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 Rainsford reaches island Zaroff hunts Rainsford Rainsford eludes Zaroff
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 author foreshadows Rainsford's experience on the island through the conversation about hunting at the beginning of the story, where Rainsford expresses his lack of empathy for the prey. The mention of Ship-Trap island being a mysterious and dangerous place also sets the tone for what is to come in Rainsford's hunting ordeal. Additionally, the eerie description of General Zaroff and his passion for hunting humans hints at the dangers Rainsford will face on the island.
The noun 'Rainsford' (capital R) is a proper noun, the name of a specific place (Rainsford Island near Massachusetts) and a surname. Proper nouns are always capitalized.
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swims to it after accidentally falling overboard
whittney tells rainsford stories about the island..!
Rainsford did not have a choice to go to ship trap island. At first he was on his boat and then he heard gun shots so he went to go check it out by standing on the ledge of the boat and then fell over board into the water. He started screaming for help but the boat went on..... Next Rainsford swam to the island.
when the game begins the general gives Rainsford 3 days to live
Rainsford's full name is Sanger Rainsford. He is the protagonist in Richard Connell's short story "The Most Dangerous Game." Rainsford is a skilled big-game hunter who finds himself stranded on an isolated island, where he becomes the prey of a wealthy hunter named General Zaroff.