...In the story The Most Dangerous Game. There is a Savage hunter with skills that surpassess any other hunter at his rank, the apex hunter calles himself in his General Zaroff! In the story Zaroff demonstrates himself being; Wicked, proud and talented. What makes zaroff those three characteristics? Let's find out in the next three paragraphs! General Zaroff is a very talented hunter. With his whole life devoted to hunting, Zaroff could hunt and kill almost anything you throw at him. When Zaroff was ten, he killed his first bear,. Most children start hunting when they are ten! Zaroff even killed a cape buffalo by himself! With all the skills Zaroff has from hunting his whole life,has made him very proud of himself....
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...In the story we find that Montresor has an evil way of thinking and that Fortunato is a well respected man and should not be the enemy of anyone. In "The Most Dangerous Game," we have similarities between General Zaroff and Montresor, both have a taste for murder, even though General Zaroff denies that he is murdering anyone, while Rainsford and Fortunate have little similarities, Rainsford is one to be respected. General Zaroff insists that killing humans for amusement isn't murder because he believes living is for the strong and not the weak, while Rainsford insists that it truly is murder when you kill for amusement and that humans are all equal. Rainsford feels that when he kills an animal that is doesn't have emotion because it's just...
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...Finally, general Zaroff is a victimizer and his evil powers are immense. At the table where they ate borsch and filet mignon Rainsford looked up and realized that the general was studying him which made him uncomfortable. As Rainsford and general Zaroff were at the table they started talking about hunting and big game. Rainsford mentioned that the biggest game he ever saw was the cape buffalo. Then the general puzzled Rainsford by saying: “No. You are wrong, sir. The cape buffalo is not the the most dangerous big game. Here in my preserve on this island, I hunt more dangerous game” (Connell 5). General Zaroff scares Rainsford by saying this because Rainsford has never seen a bigger game and he is wondering if this game is a threat to him. This...
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...In the short story The Most Dangerous Game written by Richard Connell tells the tail of Rainsford And his life threatening encounter with general Zaroff. Throw out this story it creates a clear difference between the hunters and the hunted The story portrays these two characters as one and the same until Zaroff explains his hunting exs kershaws and his new found interest in a specific prey to hunt, humans. Zaroff believes in one thing and that is that “ The world is made of two classes the hunters and the hunted” . This creates a problem for Rainsford in which he should go against his morals or become the prey in Zaroff’s lates hunt. The hunters in this story have a few qunek cheriteristeks. First of all, they enjoy the danger and excitement of the hunt while also showing little to no remorse for the animals that they are hunted. For example general Zaroff is cold and unforgiving man who shows no regret from the actions he has taken. Zaroff also believes that he was put on this earth to hunt, and shows this by saying “ my hand was made for the trigger”. While on the other hand Rainford starts of as thinking that he is the one at the top of the food chain, and believes that the animals he hunts are simple mindless creatures...
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...Readers are intrigued by danger, suspense and the thrill of a story. In “ The Most Dangerous Game” written by Richard Connell the short story proves danger, suspense and thrill add to a story. General Zaroff, character of the famous short story, is a Russian Cossack and expatriate who lives on Ship-Trap Island and enjoys hunting men. Unfortunately, Sanger Rainsford, the main character is getting hunted by General; this is the main conflict. General Zaroff is an aggressive, uncivilized and confident man, Richard Connell proves he is the antagonist of this short narrative. “The Most Dangerous Game” proves General Zaroff is an aggressive individual an example of this proves in the short story: “ When I shot some of his prized turkeys with it, he did not punish me; he complimented me on my marksmanship. I killed my first bear in the...
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...the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell Zaroff sets people up from boat wrecks and hunts them like animals. Rainsford states, “the world is made up of two classes -- the hunters and the huntees.” I think there are more types of people in the world than two. In the story the author presented two hunters, Rainsford, and Zaroff. Zaroff thinks its ok to hunt humans if he gives them exercise, food, and water. In the book Rainsford is the real hunter and Whitney proves it. “ I’ve seen you pick off a mouse moving in the brown fall bush at four hundred yards, but even you can’t see four miles or so through a moonless caribbean night”. Rainsford hunts dangerous animals like jaguars and Lions. The story proves to us Zaroff is also a hunter. “ I’ve read your books about hunting snow leopards in Tibet, You see”. Later in the story Zaroff says he hunts humans. Zaroff likes hunting humans because they give up a good fight and got bored of hunting animals. He also hunts humans to teach them a lesson....
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...In “The Most Dangerous Game” written by Richard Connell, General Zaroff is shown as high handed, inconsiderate, and dedicated. General Zaroff is shown to be high handed in the story when he tells Rainsford how he has hunted all his life, has a guy who has been in the Russian army, and is very rich with all the alcohol and food, and clothing he has to offer. Another quote to show his next characteristic is, (Connell,72)“If he does not wish to hunt, I will turn turn him over to Ivan. Ivan once had the had the honor of serving as official knouter”. This quote shows that General Zaroff is pushy because during this part, he is gloating about how he can control everyone who ends up on his island by the stuff he has at his palace. During the story,...
