General Zaroff Hunts: Ship Trap Island

Then just like that Rainsford was fighting for his life once again. However, this time he would not be victorious due to his hindering leg injury. Vladimir had caught up and did what he promised. Thus, once again the island had been restored to its nefarious ways and others who dared to enter the island would never

In the story The Most Dangerous Game one conflict is man vs nature. Rainsford is fighting nature because he is on a ship and he came across an island. Rainsford falls overboard and has to swim for safety. “All he knew was that he was safe from his enemy, the sea and the other was weariness on him”. In order to survive rainsford hast to swim to the island and find shelter. In the conflict man vs nature this shows Rainsford bravery.

Rainsford had arrived on the shore of Ship-Trap Island after falling off a yacht. According to the narrator, “Bleak darkness was blacking out the sea and jungle when Rainsford sighted the lights” (Connell 45). The island Rainsford arrived on was filled with darkness, with light only coming from Zaroff’s château. The use of setting signifies the importance of where the story is taking place. In the beginning of the story, the island was described as dark, giving a feeling of indistinction.This setting first overwhelmed Rainsford, for he did not know what to do. The setting of the jungle is described as a location of being constrictive because it did not allow Rainsford to return back home. Rainsford used his instinct to navigate though the unknowns of Ship-Trap Island. Zaroff had the confidence of navigating the island’s challenges, so he distrusted his instinct. While setting helped reveal the message of the story, characterization also supported the author’s argument.

The island Rainsford was stranded on symbolized the evilness. Richard Cornell describe the island saying, “The place has a bad reputation- a bad one”. (Cornell 63) The words from the quote suggests that the island is known as a horrible place to be stuck on. In most human conditions when a person hears about a place and their reputation they tend to start developing fear about being stuck in that place. Rainsford was an example of a person who had to go through the island alone to overcome a fear of evilness. Richard Cornell uses symbolism when he writes, “Even so, I rather think they understand one thing-fear. The fear of pain and the fear of death”. (Cornell 63) The symbolism implies and suggest that Rainsford was going to understand the fear death in a dark place before he survive. Ironically, many people go through darkness when they suffer a

The story starts off with Sanger Rainsford an accomplished hunter talking to his dear friend Whitney, Rainsford and Whitney are having a conversation about the jaguars they will be hunting can’t feel anything- except fear. “The fear of pain and the fear of death” (Whitney24). When Rainsford falls overboard of the yacht he swims up to the jagged shoreline of the ship- trap island, where once there he finds General Zaroff’s palatial chateau. The island itself has a dreary feel with jagged rocks, mangled trees, with the name ship-trap island. He does not exact revenge on someone, however, he plays a cruel game. The prisoners of his island get three days if in those three days he kills them they lose, but if they survive they are allowed off the island. No one has ever made it off the island. Zaroff does this because he believes he is a superior hunter, able to hunt any animal in the world because they can’t reason to escape or show any emotion of being hunted (Rainsford24). Hunting people give him a thrill like no other, they can reason and problem solve, most likely out of fear but reason nonetheless. Rainsford is the only person to ever outsmart General Zaroff and escape the island. What General Zaroff does is malicious and is not condoned but he is upfront and not afraid to admit what he does to Rainsford. General Zaroff does not have anything planned out, what happens is just

In the beginning of the story Rainsford has his eye set out on the mysterious and ominous island which all sailors were afraid to go too. The sailors claimed there was a beast on the island which was not afraid of any man, but Rainsford without flinching left to this notorious island. Rainsfords actions show his bravery while all other men are afraid.

