After Rainsford discovered that General Zaroff has been hunting humans, he ends up fighting for his life after general Zaroff challenges him. General Zaroff has been hunting for his entire life, but Rainsford hates hunting. He now gets to feel what it is like to be the hunter and the huntee. Ironically he ends up killing one of general Zaroff dogs and Ivan. Rainsford used a pit trap to get the dog, and he uses a knife trap to lacerate and kill Ivan.
Rather than ending the “game” as the victorious hunter as Zaroff would have liked, the murderer becomes the hunted, Rainsford’s victim. Although a wise and brave man, Rainsford falls right into the trap the general has set up for him. The two men prove to be equal in a few aspects: intelligence, strategy, size, skill, and experience, while their breach lies in question of morality. What is murder? Zaroff and Rainsford are on the same page when it comes to hunting animals; they do not view hunting as morally wrong.
Outdoor chess, “it implies that the hunter , huntee roles have changed . Rainsford is now the animal that can reason as general Zaroff wanted . “ I wanted the ideal animal to hunt … It must have courage, cunning and above all it must be able to reason.” Now this being said , General Zaroff has turned into the hunter who will be hunting the huntee , Rainsford. As Rainsford goes throughout the jungle trying to save his life he must use natural resources to protect his self and survive. Such as the trees in the May lay man catcher, and the quicksand and sticks in the Burmese Tiger Pit.
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Since Zaroff ias bored of hunting animals so he starts to hunt people and Rainsford is the one he is after. “I will give
When he meets Rainsford and tells him about his idea for the most dangerous game, he tells him that he is going to hunt him. Zaroff thinks that putting Rainsford into the woods to fight for his survival will lead to an easy win for himself. Zaroff is wrong. General Zaroff is afraid of being bored. He is afraid that he will conquer every game there
Luckily, you and I are hunters.” This quote shows that Rainsford thinks that violence is perfectly fine when hunting animals and Zaroff would agree with the quote as well. Why do you think Rainsford chooses to confront Zaroff at the end, instead of ambush him? 7a: I think he does this to rub it in to Zaroff because Zaroff was so sure that he would win the game because he wins every game he faces. Also Rainsford wanted to show how terrible it is for humans to be killed and do it himself to show Zaroff that evil always comes back to haunt you. 8.How do time and place affect the actions of the
They appear to go through the traditional murder of one of their own; for the mere preservation of tradition. Jackson highlights this in the following passage, “no one like to upset even as much tradition as was represented the black box.” (Jackson 251) Whereas in “The Most Dangerous Game” the antagonist character of General Zaroff decides that the natural progression of sportsman hunting inevitable means the hunt of human prey. He literally states in order to satisfy his need to hunt he “invented a new animal to hunt.” (Connell ) In both stories the narrator limits what the characters are actually thinking and their true motives. In “The Lottery” having this information would prematurely divulge the context of the actual “Lottery” and in “The Most Dangerous Game” having knowledge of General Zaroff true intentions and the truth about his new animal; would reveal of the conflict and content of the story. One would venture to say that most of town ship in The Lottery was anxiously anticipating the “lottery”.
Richard Connell, in his short story titled, “The Most Dangerous Game” writes about an accomplished hunter who can not imagine, not is his wildest dreams, that he is the game of another decorated hunter. The author uses imagery and descriptive comparisons to initiate and develop the story’s theme. As the theme of the story unfolds the author digs a plot, creating a landscape in which the reader grows to believe in one outcome, only to realize what was planted is not what blooms. The author allows us to walk down the path with a main character named Rainsford and realize when the character realizes what seems to be isn’t always what is. If one were to cite a cliché one might state that the theme that Connell develops is “all that glitters is not gold.” As the author develops the theme “all that glitter is not gold, one sees Rainsford falling from the boat into the sea.
34) “in a duel.” This makes the reader feel like his life is at risk. General Zaroff clearly wants to hunt Rainsford. Rainsford must survive on his own. Even though Rainsford is stranded on an island with a General that wants to kill him, the author leads you to believe that Rainsfor kills and outsmarts the General. Never underestimate your