Lord Of The Flies Summary Sparknotes

He does this rather than being killed on the spot because he refused to be hunted. Rainsford does not want to simply be killed because he disagreed on General Zaroffs opinion on the object he hunts. Finding the idea absurd, Rainsford reluctantly agrees to be hunted after learning about the terms. This does not automatically make him go insane or change him but rather introduces what he will become. Rainsford sets off running away from General Zaroff trying to remain calm. Rainsford makes his way to a tree and climbs it. A couple hours later when he reaches the top branch of the tree he hears Zaroff coming after him and has to constantly remind himself to remain idle in the tree so he won't be caught. One would see this when Rainsford is travelling through the bushes reciting to himself, "I must keep my nerve, I must keep my nerve, I must keep my nerve" (Connell 229). Rainsford thinks he has a chance at leaving the island but this confidence diminishes when he realizes that he may not make it

“So it was you who killed my father? You know what this means right Mr.Rainsford? I’ll have to finish what my father couldn’t. I’ll give you approximately three days to leave this island. At the end of the three days, I’ll come search for you, and if I find you I’ll kill you. So let the hunt begin.”

When Rainsford stumbles upon General Zaroff’s mansion, he is welcomed with clean clothes and fresh food. “‘Now you want clothes, food, rest. You shall have them ... I was about to have my dinner when you came. I’ll wait for you. You’ll find that my clothes will fit you, I think.’”(Connell 4) According to this quote, General Zaroff welcomes Rainsford into his home warmly and offers him fancy clothes, hot food, and a cozy bed to sleep in. General Zaroff tries to make a good first impression on him by being kind and acting civilized around him to lure him into a false sense of security. After General Zaroff says he hunts humans, Rainsford becomes wary of him. “‘And now,’ said the general, 'I want to show you my new collection of heads. Will you

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.

While Rainsford tries to get comfortable with the place of Zaroff . He expresses about his feelings and hunting experiences. The General explains that “hunting was beginning to bore him,” and

Rainsford answers, “Yes, that’s so” (85). Rainsford could have taken a stand. Of course, it is not his place, but he was calm and composed to sit back and let Zaroff open up. ‘“Don’t be alarmed, I’m Sanger Rainsford” (47). Rainsford has a pistol pointed at his heart and he is telling this huge creation of a man that he is hungry. As much as he has been through in the past twenty-four hours, this did not alarm Rainsford. He presented himself as lost and from New York.

Rainsford return to the Mansion and begins to look around everywhere. He proceeds to the room with all the heads and begins laughing uncontrollably. Then he goes to the basement and sees a lot of dead bodies. They all appear to have been tortured and beat to death which was done by Ivan. Rainsford starts beating the bodies that are dead for no reason and doesn’t stop. He then heads back upstairs then grabs a drink and he sits down in peace.

Being lost in an island, hungry, and tired is not an everyday thing. So Rainsford being in that situation, had no other choice than except Zaroff’s generosity. Zaroff gave Rainsford clothes, food and, a place to sleep. Zaroff tells Rainsford to join him for dinner, and Rainsford went to the dinner room as told. Sitting down eating there meal. The two men’s starts a conversation and starts to talk about their lives. Zaroff learns a lot of things about Rainsford and so does Rainsford. Rainsford learns that Zaroff is a smart man and a hunter just like him, but Zaroff him hunting people is part of things that he hunts for. Zaroff on another hand learns that Rainsford is a pretty smart, educated man and lastly a hunter.4

Rainsford came along a gigantic building and meets Zaroff. At this moment Zaroff come to see that Rainsford is a talented hunter. Rainsford and Zaroff come to find that they have many different and similar thoughts on hunting. Zaroff come to find out hunting had began to become boring so he created a new animal to hunt. Zaroff believes

When Rainsford and General Zaroff were conversing about Zaroff’s new game to hunt, Rainsford strongly disagreed but still kept his manners. This is proven on page 11 by a response from Rainsford to Zaroff “Thank you, I'm a hunter, not a murderer." Rainsford was also polite toward the end of the story by, not just killing Zaroff in his sleep without giving Zaroff a chance to defend himself. This was settled by a knife duel that ended up with Rainsford winning anyway. Zaroff on the other hand was not polite by calling Ivan his deaf and dumb servant’s race and him a savage. This is proved by this statement on page 6 “Ivan is an incredibly strong fellow,” remarked the general,” but he has the misfortune to be deaf and dumb. A simple fellow, but, I'm afraid, like all his race, a bit of a savage." This statement shows that Zaroff is very

Rainsford realized that Zaroff had been playing a game with him. When Zaroff had walked off, Rainsford steeled his nerve and moved on. Rainsford decided to set a trap for Zaroff. If Zaroff trapped in it, a dead tree would fall on him. Soon Zaroff's foot sat off the trap, but he leaped back and only his shoulder was injured. He congratulated Rainsford and told him he was returning to the chateau to get his wound looked at but he would be back. Rainsford fled through the forest.

Rainsford does not want to loose so he wants to slow general Zaroff to slow down. He accomplishes this by setting up a trap. According to the text, “But he was not quite quick enough; the dead tree, delicately adjusted to rest on the cut living one, crashed and struck the general a glancing blow on the shoulder as it fell but for his alertness, he must have been smashed beneath it” (29). General Zaroff falls for the trick and gets injured. The idea of slowing down was accomplished which causes him to go home and take care of his wound. While Rainsford finally gets time alone during the night he thinks up another plan. According to the story, “ He stepped back from the quicksand a dozen feet or so, and like some huge prehistoric beaver, he began to dig”(30). This quote shows that he is developing more survival traits because he is figuring out how he can make certain traps with using natural resources around

the story as the yacht nears the island, Rainsford plunges over the ship's edge. Struggling in the sea, "blood-warm waters dosed over his head" (2). The term "blood-warm waters" (2) gives a sense of terror and increases the tension in the reader's mind because it is a physical term. Connell's emotional word choice throughout the story creates an uneasy picture for the reader. Upon entering the Chateau, Rainsford is faced with an intimidating henchman. Ivan points a gun at Rainsford with a "menacing look in [his] eyes" (4). As Rainsford Stars helpless, Connell's wording only heightens the reader's anticipation. The sinister word choice shows the reader that Rainsford is in danger.

The general was telling him about all the humans he has hunted and plans on hunting. Later on Rainsford said to the general “I can’t believe you are serious, General Zaroff. This is a grisly joke.” What the general is saying to Rainsford is that he is serious. Rainsford can not believe it and most people would not. Why would Rainsford want to repeat what the general did when he has the option not to. Zaroff is evil and Rainsford knows that. Their is no way that he would want to repeat what the general

Both of Rainsford and Zaroff are very intelligent hunters. When Rainsford is the prey he feels like he might lose at certain moments like the time when he was on the tree with the dogs but he pushes on and sets traps on the contrary cocky Zaroff runs into them. Rainsford and Zaroff similarly hunt as sport but Zaroff will take it to the extreme and start to hunt humans. Keep in mind this then foreshadows them going against each other and eventually Rainsford kills Zaroff and goes to sleep but i do think Rainsford becomes Zaroff or takes his place.Next is even more differences and similarities of Zaroff and Rainsford. Such as General Zaroff being a former cossack hailing from Russia however Rainsford is an American from New York. Second Rainsford is very sociable and kind of outgoing on the other hand Zaroff seems to like being lonely. Since he lives in a remote island with his bodyguard Ivan. Zaroff may be more intelligent than Rainsford but Zaroff’s arrogance let Rainsford escape and Rainsford was able to win at Zaroff's own