The New General Zaroff-Personal Narrative

The New General Zaroff Rainsford wakes up the next morning and, surprisingly, does not feel regretful of killing General Zaroff. Now that he has hunted the most dangerous game as well, he understands how General Zaroff felt. As he is walking downstairs, he finds a large group of General Zaroff’s workers crowded around the entrance. There, waiting, is another sailor who was stranded by his crew. Rainsford, afraid the man was a brigand, curiously hurried towards everyone. “Who are you?” Rainsford asked the stranger. “I’m John. There was another storm last night and I was stranded,” he told Rainsford. Rainsford wondered if anyone had admonished him, considering the island was eminent for being dangerous. Rainsford explained the island’s owner’s history with …show more content…
I’ve decided that I will follow a similar lifestyle as Zaroff. The only way you can stay on this island is if you can kill me within twenty-four hours. If you can’t, I will kill you.” Rainsford told him. “I don’t know,” John seemed unsure of himself. “Actually, that sounds good. I’ll start tonight.” However, John had actually known about General Zaroff’s game from a worker that Zaroff didn’t notice had recently escaped. He came to see if he could win against Zaroff, not knowing he had died earlier. He hadn’t planned on killing Zaroff, only winning and staying on the island with him because of his wealth. He wasn’t sure if he could kill Rainsford. John spent the day thinking about his choice. When Rainsford finally came to get him that night, he wasn’t sure if he made the right decision. Within about eight hours, John had successfully created a trap that he planned using on Zaroff. The trap was originally going to be almost exactly like the one Rainsford built that killed Zaroff’s best dog. Since his goal now was to kill Rainsford, he built the trap deeper and laid some spiked sticks upright for Rainsford to fall