Compare And Contrast Rainsford And Zaroff

In Richard Connell’s short story “The Most Dangerous Game”, the protagonist character, Sander Rainsford is an adventurous and fearless big game hunter. Rainsford has no remorse for his prey. Over the course of the story Rainsford experiences a sudden change of heart when he finds himself where “The world is made up of two classes—the hunters and the huntees.”

Hunter vs. the hunted is one of the main points in Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game.” Sanger Rainsford swims to Ship-Trap Island after falling off the ship on which he was traveling. On the island, Rainsford finds food and lodging with its sole human inhabitants, General Zaroff and Ivan. Zaroff reveals that he intends to hunt Rainsford, since he finds hunting humans most exciting. Rainsford manages to out-smart Zaroff and is waiting in the General’s bedroom when he returns. The authors’ use of characters: Sanger Rainsford, General Zaroff, Whitney, and Ivan, setting: ship, jungle, and island, and symbolism: the island and jungle, help to develop the theme, one who hunts will someday become the hunted.

On this island, he meets Zaroff, a fellow experienced hunter coincidentally familiar with Rainsford’s books, “I’ve read your book about hunting snow leopards in Tibet, you see.” Although Rainsford had escaped death at sea, he had now run into a more complicated situation. General Zaroff, having his whole life as one prolonged hunt had become obsessed with the hunt, over the years he had completely changed the hunt by making humans his prey. Now, Rainsford happens to be the next prey. Zaroff is very similar to the protagonist of the story, they both lack a form of sympathy for their game, unlike Whitney who has compassion. Then again, through Rainsford’s experience with Zaroff, he learns what it feels like to be hunted and realizes the truth behind Whitney’s point of view. He feels that Zaroff is a murderer. It never occurred to Rainsford that he was also a murderer to the animals he killed, as Richard Connell wrote in his book, now Rainsford knew how an animal at bay

Soon after the game begins, he has a chance to kill Rainsford and end it. However, he smiles and leaves the spot where he could have gotten an easy kill. Rainsford realizes that, “the general was saving him for another day’s sport!” (13). Rainsford, however, is anxious while him and Zaroff are hunting. He is focused on surviving and continues to repeat the sentence, “I will not lose my nerve,” (13) to himself. Finally, their personalities largely differ. Zaroff lives on a secluded island with only his bodyguard, Ivan, and his hounds. From this information, it can be inferred that Zaroff cares more for his game than he does having company. Rainsford, on the other hand, lives in New York City, which is densely populated. Zaroff also treats Ivan as though he is property, rather than a friend. When Ivan dies, Zaroff thinks to himself, “it would be difficult to replace Ivan.” (15), much like his reaction to losing his best hound. Rainsford, however, treats Whitney as a friend, rather than just a hunting partner. When Whitney and Rainsford are speaking about what an animal feels, Rainsford replies to Whitney with a laugh, “Nonsense. This hot weather is making you soft.” The way he speaks to Whitney and treats Whitney shows that

“The world is made up of two classes - the hunters and the huntees.” In the short story ‘The Most Dangerous Game’ which was written by Richard Connell there are two main characters, Rainsford and General Zaroff. Rainsford thought that General Zaroff wanted to hunt with him when in all reality General Zaroff wanted to hunt him(Rainsford) himself. Richard Connell uses irony, theme and characterization to develop the plot and characters. The use of these literary devices suggests that Connell wanted to make the story more interesting and suspenseful so the reader can enjoy reading it.

"The Most Dangerous Game", written by Richard Connell, is a very riveting story with two main characters Rainsford and General Zaroff. They have many similarities in their character traits. Their traits had a major impact in the story.

“ The world is made up of two classes--the hunters and the huntees,” stated Rainsford in the famous short story, The Most Dangerous Game, by Richard Connell. Connell’s story is a fictional story about man hunting man. His piece of literature was made into a movie later on, and in the movie Rainsford made a very similar statement. However, there were changes made between the short story and movie. The similarities and differences become clear in both the plot and resolution. Although the the literary work and motion picture have much in common, they are also quite different.

