Compare And Contrast Rainsford And General Zaroff

The men both have several similarities. Rainsford and Zaroff both are hunters that have savage personalities, which causes them to have no affinity for the animals they hunt. Both men are massively intelligent. Rainsford and Zaroff both have very arrogant attitudes, which had them concluding that they're better than all other hunters in the world.

When Rainsford is put into the game, he thinks of a plan to throw off General Zaroff and says to himself, “‘I'll give him a trail to follow,’ muttered Rainsford, and he struck off from the rude path he had been following into the trackless wilderness. He executed a series of intricate loops” (Connell 34-35). Then Zaroff talks about his life, the war, and brags while saying, “‘I have hunted every kind of game in every land. It would be impossible for me to tell you how many animals I have killed’” (Connell 29). Not only are Rainsford and General Zaroff both hunters, but also they are very good and smart hunters. Rainsford says this during the hunt and it describes him making an intricate trail for Zaroff. He is using all of his skills and being very smart to try to lead Zaroff in the wrong direction. Likewise, General Zaroff says that he has hunted every type of animal. This shows that he is a good hunter and he has hunted so many he couldn’t even tell him how many he’s killed. This displays their similarities as hunters and people because they are very smart. In the very first scene, Rainsford and Whitney discuss hunting in the Amazon and they begin to say, “‘The best sport in the world,’ agreed Rainsford. / ‘For the hunter,’ amended Whitney. ‘Not for the jaguar.’ / ‘Don't talk rot, Whitney,’ said Rainsford. ‘You're a big-game hunter, not a philosopher. Who cares how a jaguar feels?’ / ‘Perhaps the jaguar does,’ observed Whitney. / ‘Bah! They've no understanding’” (Connell 22). Later, Zaroff tries to persuade Rainsford into hunting humans because he thinks, “‘Life is for the strong, to be lived by the strong, and, if needs be, taken by the strong. The weak of the world were put here to give the strong pleasure. I am strong’” (Connell 30). Another similarity the two hunters have is that they don’t care how others feel. Rainsford doesn’t care

This quote shows that Rainsford is insane because during this part, he is saying that he wants to hunt something that can reason with him, and only one animal can do that. That animal is a human. During the story, General Zaroff is also competitive. He shows that he is competitive when he fights to win the game over the humans. He always believes he will win. “If my quarry eludes me for three whole days, he wins the game. If I find him”... “he loses.” (Connell

General Zaroff is similar to Rainsford because they are both Dangerous, and Zaroff shows this in the story because he has hunted a lot. This is seen in the story when it says, “God makes some men poets, Some he makes king, some beggars, Me he made a hunter.” (Page 48). He was born with a gift for hunting. However, Zaroff is different from Rainsford because he is militaristic, which he shows through his past and his looks. An example of this is seen in the story, which states “I went into the military… and for a time commanded a division of Cossack cavalry” (Page 44). He was able to lead a division of the military. Zaroff is also different since he can be described as self-justified, because he is okay with hunting people. In the text, this is shown when it says, “Life is for the strong, to be lived by the strong, and, if needs be, taken by the strong.” (Page 49). He feels that is someone can’t beat them they don’t need to be living. Zaroff and Rainsford may both be dangerous, but the fact that Zaroff is self-Justified and Militaristic make him a completely different kind of

Rainsford is not a hero due to his egocentric attitude and hypocritical behavior. After Rainsford hears the hounds and sees Ivan and General Zaroff approaching, he then creates a trap to kill General Zaroff. When Rainsford hears the footsteps stop, he looks back at the trap and “[sees] in the shallow valley that General Zaroff was still on his feet. But Ivan was not. The knife, driven by the recoil of the springing tree, had not wholly failed” (Conell 14). This quote proves that Rainsford does not obtain the qualities of an altruistic and civil being. This is due to Rainsford wanting to kill General Zaroff for his own survival. Furthermore, once Rainsford accidentally kills Ivan, he swims away in refuge from General Zaroff.

General Zaroff is similar to Rainsford because they are both intelligent, and Zaroff shows this in the story because of his up-bringing and past experiences. This is seen in the story when it says “I, luckily, have invested in American Securities, so I shall never have to open a Tea room in Monte Carlo, or drive a taxi in Paris.” (Connel 48) This proves Zaroff is intelligent because he foresaw the downfall of the Russian economy, and heavily invested in said American Securities. However, Zaroff is different than Rainsford because he is powerful, which he shows when he explains his quarry to Rainsford. An example of this is seen in the story, which states “To date, I have not lost” … “The most elementary sort of problem” (Connel 50.)This proves Zaroff is powerful, because he fears nothing during the hunt. If anything, he thinks it gets quite boring. Zaroff is also different since he can be described as serious, because of his history with the hunt. In the text, this shown when it says “Hunting was beginning to get boring! And hunting, remember had been my life. I have heard that in America, business men often go to pieces…” (Connel ?) This proves Zaroff is about the hunt because it has sparked a new, welcoming,

