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What are the differences of rainsford and zaroff?
the differences is that rainsford loves hunting and he writes hunting books and zaroff likes to hunt more if u have more answers please comment below
What is General Zaroff's main reason for preferring to hunt human beings rather than animals?
Genral Zaroff's main reason for preferring to hunt human beings rather than animals is because animal has no reasoning (e.g you shoot an animal he either chooses to run or charges straight at you and you can shoot it and kill it easy which is no chalange for Genral Zaroff). A reason he chooses to hunt humans is because they can reason with you and are more of a challenge (e.g the humans General Zaroff hunts can build weapons and try to kill or attack Genral Zaroff, which Genral Zaroff think is more fun then an animal charging against him).
Why does Zaroff prefer to hunt humans?
Zaroff prefers to hunt humans because it provides more of a challenge. Humans can think logically develope fully formed ideas and contemplate next moves. Animals go upon only instinct. Humans make for the tougher hunt.
What is ironic about General Zaroff?
I think whats so ironic about him is that he see's himself as such a great hunter and nothing more than that, but he really isn't. What he really is is a murderer. But maybe this isn't really irony. I think this question would suit the man who fell off the boat at the begining better. I can't remember his name. But anyways, what i find ironic about him is that at the begining he thinks animalsare basically nothing more than game, but by the end he knows how it feels to be the game and he doesn't like it.
Are cats more like lions or cats?
Cats are more like cats.
What are the differences of rainsford and zaroff?
the differences is that rainsford loves hunting and he writes hunting books and zaroff likes to hunt more if u have more answers please comment below
Compare and contrast rainsford and zaroff?
Rainsford is a famous American hunter and author of books about hunting. Zaroff also shares the love of hunting but he enjoys hunting human beings the most. Zaroff has fine clothes", and the "singularly handsome features of an aristocrat". Zaroff speaks very well, showing that he has been educated and refined. Both men enjoy; nice rooms, hunting big game, are same built, and much more. Rainsford is horrified when he first learns of what Zaroff is doing and realizes that hunting humans is just a game for Zaroff.
What is Nelsons Reaction Paper?
Nelson Baez Period 3 Reaction to "The Most Dangerous Game" September 20, 2010 Zarford Ever feel like two people you know are more than likely the same person just in different bodies? Rainsford and Zaroff are two characters in the story "The Most Dangerous Game" who seem the same people but in different bodies. First of all, Rainsford and Zaroff both seem to be very educated and well mannered people. Zaroff and Rainsford are both hunters. Lastly, Rainsford fits Zaroff's cloths. Rainsford and Zaroff are two characters who very much alike but still different. Rainsford and Zaroff are both characters of high class. In the beginning of the story Rainsford is on a yacht which shows he is of high class. On page 61 Zaroff has cocktails with Rainsford showing that Zaroff, too, is of high class. "You'll find that my cloths will fit you, I think" (Connell 60). This sentence shows that Rainsford and Zaroff have something else in common. This was the first sentence that made me realize that Rainsford and Zaroff may turn out to be two very similar characters. Both Rainsford and Zaroff are hunters. They seem to be very good at hunting also. Rainsford and Zaroff are wealthy characters. After Rainsford felt how it is to be hunted he started to change. Rainsford started to become a different character than Zaroff once he realized that Zaroff hunted humans. It shocked me because I thought saw that Rainsford and Zaroff were such alike so I thought that Rainsford was going to approve at what he did. I didn't except for Rainsford to refuse Zaroffs request of hunting with him. It surprised me that the author, Richard Connell, made the characters so alike but at the same time different. Without that switch in character from Rainsford, the story would have had a unique touch to it. Without the switch made between the Rainsfords views, the story would have no suspense and would end right after Rainsford went to bed with Zaroff. Not a very interesting short story. The story "The Dangerous Game" was a story with two characters that were shockingly alike and different. What made this story interesting was the fact that Rainsford changed his views and was then against Zaroff. It would seem as if Zaroff and Rainsford are the same characters in different bodies.
Is there a resolution in the story The Most Dangerous Game?
Yes. The resolution is that Rainsford "has never slept in a more comfortable bed," which means that Zaroff lost the final fight, and he was fed to his own hounds.
Who are the characters in The Most Dangerous Game?
