Rainsford
What knowledge, experience, and trainging does Rainsford have in the story The Most Dangerous Game
Zaroff is killed by Rainsford.
Zaroff is killed by Rainsford.
Rainsford sails by island (start of story) Rainsford reaches island (fell from boat) Zaroff hunts Rainsford (action of the story) Rainsford eludes Zaroff (end of story) (alternatively - in the first half of the story) Rainsford falls off the boat. Rainsford meets Ivan. Rainsford meets Zaroff. The hunt begins.
In the story "The Most Dangerous Game," Rainsford is an accomplished big-game hunter. He is depicted as a skilled and experienced outdoorsman, having written books on hunting. His expertise is central to the plot as he becomes the hunted in a deadly game on a remote island. Rainsford's background emphasizes the themes of survival and the hunter-versus-prey dynamic.
Rainsford sails by island (start of story) Rainsford reaches island (fell from boat) Zaroff hunts Rainsford (action of the story) Rainsford eludes Zaroff (end of story) (alternatively - in the first half of the story) Rainsford falls off the boat. Rainsford meets Ivan. Rainsford meets Zaroff. The hunt begins.
Rainsford sails by island (start of story) Rainsford reaches island (fell from boat) Zaroff hunts Rainsford (action of the story) Rainsford eludes Zaroff (end of story) (alternatively - in the first half of the story) Rainsford falls off the boat. Rainsford meets Ivan. Rainsford meets Zaroff. The hunt begins.
The first main character is Sanger Rainsford, a big-game hunter. I suppose the second could be Whitney, but he was not a large character in the story. The next character who is the second main character and antagonist is Zaroff, a famous Russian game hunter.
General Zaroff is surprised to see Rainsford at the end of the story because he thought Rainsford had perished in their game of hunting humans. Zaroff was not expecting Rainsford to turn the tables on him and outsmart him in their deadly game.
In "The Most Dangerous Game," Rainsford does not have a conflict with the character of Whitney. Whitney, Rainsford's hunting companion at the beginning of the story, shares a mutual understanding and respect for the sport of hunting. Their conversation reflects a camaraderie and similar perspective on the ethics of hunting, contrasting sharply with Rainsford's later conflict with General Zaroff.
The climax is the turning point of the story. It mostly falls in the middle or at the end of the story. In other words it is when Rainsford changes his personality.