Compare And Contrast Zaroff And Rainsford In The Most Dangerous Game

The Most Dangerous Game In the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, the protagonist, Sanger Rainsford, and the antagonist, General Zaroff, are similar characters. Both Rainsford and Zaroff share common passions, skills and ideology. Initially, there is admiration between both characters, because Rainsford is Zaroff’s hero and Rainsford is grateful for Zaroff being welcome to him. However.

General Zaroff pretends to be a civilized person just living on a deserted island, but in reality, he is a cold-blooded murder. General Zaroff tricks Rainsford into a false sense of security only to throw him into the jungle and force him to participate in his disgusting game of hunting humans for amusement. Rainsford has to stay alive for three days in order to live, and he has to fight for his life during the hunt. In the end Rainsford is able to win, and by doing so gains knowledge that changes him. Rainsford is a dynamic character because he changes from being apathetic towards hunting animals, to empathetic towards hunting animals.

Rainsford is a clever guy. Especially when he is in trouble… In “ The Most Dangerous Game” Rainsford is hopeful, clever, and brave. Rainsford is hopeful because he keeps trying to beat General Zaroff. In the story “ The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard connell, it says “‘He shinned excitedly up a tree and looked back.’

In addition Rainsford at first was probably bewildered. But after awhile he was able to acknowledge and understand his situation. Rainsford was able to overcome his fear with courage, he was able to escape General Zaroff with cunning, and was able to strategically plan with reason. Rainsford displayed courage, cunning and reason in hi escape from General

As he has developed the feeling of rage, he did not allow any of the boy who was on Ralph side to taste the food. He also started to do bad things to Ralph and his friend by provoking them. If only he did not feel angry at the very first place, he will never develop the feeling of rage and they can survive together without causing harms to one another. Things gone badly when Jack’s troop started to act violently under the control of Jack and even killed one

He is no longer automatically the hunter, lacking the carefully selected weapon or course he would have on a normal hunting trip. On the yacht, he speaks with Whitney about their upcoming trip, mentioning jaguars. His hunting partner comments on how the jaguar must feel during the pursuit of a human, mentioning it must be incredibly frightened. At the mention of an animal experiencing the fear and pain a human might, Rainsford is quick to say how ridiculous it is. The experienced hunter finds himself coming to shore on Ship-Trap Island, learning about what the man residing in the manor actually does.

This shows he is alert by how he realizes the hounds, Zaroff, and Ivan were all coming so he quickly set up a trap to try and kill them to escape. Also it shows that he can remember a trick he learned before and again apply it to his situation. And finally it shows that he is extremely alert by how he sets the trap up so quickly so he does not get captured by Zaroff. In conclusion all these examples show Rainsford is a survivor by how he shows alertness in dangerous situations and how he gets out of that

Rainsford who is innocent of what is going to happen says, “The world is made up of two classes—the hunters and the huntees. Luckily you and I are the hunters”. This comment makes readers suspect that the tables are going to turn on Rainsford. Because they don’t know how it’s going to happen if it even does, readers feel stress and suspense. Later in the story, Rainsford is in the general’s home and admiring his hunting trophies.

Ranger is introduced to the audience as a very intimidating man that will do anything to get his job done. We know that he is very talented through the author’s direct characterization. “He makes apprehensions other agents only dream about. He gets a little creative sometimes, but hey, that’s the way it is with a genius, right”(33), this quote tells the audience that he is very good at what he does and Stephanie could use his help. Throughout Stephanie’s search for Morelli, she gets into some very dangerous situations and without Ranger, she would have never finished the search.

He only resorted to hunting humans because he was bored with the regular styles of hunting. There was no more thrill in hunting for him, so he tried to find a new challenge for himself.   Advancing with this topic, Zaroff could have done a variety of different things to replace hunting to give himself that thrill. For example, he could challenge himself with different  styles or methods of hunting.

In the start of the book, he was able to defeat the Giant in the mind game he played in battle school by attacking him in his eye. Also he was the only one who was intelligent enough to get beyond that part of the game (65). This displayed how he was smart because he was able to think outside the box and make risky decisions. Being smart made him a good leader because he could come up with creative methods to win and no one else would think of. Ender was also caring.

The obvious conflict to the reader is the external conflict of man versus man. Zaroff determined to prove his skill as a hunter hunts Rainsford, while Rainsford fights against Zaroff to stay alive. Likewise, Rainsford and Zaroff also differ from the other in terms of their ideology, where Zaroff believes that hunting humans for sport is natural, and Rainsford disagrees. The subtle external conflict is the conflict of man versus nature, where Rainsford must battle against the conditions of the jungle to elude Zaroff. In addition to the external conflicts, Connell also includes the internal conflict of man versus himself in this story with Rainsford.

In “The Cask of Amontillado,” the narrator’s understanding of human nature and character is what made it possible for him to accomplish his goal with ease. Montresor being aware that one’s pride will often drive decisions and actions allowed him to play on his victim’s ego with great success. His ability to use reverse phycology on Fortunato made it easy for him to use Fortunato in a way that made him a player in the brining about of his own death. Montresor was aware that when a person believes their pride is on the line they will try and prove they are better than their perceived competitors. Montresor played on Fortunato’s vanity and ego when he encountered him that night at the festival.

Freak The Mighty is a very enjoyable book. It is very interesting. The book makes me want to read more after I finish a chapter. There are two main characters.

They discuss the ability of animals to understand a hunt. Rainsford believes that animals have no feelings or understanding of human emotions. Later, Rainsford is hunted by another hunter and experiences an adventure in the jungle which changes his opinion totally. In the movie Richard Connell illustrates that humans shouldn’t be selfish, and should consider others’ feelings, and humans shouldn’t