Ivan, Rainsford, Zaroff, WhitneyThe characters of the most dangerous game are:Ivan, Sanger Rainsford and General Zaroff.Ivan Ivan is the deaf and dumb assistant to General Zaroff. He is extremely large and seems to enjoy torturing and murdering helpless captives. Indeed, Zaroff uses the threat of turning his huntees over to Ivan if they will not comply with his desire to hunt them; the huntees invariably choose to be hunted rather than face the brutal Ivan. Ivan, like Zaroff, is a Cossack - a Russian who served as a soldier to the Russian Czar in the early 1900s. Ivan dies as the result of one of Rainsford's traps.Sanger RainsfordAfter hearing gunshots in the darkness, Sanger Rainsford falls off a yacht into the Caribbean Sea. "It was not the first time he had been in a tight place," however. Rainsford is an American hunter of world renown, and is immediately recognized by General Zaroff as the author of a book on hunting snow leopards in Tibet. While he shares both an interest in hunting and a refined nature with Zaroff, Rainsford believes Zaroff s sport to be brutal and Zaroff himself to be a murderer. As the object of the hunt, Rainsford constantly attempts to preserve his "nerve" and uses his knowledge of hunting and trapping to elude Zaroff. Rainsford becomes terrified, however, as Zaroff outwits him (but allows him to live) and toys with him as if he were a mouse. Having already killed Zaroff's assistant, Ivan, and one of Zaroff's dogs, Rainsford surprises Zaroff in his bedroom. Rainsford refuses to end the game there, however, and kills Zaroff. Rainsford then spends a comfortable night in Zaroff's bed, which raises the question of whether he will simply replace the evil Zaroff.General ZaroffGeneral Zaroff greets the stranded Rainsford by sparing his life, but later hunts him and attempts to kill him. Zaroff is distinguished by a "cultivated voice," fine clothes, the "singularly handsome" features of an aristocrat - and an obsession for hunting human beings. He has established a "palatial chateau" in which he lives like royalty with his servant Ivan, his hunting dogs, and his stock of prey - the poor sailors unlucky enough to end up on the island. Zaroff's decoy lights indicate "a channel. . . where there is none" and cause ships to crash into the rocks off the coast of his island. He captures the shipwrecked sailors and forces them to play his game or be tortured and killed by Ivan. Zaroff toys with Rainsford, declining to murder him three times to prolong the game. To him, the life and death struggle is little more than a game and, while insulting Rainsford's morality, he asserts that his embrace of human killing for sport is very modern, even civilized. Zaroff, like Ivan, is a Cossack and "like all his race, a bit of a savage"; yet he also claims a past as a high-ranking officer for the former Tsar of Russia. Zaroff's refined manners, and poised and delicate speech contrast with his brutal passion.Sanger Rainsford: He is an American big-game hunter and author who saw action in France in the First World War. He exhibits no pity or sympathy for the animals that he hunts. Ironically, he himself becomes a hunted animal after he arrives on a mysterious island. Rainsford is the protagonist, or the main character of this story. Whether his experience on the island changes his attitude toward hunted animals is open to question.General Zaroff: Russian big-game hunter from an aristocratic family in the Crimea, a Ukraine peninsula that was part of Russia until recent times. Zaroff is bored with killing typical game such as tigers, elephants, and water buffalo. Instead, he hunts the ultimate trophy animal: man. Zaroff, a Cossack, commanded a cavalry division in the Russian army until the Bolsheviks revolted in 1917 and installed a communist government that abolished aristocracy and the class system. Zaroff went off then and established a new world for himself on a remote Caribbean island. There he maintains his aristocratic lifestyle in his palatial home while pursuing his barbaric hobby. One might call him a civilized savage.Whitney: Rainsford's hunting partner.Ivan: Zaroff's Russian servant and hunting partner. Like Zaroff, he is a Cossack. Ivan is a giant, the biggest man Rainsford has ever seen. Because he is a deaf mute, Ivan hears no evil and speaks no evil but simply does Zaroff's bidding.Neilsen: Captain of the yacht taking Rainsford and Whitney to Brazil. He is referred to but plays no active role in the story.Crewmen of the San Lucar:Shipwrecked sailors held captive in Zaroff's cellar. The general plans to use them as quarry. They play no active role in the story.By: Pu3 (...pOeTRy...)
Who is Whitney in The Most Dangerous Game?
In "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell, Whitney is a character who represents the more civilized and empathetic side of humanity. He is Rainsford's friend and companion at the beginning of the story, and his concern for the lives of animals demonstrates his compassion and morality. Whitney's contrast with the story's antagonist, General Zaroff, highlights the theme of the story regarding the thin line between civilization and savagery.
How do their ideas about hunting bring general zaroff and rainsford into conflict?
General Zaroff believes in hunting humans for sport, viewing them as the ultimate prey that can provide a more thrilling challenge. On the other hand, Rainsford, initially a big game hunter himself, is appalled by Zaroff's idea and considers it immoral. This fundamental difference in their beliefs about hunting and the value of human life leads to conflict between them.
What does rainsford think zaroff smiled at the tree?
Rainsford believes that Zaroff smiled at the tree because he was taunting him, implying that he knew where he was hiding and was enjoying the psychological game they were playing. It adds to the tension and suspense between the two characters.
What is a summary of 'The Most Dangerous Game'?
