Zaroff In The Most Dangerous Game, By Richard Connell

In the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game”, by Richard Connell, Rainsford fell off a yacht and swam to an island where he met General Zaroff, a famous hunter. The next day, Zaroff tried to convince Rainsford to hunt with him, but what he really wanted to do was hunt him. Later that day they started to play “the game” where Zaroff hunts Rainsford. A few days later, Rainsford managed to kill Zaroff and won the game! Throughout this journal, Zaroff can be characterized as confident and evil. First, Zaroff feels confident that he would never lose a game against anyone. Earlier in the text, they discuss the terms about who wins or loses. Rainsford asked, “What if I win?” Then Zaroff states, … “Three days hence we can discuss it over a bottle of Veuve Cliquot unless -.” (Connell 8) This quote shows that he is confident because he wants to discuss who won the game after it is over, implying that he knows he will win. …show more content…
In the text, Zaroff says, …“I give him three hours’ start. I am to follow, armed only with a pistol of the smallest caliber and range…” (Connell 7) This huge advantage he gives his opponents shows that Zaroff is so confident in himself that he will not lose. Lastly, he thinks he is the best hunter. In the text, Zaroff says, “ Simply this: hunting had ceased to be what you call ‘a sporting proposition.’ It had become too easy. I always got my quarry. Always. There is no greater bore than perfection.”( Connell 4) This is saying that when he hunts, he thinks it is too easy for him and he wants to ‘make up’ a new animal to hunt. Zaroff can be many things like confident, but also evil most of the