General Zaroff In The Most Dangerous Game By Richard Connell

General Zaroff is uncivilized because he thinks that it is fair and ordinary to kill other humans for his own pleasure. The text shows that he is uncivilized when he replies to Rainsford’s comment about murder and says, “Life is for the strong, and if needs be, taken by the strong” (Connell 14). When Zaroff says that life is for the strong, it reveals that he is a very selfish person who doesn’t care about others. It reveals his perspective on the world. It also shows that General Zaroff is a very one-sided person. Another example that proves that General Zaroff is uncivilized is when he comments

Zaroff is purely unconscious, and has no compassion or remorse for his actions. His demented mind forces him to believe that it is moral to hunt all living creatures, when in reality he is actually murdering a human soul. The general is sadistic as well as arrogant. He is mentally unstable, insane, and he denies the fact that he is committing something as bad as what he is doing. According to General Zaroff, hunting for him has been consumed by boredom and he no longer sees hunting as a challenge. Consequently, he chooses to hunt a certain “creature” with a higher mental stability of the creatures he has hunted before.(Connell 21) As Zaroff became comfortable with Rainsford, he

Only, this isn’t fantasy. Zaroff is not a character from a book. He is alive and well. This is real life. And the General’s existence is a crime and should have consequences for it’s actions.

In the story Zaroff thinks it's not a problem if he kills the innocent people for fun. This mindset of his is openly showing signs of being a protagonist and going to do evil things throughout the story. In his conversation with Rainsford he clearly states that, "Life is for the strong, to be lived by the strong,, andif needs be, taken by the strong.” He states that he should be aloud to kill just because in his mind only the strong people in the world have the will to live. When Zaroff says "Thank you, I'm a hunter, not a murderer." Also states that he thinks that he's not a murderer he's simply a hunter. Which means in his way of thinking or the way he looks at it what he's doing is not wrong he's hunting them, trying to figure out whose strong and who is not. He decides to hunt humans because he says there the only match for him no other animal is enjoyable for him to hunt. He has the sense of superiority that humans were the only thing left. Zaroff then states “The weak of the world were put here to give the strong pleasure.” He thinks his actions are justifiable and that that's what the weak people are here for to give the more stronger and equip people pleasure. Zaroff then says “I am strong. Why should I not use my gift? If I wish to hunt, why should I not?” In his mind since he is a good strong hunter why should not he be able to hunt he calls this a gift and takes a lot of pride in it. This is another statement he says showing he thinks what he is doing is good, eliminating what he says “scum of the earth” so the strong are the ones to live.

General Zaroff was Evil, Selfish, Challenger. General Zaroff is evil because he is killing humans for him. And also in text it said that he is devil. In the text it say, “Even so zealous a hunter as General Zaroff could not trace him there, he told himself; only the devil himself could follow that complicated trail throngle after dark. But perhaps the general was a devil (Page 12)." He is selfish because he is kills humans for him. Hunting was beginning to bore me! And hunting, remember, had been my life. I have heard that in America businessmen often go to pieces when they give up the business that has been their life (Page:6)." He is challenger because he had killed many animals and now he is killing humans. The general smiled. "No," he said.

General Zaroff is brutal and inhumane mainly due to his abnormal version of hunting. For him, it is less like hunting and more like a tropical murder spree; “Hunting? Great Guns, Zaroff, what you speak of is murder!” (Page 6) as claimed by Rainsford when Zaroff explained his “game”. So, General Zaroff kills humans for sport and entertainment. He is willing to slaughter everyone with no discrimination and regardless of their race; “…I hunt the scum of the Earth: sailors from tramp ships – lassars, blacks, Chinese, whites, mongrels…” (Page 7) He is like Eminem because he is not racist since he hates everyone and wants to kill everyone. General Zaroff is implying that he hunts all colors of skins. He is

General Zaroff is a smart, keen, and evil man who started killing at a young age. He is also very wealthy and enjoys hunting. After years of hunting animals he grew bored. So he started hunting. Training his hunt so he could have more fun and enjoy himself.

Also he is very clever. Finally, his cruelty knows no bounds. With this in mind, General Zaroff is the most provocative villain of the short stories. In The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connells, it is shown that General Zaroff enjoys hunting sailors or people who end up on his island for fun.

The short story “The Most Dangerous Game was written by Richard Connell, This short story are about these two men, one who is from New York and the other one live on the island. Rainsford the man from New York had fell off this ship and swam to the island called “Ship-Trap Island” which is where, General Zaroff and Ivan live. Rainsford was on a ship because he was going to the island to hunt jaguars but ended up falling off the ship. Then he meets Zaroff and he learns that Zaroff hunts men, at first Ransford did not want to hunt men. In the short story, Mr. Connell has both Zaroff and Rainsford explain why they like to hunt. Zaroff explains he likes an animal that can reason. On page 225 Zaroff states, “ There is one that can (reason).” Rainsford said “but you can’t mean-”he gasped.” This is the moment Rainsford understood that Zaroff was hunting men. So Rainsford does not think its right to murder men, Zaroff does. Some people believe it is okay to murder only if they are in danger or if there family is in danger, others believe it is not okay no matter what they do.

However, General Zaroff objects to the accusation that he is a murderer. In fact, he insists that he “hunts the scum of the earth” (Connell 31), portraying the General as a man who could care less about the life of another individual. Not only is the General immoral, but he is arrogant and feels that life should be “lived by the strong” (Connell 31). Connell adds more to the Generals character by making him not only corrupt, but arrogant. This is what made the general a dangerous individual because he felt that what is genuinely wrong, was okay for him to do.

Which is why he thinks killing people for fun his acceptable. He went from just hunting animals then hunting men to, I think, becoming bored and that is why he wanted to hunt someone who thought he could overpower him, which was Rainsford. Whom totally surprised Zaroff when he arrived to the island first and ended up beating him at his own game. Rainsford ended by saying “I am still a beast at bay", then ended Zaroff’s games. There are the things that make General Zaroff a deceiving villain including the way he looks, the way he lives, and the way he speaks.

Do you ever wonder what we have yet to discover?What lies beyond the surface of our world, to islands far away? Have you ever wondered what is indeed the most dangerous game? Richard Connell answers this question in “The Most Dangerous Game”, pitting an adventurous hunter against a hardened war hero, who has tired of hunting animals. Today, I’m here to explain why Rainsford will most likely become Zaroff because of character traits that connect them.

In the story the Most Dangerous Games the character Named General Zaroff he has a hobby for hunting. He has been hunting since he was a baby. He has hunted every single animal know to the world, but then Zaroff gets super bored of hunting the same animal over and over. General Zaroff is a very horrible person because he is very cruel, and untrustworthy.

Throughout Rainsford’s adventures, General Zaroff has shown him many characteristics of how he can be gracefully civilized to barbarically uncivilized. Zaroff’s personality is like two sides of the same coin, and this is shown in his civilized nature that completely contrasts his uncivilized nature. When Zaroff states, “You will be amused, I know. I think I may say, in all modesty, that I have done a rare thing. I have invented a new sensation. May I pour you another glass?” He is talking in a very civilized manner, and even offers his quarry a glass of wine. His form of speech throughout the text has always sounded very civilized and you never see him break. Of course, even though his form of speech is civilized, this does not mean himself,

Furthermore, the morals of each character justify the more plausible character. In the end, General Zaroff is still inhumane. He never really grasps the wrong in his sport of hunting. It is still just