Rainsford Vs Zaroff

In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Connell, Richard, Sanger Rainsford outsmarts General Zaroff in many ways. Here are three ways he outsmarted General Zaroff. Sanger Rainsford makes traps that surprises General Zaroff. He climbed a tree to hide from Zaroff. Rainsford ended up defeating Zaroff. Here are the ways he did.

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.

First, he used a Malay Mancatcher, he then made a Burmese Tiger Pit, and finally made a native trick from his travels in Uganda. Rainsford’s first trap was of a Malay Mancatcher from Malacca. He made it trigger whenever any physical contact touched it. The trap was successful, but because of Zaroff’s reflexes, he only managed to injure his shoulder. Congratulating Rainsford he states, “I must congratulate you, for not many men know how to make a Malay Mancatcher” (Connell), Zaroff then recedes back to heal his shoulder.

He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford said. The next morning the thought of killing someone kept on going through his head. Rainsford picked up Zaroff’s bloody body and dragged it outside. As he’s dragging it Rainsford takes it to the hounds and feeds the body to the hounds. Rainsford just stands still watching the hounds eat the body piece by piece All that's left is Zaroff’s mangled up body and Rainsford walks away like nothing happened.

To start off, Rainsford was setting up traps for Zaroff and since he went hunting he was good at it. This scene shows how Rainsford has used and made traps from his prior hunting experiences. Connell uses specific details to illustrates traps Rainsford made. When Rainsford trap hit Zaroff's shoulder, Zaroff could sense danger and leaped back with the ability of an ape” (Connell 18). The traps that Rainsford made were good because Zaroff had a disadvantage when he lost Ivan and one of the best dogs he had so Rainsford had to eliminate Zaroff and he could

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

In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, Sanger Rainsford, the protagonist, and General Zaroff, the antagonist, have similar life experiences and beliefs, but their one difference, the will to take a human life for sport, builds the suspense up to Rainsford killing Zaroff for the greater good. Zaroff and Rainsford share many life experiences that majorly impacts their conflict. For example, Rainsford set up three different animal traps to kill Zaroff and Zaroff recognized two of the three immediately because of the similar hunting experiences. Rainsford starts thinking like the General when he is setting up traps such as the Malay Man Catcher and the Burmese tiger pit. When Zaroff is hit by Rainsford’s first trap he says, “I, too, have hunted in Malacca,”(14) here right off the bat if it hadn’t been for Zaroff and Rainsford going to Malacca and learning the Malay Mancatcher then Zaroff might have been killed by Rainsford.

The protagonist in the story, Rainsford is a hypocrite. First of all, in the beginning Rainsford says to his colleague that there are “two people in the world, the hunters, and the huntees, and luckily for us, we are the hunters.” He believes that he has authority over the animals and he may kill them for game as he pleases. However, when he arrives on Ship Trap Island and meets General Zaroff, his perspective changes. General Zaroff reveals that he hunts humans in “the most dangerous game” and Rainsford believes that it’s brutal and savage as he believes that all humans are equal. However, he still feels no guilt killing animals, as he believes that he is superior to them. Secondly, he believes that humans are very different from

Humans have been hunting for over 1.8 million years. Early humans were omnivores and hunted large animals. Not much has changed, as we still hunt today. In this story, it is a whole different game though...they hunt human beings. A main character, General Zaroff, is one of those people that hunts humans. He hunts Rainsford the other main character and is killed. The General’s place is taken by Rainsford. Rainsford becomes the new general of Ship Trap island. There are many theories to explain why this is true like he is more violent throughout the story and he is very similar to General Zaroff.

Rainsford's experience and intellect helps to give him a slight advantage against General Zaroff. In the short story the “Most Dangerous Game” by Connell. Unlike Rainsford, a

Sanger Rainsford in the short story “The Most Dangerous Games” by Richard Connell, was very courageous. He made three successful traps. The “ Malay Mancatcher,” “The Tiger Pit,” and the native trick that he had learned in Uganda was all used to successfully beat General Zaroff at his own

He was able to use “a huge dead tree” that “leaned precariously on a smaller, living one” to build what is called a “Malay mancatcher” (12). While most people would probably just see two trees and walk past them, Rainsford was able to think creatively and put them to effective use. Even though Zaroff did not get caught by it entirely, the hunter was able to buy himself some time to move to a different area so that he could avoid the general. After he went back to treat his injury, Rainsford “took up his flight again” that “carried him on for some hours” (13). His resourceful thinking had allowed him to use even more time to put his plan for winning this life-risking game into action. Without this helpful asset, Rainsford might have been more prone to giving up and letting himself be killed.

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

Not many men know how to make a Malay Man catcher. Luckily for me, too have hunted in Malacca. You are proving interesting, Mr Rainsford, I am going now to have my wond taken care of. It’s only a slight one. But I shall be back. I shall be back!” (Connell pg 17) Zaroff said with frustration. Rainsford thought to himself “I will not lose my nerve.” ( Connell pg 17) Rainsford was trying to get off the island because Zaroff was trying to kill him, but Zaroff made him hunt with him and Rainsford eventually realized that he was the game, so he had to fight back. Fight against Zaroff and fight along with nature not against.

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