“The Most Dangerous Game” is a perfect story to apply Campbell’s paradigm in that the paradigm applies to every aspect of the story apart from the main character being nobly born. A hunting enthusiast by the name of Rainsford is on a yacht heading to Rio when he falls off the side and into the Caribbean Sea. A problem quickly arises when no one can hear his cries for help and the yacht continues to push on with great speed. Absolutely exhausted from swimming all the way to the shore Rainsford immediately passes out. The unfamiliar territory Rainsford encounters is the island he swam to known as “Ship-Trap Island”. The name “Ship-Trap Island” is self-explanatory in that it literally means ships get trapped there constantly. Upon waking up,

Rainsford kis a big-game hunter (think elephants and tigers) who basically couldn’t give a hoot about his prey. It’s all about the hunt, kill, and impressive skins. After he falls from his Brazil-bound yacht, Sanger Rainsford makes it to the rocky shore of “Ship-Trap” Island. Safe at last! Those jaguars in the Amazonn will just have to wait for their day of reckoning.

“Look, this is just a dirty little village in the middle of nowhere. Nothing that happens here is really important. Get out” (Foreman 299)! Kane couldn’t hide from Miller because Miller would always follow after Kane wherever he went. “Off there to the right-somewhere-is a large island. The old charts call it ship-trap island” (Cornell 211). Rainsford has to survive three days on the island to live and has no way to run home. Since both stories make the characters isolated, there is nowhere to run and Rainsford and Kane both have to face their

Into the crashing waves of the ocean , only to struggle to reach the surface of the water. He swam and swam on to be meet with the clashing of waves. Finally he reached the surface as oxygen filled his lungs. He knew he had two decisions either go back to General Zaroff’s house or give up and die in there, either way it seemed like a losing battle. As Rainsford pondered in the water he began to think about life before he fell off the boat and into the water and his way onto the devil island. He began to think about life and what he would be doing now. Like shaving his beard which had grown out since he got on this island. Or eating because Rainsford was a hungry man. But was tall and and masculine man yet always seemed to be chubby. He had yellow teeth from

At first Rainsford thought that it might have been General Zaroff coming for him but instead it was his friend, Whitney. “How in the world did you get here?” asked Rainsford. Whitney was shocked when he saw Rainsford squatting up in a tree. “Is that you, Rainsford?” Whitney asked confusingly, “I didn’t think you were still alive after the shipwreck.” “ Whitney you have to be

The tension between General Zaroff and Rainsford is intensively increasing every time one has something to say, after the other has finished speaking or some of their actions towards each other that the other character finds suspicious. It all started, when both General Zaroff and Rainsford were having dinner, until General Zaroff mentions “I hunt more dangerous game”. Rainsford’s curiosity grew as they kept on conversating about the General’s hunting a more dangerous animal. General Zaroff made a deal with Rainsford, and for Rainsford’s self concern demand’s the General that he must leave the island “at once”. The two most fierce and powerful hunters in this story are going to battle it out. Rainsford was given many chances to live by General Zaroff, and will later kill Ivan by setting a trap for Zaroff. After Rainsford killed the General it is like as if Rainsford disappeared to a unknown place. The tension that is going on between both characters is happening by their attitude, curiosity, and the questions that they are asking each other. There is a lot of symbolism in the story that help us see where the tension is building up.

The most dangerous game starts off with a man named Rainsford. He was on a ship and then suddenly falls overboard. He then swims to the shore of Ship-Trap island, where he meets General Zaroff, a hunter who hunts men for sports. Zaroff then says he wants to hunt Rainsford. The hunting begins and Rainsford hides and leaps off and into a sea. When the hunting game is over Rainsford and Zaroff start fighting. After that the story ends with Rainsford saying he has never slept more soundly in his life, inferring that he somehow killed

After, The great Zaroff dies and gets defeated, Rainsford takes over everything. He figure that the Island was very futile. So, he decided to clean it up,get the people from out the basement, and make it a tourist site called “Island city”. Most people thought that Rainsford was very tartar like Zaroff, but he wasn’t he wanted peace more than anything.He found a way to send out many invitations inviting people to his palatial. “Nobody came for two weeks” Rainsford said.”They must think I will hurt them.” Then, a beautiful lady named “Kristen” comes to the island , she was the most beautiful lady he ever seen. They had a lot in common, she loved to hunt, and swim. Rainsford and Kristen were meant for eachother. They got happily

In addition to the sinking ship, "search for another part of the island." After the sunken ship the boat landed on the island where more chaos began to