Compare And Contrast Rainsford And Zaroff

In my opinion, General Zaroff shows more diligence than Rainsford throughout the story. General Zaroff is one who does not give up, no matter what the situation may be. He mainly does not give up on hunting and this is why he shows more diligence. For example, “Hurled me against a tree,” said the general. “Fractured my skull. But I got the brute.” This direct quote from the general shows how he does not quit hunting for prey until they are dead. Like he had said, he had a fractured skull, but that still did not give him a reason to just give up. Diligence is to show effort into things and that is exactly what General Zaroff did when hunting. He not only showed diligence, but he showed his dedication in hunting.

Underestimation and cruel actions lead to many things. In “The Most Dangerous Game,” author Richard Connell reveals a conflict between the main characters, General Zaroff and Rainsford. Rainsford was to play the most dangerous game created by Zaroff, because the only way to survive, is to win it, otherwise death is the only other option. As demonstrated through the use of personification, symbolism, and repetition in the story, it conveys that one should understand to never underestimate another person and remember that there will always be a consequence for the wicked things that one has done.

Throughout this journal, Zaroff can be characterized as mysterious and evil. First off, Zaroff is mysterious. One way he is mysterious is that he knows Rainsford’s name and he read Rainsford’s hunting book. In the book it says, “I’ve read your book about hunting snow leopards in Tibet…” (Connell 3). This quote shows that Zaroff is interested in hunting dangerous animals and knows that Rainsford is good at hunting

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 and Zaroff are both amazing and resourceful hunters who are both very sharp and quick witted. They’re both strong in their convictions and ethics. They can go out into the forest and mountains alone and be at peace and harmony with nature. They’re both someone who is attentive to their surroundings and use their the ability to use their conceptual being. They both have taken the time to learn to track and shoot well and have intent of the purpose of the hunt rather than viewing it as a « fun » hobby so it’s very difficult and tough for me having to choose which one is or… was (since general Zaroff is dead now !) the better hunter, as they’re both well disciplined and prolonged hunters. But now that I am assigned to pit them against

He not only hunts humans and kills them for sport, but enjoys doing so. After all, the general only sees humans as beasts to be hunted. Zaroff does not even see his right-hand man, Ivan, as a human being, for he professes here, "Like all his [Ivan's] race, a bit of a savage. He is a Cossack . . . So am I."(Connell 24) This not only displays General Zaroff's opinion of his servant, but his own point of view regarding most human beings. However, General Zaroff does not only exercise every meaning of cruelty in a physical sense, but utilizes it in a psychological sense as well. Because of this psychological warfare that Zaroff wages against Rainsford, he fails to kill Rainsford the first, second, and third night. As an additional note, Zaroff also pushed Rainsford to the point where Rainsford would not give up on taking Zaroff's life, even if it meant that Rainsford would have to stoop to the level of morality known as murder. For an example of this internal game Zaroff plays with Rainsford, Connell wrote, "The general's eyes had left the ground and were traveling inch by inch up the tree. . . the sharp eyes of the hunter stopped before they reached the limb where Rainsford lay; a smile spread over his brown face."(Connell 32) This means that Zaroff knew that Rainsford was there, yet did not kill him for an unspecified reason. Those few actions could be overconfidence, or it could be General

Sanger Rainsford is a civil man who respects human life in the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game,” written by Richard Connell. Rainsford thinks killing humans for sport is inhumane and murderous. On the other hand Zaroff is unintelligent, overconfident and finds hunting humans for sport is normal and entertaining. Rainsford also being knowledgeable and polite and is proved multiple times in the text by quotes, details and thoughts of Rainsford and General Zaroff.

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

For starters, General Zaroff and Rainsford are intelligent hunters. “Rainsford remembered the shots. They had come from the right and doggedly he swam in that direction slow deliberate strokes conserving his energy” (pg 21). Rainsford quickly connected that the shots would led to people and also led to the island which is safer than the open waters. He was able to rapidly reason is a stressful situation. “I killed my first bear in the Caucasus when in was ten” (pg 25). Zaroff has a good deal of knowledge and experience when it comes to hunting because he has been doing it his whole life. Rainsford is the more intelligent hunter because he is quicker to reason and doesn’t underestimate a situation or an opponent.

This essay will be about the book “The Most Dangerous Game” a book about a hunter named Rainsford who falls from his yacht and swam to an island called “Ship-Trap Island” and finds a huge palace like chateau. Living in that chateau is a hunter of different sorts named General Zaroff. I will be explaining why I think Rainsford bested Zaroff at his own game.

“The Most Dangerous Game,” was written by Richard Connell to discuss the morality of murder. The reason this issue is important is because there are many differences between the book and the movie. For example, in the book General Zaroff didn’t have any feelings of love toward anyone however, in the movie he’s in love with a woman named Eve. This paper will explain the changes between Rainsford and General Zaroff’s attitude and characteristics. Furthermore, it will give evidence to show that the book has more details than the movie.

In conclusion, at first glance, it might seem that general Zarroff and Sanger Rainsford share little next to no difference, but after a quick analyze the contraire can be easily proven. For instance, they have different preys, different point of view of the game in addition they also hunt in a dissimilar way. Now , I wonder if I am someone’s Rainford or

Is it okay to murder just for fun? In ”The Most Dangerous Game” Rainsford states ”The world is made up of two classes- the hunters and the huntees”, Rainsford and Zaroff both reveal that in which shows Connell’s thoughts about human nature. In the story Rainsford and Zaroff both have the same experiences and thoughts on about there being to classes which is the hunters and the huntees. At the beginning of the story, Rainsford clearly states “Who cares what a jaguar feels?”

In the story i have been reading called the most dangerous game their are two main characters named Rainsford and Zaroff they both are hunters besides of and that's Zaroff. He hunts men for a sport and puts them to work in a cellar. Rainsford wants to leave but he can't unless he plays Zaroff's game. Rainsford plays his game as he does he hides in a tree at first and the Zaroff is under him but lets Rainsford live, then Rainsford builds a trap called a malay man-catcher that ends up wounding Zaroff then Zaroff goes back to his house to fix his wound that rainsford gave him. Then later on rainsford finds himself at a place called " death swamp " their Rainsford builds a tiger pit, in which one of Zaroffs dogs is killed. after that Rainsford

Have you ever wanted so much power over someone and you just weren't getting that power so you killed the person?This is a natural thing in life because it was written one even 100 years ago and even way back then people wanted so much power over eachother.In theses two stories they will be showing how both the authors reveal In “Last duches” it’s about a duke that killed his duchess because she was smiling and blushing at other end and looking at them the same way she looks at him so he said he would stop it all together, In “The most Dangerous game “general Zaroff and Rainsford are the main characters but Rainsford is playing Zaroff's game but it tends to backfire on the general then in someway now the general was playing rainsford game