General Zaroff Character Analysis

Some say that the two main characters, General Zaroff and Sanger Rainsford, in the Most Dangerous Game are both civilized people, but others say only General Zaroff is and other say only Rainsford is. I agree with the statement that General Zaroff is a civilized human. To be civilized mean to be highly developed in society and culture, and if you analyze General Zaroff, and Rainsford in the short story you will come to realize that General Zaroff is without a doubt civilized. Many people have different views and opinions on this topic, but if you read this story you will see that Zaroff is more civilized than Sanger Rainsford. General Zaroff has been many places traveling the world, he lives in modern time with many luxuries, and he hunts. General Zaroff might even be more civilized than you and I. I believe General Zaroff is civilized because he has been many places traveling the world. General Zaroff had traveled around this world. Zaroff was born in Russia, and he had “Hunted every kind of animal in every land.” He also stated “I continued to hunt--grizzliest in your Rockies, crocodiles in the Ganges, rhinoceroses in East Africa.” He has been to and seen many more places than Rainsford has. Since Zaroff has been around the world he has seen many different cultures because of that he is highly advanced in society and culture …show more content…
Zaroff is very wealthy, he lives in a mansion with an assistant, Ivan, on an island with electricity. He also dresses for dinner in evening clothes, and since Rainsford doesn’t have evening clothes Zaroff lends him some to wear. Also when they were eating Rainsford stated that “The finest-the linen, the crystal, the silver, the china.” Rainsford also thought that Zaroff was a very nice and thoughtful host. He wears designer clothes. With all these luxuries, one might say that Zaroff is more developed in society or civilized than many people living in the world