Rainsford was justified in killing General Zaroff. For instance General Zaroff said “Your brain against mine, Your woodcraft against mine.” (Connell 6). This shows that General Zaroff gives right to rainsford to try and outsmart him and try to win by surviving. If rainsford outsmarts him then he will get the victory or he can do what Zaroff wanted to do to him which was kill him. Also Rainsford disagreed when Zaroff told him about the hunting game. “No,General,”he said “I will not hunt.” Then Zaroff basically said he had to or ivan will kill him.(Connell 9).This quote means that Rainsford did not like the idea that he had to stay in a jungle and

In the short story” The Most Dangerous Game,” Rainsford was justified in killing General Zaroff. Rainsford and Zaroff are hunters who came upon ShipTrap island the two had different aspects of hunting zaroff lost interested in killing animals and thought of another hunting activity to do he called it The Most Dangerous Game what he does is hunt humans and one day he challenged Rainsford to the hunting challenge either be hunt and killed or stay alive, so Rainsford had to kill him. Murder is the unlawful killing of a human being with malice aforethought, Whoever is guilty of murder in the first degree shall be punished by death or by imprisonment for life; Whoever is guilty of murder in the second degree, shall be imprisoned for any

Rainsford doesn’t want to be a murderer like the strange General Zaroff. Rainsford was “a hunter, not a murderer” like the General (Connell 27). Rainsford considers the strange General a murderer and doesn’t want to become one. While on the topic of murdering, Rainsford doesn’t consider killing humans hunting, he considers it murder. Rainsford considers what the General is “speak[ing] of [as] murder” and not hunting (Connell 27). He doesn’t think hunting humans is hunting, he thinks if you hunt another person it is murder. Not just is hunting humans murder it is also not civilized according to Rainsford. Rainsford questions on if “shoot[ing] down men” is civilized when the General says it is (Connell 28). Rainsford knows when you shoot down men it’s not civilized and doesn’t want to become like the cruel General Zaroff and shoot down men. He won’t hunt again because he doesn’t want to be a murderer like

Rainsford, from the beginning, reveals his arrogance to the readers. “This hot weather is making you soft, Whitney. Be a realist. The world is made up of two classes - the hunters and the huntees. Luckily, you and I are the hunters.” (Connell 63). The context is that Rainsford is speaking with Whitney and he believes that the animals have a sense of understanding and fear, but Rainsford does not. Rainsford is impudent towards his friend by criticizing his beliefs. He is moreover conceited when he places himself in the higher class of society. The protagonist is being insensitive to Whitney and to the living, fearful animals, commencing the separation from morality, shown throughout this short story. The antagonist, General Zaroff, numerously illustrates his hubristic personality.

Rainsfords will feel fear when he's General Zaroff prey. “Hunting? Great Guns, General Zaroff, what you speak of is murder” said Rainsfords. He thinks what General Zaroff is doing bad. When Rainsfords says “what you speak of murder” General Zaroff does not think what he does is murder.

Rainsford shows this when he was in Zarrof's game. By the end Rainsford has changed and has much more respect towards hunting. Early on in the story Rinsford is a very inconsiderate person. This character trait is demonstrated by the way that Rainsford expresses himself when talking to Whitney about the way that they are going to hunt the Jaguars. "You're a big-game hunter, not a philosopher.

Both protagonists, have similar conflicts which contain having them killed. In the story General Zaroff says, "Your brain against mine. Your woodcraft against mine. Your strength and stamina against mine. Outdoor chess! And the stake is not without value, eh?" (Connell 16). General Zaroff has the intention of killing Rainsford to cure his own boredom. This is the similar to when Frank Miller is coming in town to kill Kane. They also

In the beginning of when Rainsford first met General Zaroff, Mr. Rainsford could not go to sleep because of how general Zaroff said that he hunted his own kind. Own kind meaning that General Zaroff hunts human beings. Mr. Rainsford thought that General Zaroff was crazy for hunting people when General Zaroff said that it wasn’t murder when it is. Rainsford reaction to his first day on Shop Trap Island is that he gets the creeps and has an eerie feeling once he sees the creepy old Island, then he heard a sound that startled him. That sound was a gunshot that was shot three times then he lost his balance and fell off the ship causing him to freak out and try to survive swimming towards the shore. So you can tell that he was scared to death when

In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game”. The character Rainsford and General Zaroff are both similar and different. One thing that are similar are both hunters. Rainsford feels that there are two people in this world, the hunter and the huntees. The general Zaroff believes that life is for the strong.