In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” the author, Richard Connell, does an outstanding job of portraying the bizarre adventure of an insane, however experienced hunter, General Zaroff. The protagonist, Rainsford, another experienced hunter from New York City, appears on General Zaroff’s island, explores, and eventually encounters with Zaroff. They introduce themselves, settle down, and begin to talk. During the talk with the general, Rainsford soon learns that the General was not only a hunter; but a murderer as well. Zaroff has lured and ceased many sailors to his island to play a game. Although, they did not hunt with the General, the General hunted them! Zaroff claimed that hunting “had become too easy”, therefore, hunting began

Richard Connell’s short story, The Most Dangerous Game, tells the story of a famous hunter named Rainsford, who falls off of a yacht and swims to an island called Ship-Trap Island. While on Ship Trap Island, Rainsford encounters a man named General Zaroff, who began hunting humans on the island after becoming bored of hunting animals. One night, Zaroff announces to Rainsford that he will be the next victim in his hunting game. Zaroff informs Rainsford that if he manages to survive for three days without being killed, then he can leave the island. Throughout the plot of this short story, there is a consistent theme of the world being composed of two classes of people: the hunters and the hunted. General Zaroff and Rainsford both find themselves to be divided into this class system, at various times during the hunting game. In this short story, Connell uses foreshadowing to portray the idea that there are two classes of people in the world: the hunters and the hunted, in relation to Rainsford and Zaroff.

Hunting big game animals for sport was a popular pastime with the wealthy classes following World War I. The morality of killing for sport was not questioned in reality, but in this short story the author does question it by taking it a step further and having the protagonist, Sangor Rainsford, hunted by the antagonist, General Zaroff.In a short story full of irony, one of the greatest ironies of Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game” is that General Zaroff repeatedly tells Rainsford that he maintains a sense of civilization on his island.

Although, the only way Zaroff allowed was to take part in his game or get turned over to Ivan. Rainsford prepares for the hunt and on the following day they set out into the jungle. During the hunt, he makes many traps such as false trails, a Malayan mancatcher, a covered pit of wooden stakes, and a knife tied to a sapling. Throughout the hunt, Rainsford becomes creative of using his resources and figures out how to trick the mind of others. For the trail, Zaroff found Rainsford pretty quickly but wanted to enjoy the hunt so he lets him go. The Malay mancatcher only injures Zaroff’s shoulder but usually kills, which made the hunt harder. The wooden stakes trap kills one of Zaroff's best dogs, impressing Zaroff of Rainsford’s skills but makes sure he needs to improve ending Rainsford because that dog was really important to him. The knife tied to the sapling kills Ivan however, Zaroff’s has little to no care of losing his guard rather than losing his best hunting tool. During the hunt, Rainsford and Zaroff trade places of who is the hunter and the huntees. Rainsford fully experiences the fear of being hunted when being held at the edge of the cliff by dogs. He pants ”Nerve, nerve, nerve” ( Connell 14 par. 7) struggling trying not to get killed. Rainsford finally jumps off the cliff and swims around the island to get back to the chateau because it was quicker than walking through. When Zaroff

Sometimes pride can be a fatal game. “The Most Dangerous Game” is a short story where two men battle with egotism. Each one believes that he is the prime hunter and that nothing could stop either one of them. The protagonist, Rainsford, and antagonist, General Zaroff, are active huntsmen who use their vigorous and intelligent mind to each survive the dangers of Ship-Trap Island and be a successful hunter. Richard Connell's story of the deadly game evokes the theme of competent, prideful men who detach from morality.

Rainsford is released on the island to gain an edge on Zaroff, because Zaroff wants to experience the thrill of a demanding hunt. Rainsford has to fight the arduous conditions of the forest like an animal would to defend himself from Zaroff. Rainsford finally thinks like a cape buffalo and instead of running from his predator he faces him head on. Rainsford kills Zaroff

Ship-Trap island is a place no one would dare dream go if they knew what happens there. The one who dwells there, is an ordinary hunter, or at least General Zirgoff was. Bored by the beasts he hunted, Zirgoff decided to take on a new type of game, and the General’s victim is in for a bombshell. In Richard Cornell’s short story, "The Most Dangerous Game," big game hunter, Sanger Rainsford, is pushed through a test of the following subjects: strong versus the weak, the value of life, and becoming what he fears. Is Rainsford the strong… or the weak?

In the book “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell there is a famous hunter named Rainsford that falls off his ship and ends up swimming to an island that actually has a person living on it. The hunters in this story was Zaroff, Rainsford, and Whitney. Even though they are all hunters they have very different characteristics. Zaroff is a very aggressive hunter, and very competitive in fact so competitive that he actually starts hunting people. Rainsford is a big game hunter he is not as competitive but he does enjoy the thrill. Whitney is a very kind hunter he very much enjoys it but he also wonders if the animals have feelings. The hunted in the story was the humans Rainsford and Zaroff. Rainsford and Zaroff were hunting each other