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...General Zaroff Character Analysis In “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, General Zaroff is shown as insane, cool, and as a savage. Zaroff is shown to be insane in the story when he says he got bored of killing animals so he kills humans.’’My dear fellow, there is one who can.’’ said the general. “But you can’t mean--” gasped Rainsford. “And why not?” asked the general (Connell 69). This quote shows that Zaroff is insane because during this part, he confesses he kills people for sport. During the story, Rainsford is also Cool because he lives on his own island with a mansion and a buttler. He shows that he is cool when his butler answers the door for Zaroff and then he comes down his stairs and introduces himself and Ivan. The...
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...I choose this image of a cat chasing a mouse because in the story, The saying, a cat playing with its prey, comes up many times. When Zaroff is hunting Rainsford, he finds Rainsford in the woods multiple times, but he heads back to the chateau. Rainsford soon realizes why Zaroff does this. He does this to keep the game going, he is the cat playing with it’s prey. Zaroff’s red smile symbolized many things within the story. In the text, it says he smiles with his red lips and his pointed teeth are revealed. This gives the reader a vivid image of Zaroff and that his intentions are not well. The reader can infer that there is something more sinister behind this man. This image represents Zaroff’s hounds. They’re green eyes described in the...
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...Rainsford and General Zaroffs personality so different? The Most Dangerous Game is about a man named Rainsford who falls into the Caribbean Sea and meets a man named General Zaroff. In this story Rainsford and General Zaroff are two characters who are different. In “The Most Dangerous Game” Sanger Rainsford can be described as a brave, clever, and dangerous person. Rainsford is brave because he takes and does things on his own even when it’s scary. This is seen in the story when it says “he caught a hold of a springy young sapling and to it he fastened his hunting knife with the blade point down the trail with a bit of grapevine he tied back the sapling, then ran for his life.”(pg. 53) This shows Rainsford is brave because he had a chance...
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...General Zaroff’s Ship Trap Island General Zaroff was a very wealthy Cossack man, who was able to secure his money he inherited from his father through investment. He was forced out of his country after the fall of their government. Zaroff believed he was meant to be a hunter, because that is what he had done his entire life. The general killed animals at a very young age, fought in the military, and he even went all across the world hunting some of the most amazing game. Even though he had conquered many types of game that was not enough for him anymore. His life had become one big hunt and he needed to satisfy this thirst for the most dangerous game of all time. General Zaroff grew bored with hunting eventually because he was so good at it and always got his game. He needed a game with instinct and an animal just would not do anymore. General Zaroff finally new what game he wanted as his ultimate hunt. He needed to find a place where he could be free to engage in this twisted desire to hunt this dangerous...
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...Thesis statement: Outline: I. Compare the murder of innocent people A. The Lottery, Tessie dies for picking the marked paper. 1. Killed by a stoning of her peers B. The Most Dangerous Game, Zaroff dies playing a game. 1. Zaroff was the hunter ended up dying as the hunted. II. Contrast why they were murdered. A. The Lottery, Tessie was murdered so town can reap a reward. 1. The instinct of survival makes people very violence. B. The Most Dangerous Game, Zaroff died because he wanted to have fun. 1. Rainsford has turned into the same person as Zaroff. “The Lottery," written by Shirley Jackson and “The Most Dangerous Game," written by Richard Connell, share a common theme of violence and cruelty. In “The Most Dangerous Game” humans are hunted, as if they were animals, to satisfy an unquenchable desire for a challenge. In “The Lottery” the people of a little town is forced to participate in a ritual that will unexpectedly take the life of an unwilling participant to comply with a story that if they sacrifice of one of their own, then the residents of that little town will be guaranteed a bountiful harvest. By comparison, these two stories show us just how selfish we as people can be. Both of these stories contain violence, and murder and show that humans are selfish. “The Lottery," takes place in a small town where the traditions of sacrificing a person for their fruitful harvests are kept. Tessie is a woman who selects the marked lottery...
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...The Most Dangerous Game was written by Richard Connel. Considering Connel was born in the 1890’s, this story is pretty old. When The Most Dangerous game was published, it won an award for short fiction. This book was very interesting, and suspensful. Throughout the whole book, you are putting the pieces together as you read. Things start to make sense when things are said. This short story takes place in a jungle on a Carribean Island. A man named Zaroff lives on this island. He catches sailors that come through, and make them play his “game”. A man named Rainsford happens to be one of these sailors. Zaroff tries to hunt him, but soon finds out Rainsford has strengths he didn’t know about. Rainsford uses his hunting skills to avoid Zaroff in the jungle. In this story there are two hunters. Rainsford and Zaroff. Rainsford is a skilled big game hunter. Zaroff used to hunt animals, but not anymore. Zaroff says “ I hunt more dangerous game”. In the story Zaroff is the main hunter. He used to hunt animals all the time. Animals began to bore him. So he decided hunting humans would be more fun. In the story Zaroff sets up a trap for ships. That brought the surviving sailors to shore. He would take the sailors into his house, and make them feel safe, and at home. Then he would...
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