Character Analysis Of Sanger Rainsford

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Sanger Rainsford is a protagonist character that has many character traits that characterizes him. Some of these traits are: quick-witted, wise, experienced and opinionated. Rainsford is a quick-witted person because when he fell overboard he swam toward the gunshots instead of panicking. Rainsford also made distance between Zaroff and himself at the beginning of the hunt. He sat traps to catch the enemy and his alliances. Rainsford is also a wise person because he sat very successful traps. He also published many books that are selling all over the world and he is a well-known hunter. Rainsford is an experienced hunter and that is proven by that he knew the name of General Zaroff by reading all of his books on hunting published in English,

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