The celebrated hunter Sanger Rainsford, while aboard a yacht cruising in the Caribbean, falls into the sea. While swimming desperately for shore, he hears the anguished cries of an animal being hunted; it is an animal he does not recognize. Rainsford makes it to land and after sleeping on the beach, he begins to look for people on the island. He finds evidence of the hunt he overheard and wonders, upon finding empty cartridges, why anyone would use a small gun to hunt what was, according to the evidence, obviously a large animal. Rainsford then follows the hunter's footprints to the solitary house on the island. The mansion looms above him like something out of a Gothic novel and inside is a similarly Gothic character as well: Ivan, a gigantic, mute man. Ivan is about to shoot Rainsford when the entry of another man stops him. The second man, General Zaroff, is far more civilized looking than Ivan and has exquisite manners. He apologizes for Ivan and gives Rainsford clean clothes and dinner. While the men are eating, Zaroff reveals his passion for the hunt. He tells Rainsford he hunts "big game" on the island --- game he has imported. Hunting had ceased to be a challenge to Zaroff, so he decided to hunt a new animal, one that could reason. Rainsford realizes with horror that Zaroff actually hunts humans and wonders what happens if a man refuses to be hunted. He finds there is no refusing Zaroff, for either a man goes on the hunt or he is turned over to the brutish Ivan. Zaroff never loses. Although Rainsford passes the night in comfortable quarters, he has trouble sleeping. As he finally dozes off, he hears a pistol shot in the jungle. The next day Rainsford demands to leave the island. Zaroff protests that they have not gone hunting yet, then informs Rainsford that he, in fact, is to be hunted. Zaroff tells him that if he survives three days in the jungle, he will be returned to the mainland, but he must tell no one of Zaroff s hunt. With no real choice, Rainsford accepts his supplies from Ivan and leaves the chateau. He has a three-hour head start and is determined to outsmart Zaroff. He doubles back on his trail numerous times until he feels that even Zaroff cannot follow his path. Then he hides in a tree for rest. Zaroff, however, comes right to him but chooses not to look up in the tree and find him. Rainsford realizes Zaroff is playing a game of cat and mouse with him. After Zaroff has walked off, Rainsford steels his nerve and moves on. Rainsford decides to set a trap for Zaroff. If Zaroff trips it, a dead tree will fall on him. Soon Zaroff's foot sets off the trap, but he leaps back and only his shoulder is injured. He congratulates Rainsford and tells him he is returning to the chateau to get his wound looked at but will be back. Rainsford flees through the forest. He comes to a patch of quicksand known as Death Swamp where he builds another trap. He fashions a pit with sharp stakes inside and a mat of forest weeds and branches to cover the opening. One of Zaroff s dogs springs the trap, however, and ruins Rainsford's plan. At daybreak, Rainsford hears a fear-inspiring sound: the baying of Zaroff s hounds. He makes another attempt to save his life. He attaches a knife to a flexible sapling, hoping it will harm Zaroff as he follows the trail. But this too fails; it only kills Ivan. In a fit of desperation, Rainsford looks to his only escape --- jumping off the cliff into the sea which waits far below. He takes this chance. That night General Zaroff is back in his mansion. He is annoyed with the thought of having to replace Ivan and he is slightly irked because one of his prey has escaped. He goes up to bed and switches on the light. A man is hiding behind the curtains. It is Rainsford. Zaroff congratulates him on winning the game, but Rainsford informs him that they are still playing. That night, Rainsford sleeps with immense enjoyment in Zaroff s comfortable bed.
Why did Zaroff invent the Most Dangerous Game?
To show there are insane people in the world,,,life sometimes throws them at us and sees how we deal with them. When Rainsford was faces with General Zaraf it was a test, and Rainsford passed.
What does general tell rainsford he must do to play the game?
Answer 1: Read the story (Richard Connell's 'The Most Dangerous Game'), it is a suspenseful, well-characterized, morbid little tale! I really hate to have to spoil it. But, if one has read the story and hasn't had enough caffeine to quite follow it, here: Answer 2: General Zaroff is a former big game hunter who grew bored with hunting animals. His new game, which takes place on a remote forested island, is to hunt shipwrecked people. He finds hunting an intelligent creature like a human being to be more thrilling and challenging. He tells Rainsford he will have a three hour head start and sends him into the forest unarmed. Soon, Zaroff, with his gun and tracking skills, will come after Rainsford. Rainsford will have only his wits to keep him alive. None have yet escaped the clutches of Zaroff! Refer to story to discover Rainsford's fate.
How does rainsford escape from zaroff?
sets up a few traps to hinder his capture. There is the "Maylay man catcher", "the Burmese tiger pit" ( I love these names!), and some other tree spring thing. Rainsford tries to scatter his tracks, hides in a tree and he also jumps into the ocean. He is a good swimmer (he is more or less perfect) and swims back to the castle. Zaroff's dogs don't pick up the scent because Rainsford is in the water. I think Rainsford hides in Zaroff's bedroom closet or something when Zaroff returns. That wasn't a trick though, it was just creepy
