“Civilized, and you shoot down men?” (P. 8). In The Most Dangerous Game, written by Richard Connell, Sanger Rainsford, a well respected hunter falls off his yacht in the caribbean while passing Ship Trap island. He swims to the island and comes across a cossack named General Zaroff. Coincidentally, Zaroff is a hunter himself and invites Rainsford to come along with him on a hunt. Zaroff is not a traditional hunter though, he became bored of hunting traditional game and instead moved on to hunting men. When Rainsford refuses to hunt with Zaroff, Zaroff decides to make Rainsford the prey. Zaroff sends Rainsford into the jungle for him to hunt. Zaroff appears to be normal but is truly a psychopath. There are three traits that prove that Zaroff
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Since General Zaroff hunts humans, he needs a way to get his prey. Usually ships crash on the island on their own, but when there’s none Zaroff crashes the ships to hunt the survivors. General Zaroff has a button in his house that turns on lights in the ocean that signal a channel where there is none. At the end of the channel there are sharp rocks that the ships crash into. When General Zaroff see a ship going by his island he presses the button and the lights turn on. The ship sees the channel and heads down it, thinking its safe. When the ship hits the rocks it starts to sink; most the sailors die during the wreck but the remaining sailors swim to Zaroff’s island, thinking its safe. As Zaroff explains to Rainsford one night over dinner, “They indicate a channel... where there’s none; giant rocks with razor edges crouch like a sea like monster.”(P. 8). Zaroff kills innocent people to hunt the survivors and that is pure evil. Crashing ships in a crime alone, but killing innocent people just to hunt the survivors is extremely evil. Even the people that survive the crash, are eventually murdered by Zaroff during the hunt. Zaroff is insane because he crashes ships, killing innocent people just to hunt the …show more content…
Zaroff and Ivan have been friends since they lived in Russia. Ivan followed Zaroff to the island to become his one and only friend and servant. Ivan is Zaroff’s only friend on the island and is the only person that Zaroff can trust. Zaroff trusts Ivan enough to even let him help on his hunts. Ivan is also Zaroff’s servant and protector and he would risk his life to protect Zaroff. Ivan pressures Zaroff’s captives into choosing the hunt instead of being whipped to death. Without Ivan Zaroff would have no one to hunt. While Zaroff is hunting Rainsford the hunt becomes tricky and he enlists Ivan to help. During the hunt Rainsford sets up a spring trap involving a knife and a tree to kill Zaroff. When the Zaroff and Ivan come across it, Ivan goes first and is stabbed and killed. Zaroff has no reaction to the death of his friend and continues on with the hunt. Later that night while Zaroff was in his home, his only thoughts were that, “two slight annoyances kept him from perfect enjoyment. One was the thought that it would be difficult to replace Ivan.” (P.13). Ivan is Zaroff’s only friend and when he dies Zaroff shows no empathy. Zaroff’s only thought was that Ivan would be hard to replace; any sane human would have been upset with the death of their friend and would not be thinking about replacing them. Zaroff treats his best friend like a commodity instead of an actual human. Zaroff
Since General Zaroff hunts humans, he needs a way to get his prey. Usually ships crash on the island on their own, but when there’s none Zaroff crashes the ships to hunt the survivors. General Zaroff has a button in his house that turns on lights in the ocean that signal a channel where there is none. At the end of the channel there are sharp rocks that the ships crash into. When General Zaroff see a ship going by his island he presses the button and the lights turn on. The ship sees the channel and heads down it, thinking its safe. When the ship hits the rocks it starts to sink; most the sailors die during the wreck but the remaining sailors swim to Zaroff’s island, thinking its safe. As Zaroff explains to Rainsford one night over dinner, “They indicate a channel... where there’s none; giant rocks with razor edges crouch like a sea like monster.”(P. 8). Zaroff kills innocent people to hunt the survivors and that is pure evil. Crashing ships in a crime alone, but killing innocent people just to hunt the survivors is extremely evil. Even the people that survive the crash, are eventually murdered by Zaroff during the hunt. Zaroff is insane because he crashes ships, killing innocent people just to hunt the …show more content…
Zaroff and Ivan have been friends since they lived in Russia. Ivan followed Zaroff to the island to become his one and only friend and servant. Ivan is Zaroff’s only friend on the island and is the only person that Zaroff can trust. Zaroff trusts Ivan enough to even let him help on his hunts. Ivan is also Zaroff’s servant and protector and he would risk his life to protect Zaroff. Ivan pressures Zaroff’s captives into choosing the hunt instead of being whipped to death. Without Ivan Zaroff would have no one to hunt. While Zaroff is hunting Rainsford the hunt becomes tricky and he enlists Ivan to help. During the hunt Rainsford sets up a spring trap involving a knife and a tree to kill Zaroff. When the Zaroff and Ivan come across it, Ivan goes first and is stabbed and killed. Zaroff has no reaction to the death of his friend and continues on with the hunt. Later that night while Zaroff was in his home, his only thoughts were that, “two slight annoyances kept him from perfect enjoyment. One was the thought that it would be difficult to replace Ivan.” (P.13). Ivan is Zaroff’s only friend and when he dies Zaroff shows no empathy. Zaroff’s only thought was that Ivan would be hard to replace; any sane human would have been upset with the death of their friend and would not be thinking about replacing them. Zaroff treats his best friend like a commodity instead of an actual human. Zaroff