Rainsford sets several traps as he is chased harming Zaroff or one of Zaroffs’s men/dogs. He is finally pined and jumps into the ocean from a cliff. Zaroff thinking he has won heads home but Rainsford beats him there confronting him. Zaroff challenges Rainsford saying whoever wins gets
General Zaroff challenged Rainsford by saying, “I’ll cheerfully acknowledge myself defeated if I do not find you by the third day.” So, Rainsford accepted the challenge, and on the third day, he fooled the General by swimming back to the house and hiding behind the bed curtain. When General Zaroff went to his room, to sleep, Rainsford surprised him and
He then wondered what to do from there and decided to jump into the sea and swim along the shore to Zaroff’s house. He had been swimming away from the hounds and soon made it to Zaroff’s bedroom to hide and waiting for him to arrive. Zaroff then finished eating and came upstairs. He went to the window then found Rainsford in the curtains and he was shocked to see him there. Zaroff then congratulated Rainsford and “Zaroff said with a deep bow, One of us is to furnish a repast for the hounds.
Zaroff had this theory that Rainsford was trying to kill him and he was right but for a good reason. Rainsford walked up to the
Rainsford, in this situation, displayed a smile to show he wasn't the enemy nor was he fearful. Not only does Rainsford survive the gunman and the great fall from the cliff, but he shows the great audacity to go before Zaroff and return to finish the fight. Rainsford is a survivor. Furthermore this shows a change is Rainsford's paradigm from the parts of the story where he believes animals have no
"You have won the game." General Zaroffe said to transform when he won at the end of the story, but that did not make Rainsford happy because he realized how weak he is compared to the dogs. Rainsford did not smile. "I am still a beast at bay," he said, in a low, hoarse voice. "
“I always thought that the cape buffalo was the most dangerous of all big game (pg.15).” The title of the story is “The Most Dangerous Game.” The author is is Richard Connell. Rainsford Demonstrates that he is Mysterious, expert and Cautious. Hunting is a very popular sport.
Do you see “The Most Dangerous Game” as an literary effective short story? Richard Connell was born October 17th, 1893 in Poughkeepsie, New York. Legendary hunter Bob Rainsford is shipwrecked on the perilous reefs surrounding a mysterious island, he finds himself the guest of the reclusive and eccentric Count Zaroff. While he is very gracious at first, Zaroff eventually forces Rainsford and two other shipwreck survivors, brother and sister Eve and Martin Towbridge, to participate in a sadistic game of cat and mouse in which they are the prey and he is the hunter. Richard Connell in the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” makes effective use of literary devices.
All in all, Zaroff’s words and actions indicates that he is an immoral man who holds himself really high up on the spectrum of the strong and the
At first, it just starts out by Rainford falling off the boat and making it to this island, which leads to him to meeting Zaroff and them engaging in friendly conversation. The first point where you see Zaroff’s arrogance to leak through is when Zaroff starts describing how no animal really has a chance against him anymore and that hunting has been getting boring to him. General Zaroff specifically says, “Hunting was beginning to bore me! And hunting, remember, had been my life.” He goes on to say, “Hunting had ceased to be what you call ‘a sporting proposition.’
After a long hard fight Rainsford ends up killing Zaroff. the only way he was able to do so was because of his strength. Rainsford idea of killing animals for a sport was change and he recognized the feelings of the
As he continued on his trail, he heard the cry of a bird nearby from where he was standing. He knew Rainsford would know he was coming. Rainsford was a smart one he thought to himself. But that wasn't a problem for General Zaroff, he always liked a good challenge.
When placed in this situation, Rainsford has transformed from being the hunter to becoming the huntee, and is now in the position of all the animals he has carelessly killed before. Towards the end of the story, while Rainsford is being hunted by Zaroff and his pack of dogs, the narrator describes how Rainsford feels by saying that: “Rainsford now knew how an animal at bay feels” (22). The sensation of extreme fear and worry had finally gotten to him, and he can relate to how the animals he hunt may
but it is General Zaroff that surpasses him. The part of the story when Rainsford asks if Ivan is Russian.... The reader now knows General Zaroff is not a mere hunter but he is out to
" Get ready, General Zaroff. " The general made one of his deepest bows. "I see," he said. "Splendid!
