The Most Dangerous Game General Zaroff Character Analysis

“Rainsford said,Hunting? Good God, General Zaroff, what you speak of is murder.’” (Connell 70). Rainsford’s personality changes throughout this story, but, the trait of bravery stays true throughout the story. Through his personality trait of bravery Rainsford moves the “Most Dangerous Game” plot forward.

General Zaroff constantly appears all throughout the story, whether it is in what he says, or the activities he depicts, that he has an exceptionally unsteady personality and is to some degree a psycho. For instance, towards the end of the extensive discussion between General Zaroff and Rainsford, General Zaroff says, "I chase the filth of the earth-mariners from tramp ships, lascars, blacks, chinese, and crossbreeds." (pg.

General Zaroff from “The Most Dangerous Game” and Montresor from “The Cask of Amontillado” are similar in several ways. They are both evil in many ways. A piece of evidence for General Zaroff Is when he put lights out in the Caribbean sea to make a false channel which caused Rainsford boat to crash on Ship-Trap island in the Mediterranean sea. One for Montresor is when he built a wall around Fortunato. Another piece of evidence that proves General Zaroff is evil is when he threatens Rainsford with his dogs if he does not play the game “I gave him his option of course. He need not to play that game if he doesn't wish to. If he does not wish to hunt, I turn him over to Ivan” (Connell 67).This means that Rainsford does not have to play a game

According to “Dictionary.com” the definition of a psychopath is “a person suffering from chronic mental disorder with abnormal or violent social behavior.” In the short story The Most Dangerous Game by: Richard Connell General Zaroff demonstrates these characteristics in the text and there are actual facts and information from the text that prove that Zaroff is a psychopath. On a yacht boat bound for Rio, Whitney points out an Island in the distance. Him and his friend Rainsford are are both big hunters bound for a hunting trip in the Amazon River. But When Rainsford falls into the sea trying to catch his pipe, his life had just instantly changed. He heard three gunshots and followed them to shore. Rainsford reaches the rocky shore and falls into a “very deep sleep.” As Connell explained.

Furthermore in the story “The Most Dangerous Game” General Zaroff had a strive to kill for fun. Zaroff would always kill animals, and after animals became easy, he moved onto humans. Zaroff would enjoy killing and it became

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

The Most Dangerous Game has a dark action you can examine right away from reading the story. In this story, the character General Zaroff starts off by hunting animals and than slowing moves onto hunting humans. This dark action is highlighted when Zaroff hunts the animals and people in the story.

In “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, General Zaroff is shown as insane, cruel, and arrogant.Zaroff is shown to be insane in the story when he says that he kills humans for fun.“...Did not make me a coldone, cold-blooded murderer.” (Connell 70). This quote shows that Zaroff is psycho because during this part, it is showing that he is a murderer. During the story, Zaroff is also cruel.He shows that he is cruel when He says that he almost makes boats crash into rocks.“Where there’s none: giant rocks with razor edges crouch like a sea monster with wide-open jaws. They can crush a ship as easily as I can crush this nut.”(Connell 70). Zaroff shows that he is mean during this scene because he is making people crash, then giving them hope when

The perplexing character seems like just an extreme hunter but figure out an alarming fact that he clearly is proud of, and doesn’t regret pursuing. General Zaroff redefines hunting when he restocks his island with a new type of life. The character General Zaroff, the disturbed antagonist from The Most Dangerous Game, portrays some prominent traits including an arrogance/cockiness, skillful, and insanity.

General Zaroff’s philosophy is one that everyone has lived by ever since the beginning of life and shows that he is a true expert in the field of hunting. In the short story, Most Dangerous Game, by Richard Connell, General Zaroff states that,”Life is for the strong, to be lived by the strong, and, if need be, taken by the strong. The weak of the world were put here to give the strong pleasure” (pg. 225). This statement that Zaroff spoke when he was with Rainsford can summarize many aspects of the world around us. This type of philosophy can be dated back to prehistoric times such as when life first evolved. Even in the short story, there are many times where this comes to light as a well represented theme throughout the development of the plot. As you can see in the next paragraphs, there are many ways that the story represents this philosophy that are can be seen as you read the story.

“ Instinct is no match for reason” This is true according to general Zaroff, but does the author of the story agree? Yes, the author of “ The Most Dangerous Game” believes that reason is no match for instinct. Throughout the story he gives examples of how reason has out smarted instinct. Reason is the explanation or justification of a certain action or event;the reason is not affected by force of habit. It is a process of very analytical thinking. Instinct, instinct is action woven into your mind for long periods of time; it is a second nature for you. For example a professional basketball player following through after your shot, they do not have to think about what they are doing they just do it. Instinct is done by a force of habit, you do not think of instinct; it just comes naturally.

I remember the first time I ever met General Zaroff, back when this was his domain, his kingdom where he played god for sport. Many deaths came out of his thrill-seeking on Ship-Trap Island, and I took it upon myself to avenge the unfortunate souls that died at the hands of this seemingly sociopathic Cossack. I had been forced to elude him for three days, winning his awful, twisted “game”, if it could be called that. The word “game” gives off an aura of innocence, and this was in no sense innocent. He was wholeheartedly condoning cold-blooded murder, but I digress. His game went like this: He would arm his prey (which washed up from wrecked ships, hence the name “Ship-Trap Island”) with a hunting knife and a fair amount of food. Then, he would have them head off into the jungle with a three hour head start. After the three hours would run out, he would track them down and kill them. If they eluded him

“It reminds me of when my dad made me choose which of my pet calves to slaughter with my own hands for my sixth birthday. I couldn’t choose so I slaughtered both of them… They were delicious.” This quote from Ron Swanson of Parks and Recreation really ties into “The Most Dangerous Game”. In the story “The Most Dangerous Game”, this man, Sanger Rainsford, had fallen off a yacht and swam to an island with a huge mansion on it. Rainsford thinks that he has been saved when General Zaroff welcomes him into his house and feeds him dinner. Rainsford then figures out that General Zaroff has invented a new breed of animal to hunt because regular animals bored him; he lures people to the island and hunts them for the game. General Zaroff challenges Rainsford

Ryan Derry Mr. Jones English 9 13 October 2015 Who is General Zaroff? Imagine being hunted and attacked by a near perfect, possibly better, reflection of yourself. Rainsford fought through this against General Zaroff and his cossack partner in crime, Ivan. In the amazing short story,” The Most Dangerous Game,” by Richard Connell, General Zaroff displayed to the audience that he is an unruffled, yet deceptive man. He exposes that he is unruffled by staying completely calm, even in the face of danger.

Dwight Lyman Moody once said, " character is what you are in the dark," to me that means that when someone is in the dark and they start to become afraid. The reaction to their fear reveals the type of person they are. In the Short story "The Most Dangerous Game," Richard Connell shows that Rainsford reveals his character when he is in the "dark" being hunted by the General. His reaction or his instinct to this internal conflict is to reveal is hunter self and turn the hunter into the hunted.