Similarities and Differences Between Rainsford and General Zaroff Rainsford and General Zaroff are two characters who play a substantial role in “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell. These two characters have similar and different qualities. First, both Zaroff and Rainsford love to hunt. In the beginning, the story right away states how Rainsford is a “big- game hunter” and that he thinks hunting is the best sport in the world. Later in the text, Rainsford gets washed up on the island and General Zaroff provides Rainsford with amenities such as shelter and food. The General would later state that “ ‘I read all books on hunting published in English, French, and Russian. I have but one passion in my life, Mr. Rainsford, and it is the
