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Examples Of How General Zaroff's Game Is Unfair

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Is General Zaroff’s game fair? In the story The Most Dangerous Game Zaroff’s game is unfair. Reasons it’s unfair are, Zaroff has a pistol while Rainsford has a hunting knife, Zaroff has home advantage, the dogs get sent out if Zaroff has trouble finding you.

First example of how the game is unfair is how Zaroff has a Pistol while Rainsford has a hunting knife. Rainsford is only provided a little bit of food and a knife as said in the rules, “I give him a supply of food and an excellent hunting knife.” Zaroff is given a gun and a house to stay in as said in the text, “I am to follow, armed only with a pistol of the smallest caliber and range.” Zaroff’s weapon advantage makes the game extremely unfair because it’s bringing a knife to a gunfight. In almost all circumstances the man with a gun would have a higher advantage. …show more content…

In the text it tells us that the island is Zaroff’s home, "It is a very great pleasure and honor to welcome Mr. Sanger Rainsford, the celebrated hunter, to my home." Zaroff has been on the island much longer than Rainsford and knows it better as also said in the text, “So I bought this island and built this house, and here I do my hunting. The island is perfect for my purposes—there are jungles with a maze of trails in them, hills, swamps”. This makes it really unfair to Rainsford because not only can Zaroff go to his home anytime, he also knows the woods and island much

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The main character in the Most Dangerous Game, Rainsford, endured numerous troublesome trials. The last trial he endured, in my opinion, was the hardest; giving him the chance to attack and kill Zaroff right then and there, instead choosing not to take advantage of the situation. Ultimately, he confronted and challenged him to a fair and even sword fight, the winner getting to keep Zaroff 's home while the loser was fed to the dogs. This act shows a great deal of Rainsford 's character and personality, proving to be a man of honor and fairness, with respect in this scenario. Rainsford allowed an even fight to take place, and as a result, for his actions, he won while Zaroff received what he truly deserved.

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This helps with the thrill of the hunt as well because Zaroff has read some of the books Rainsford has written, which helps him know about Rainsford and his hunting abilities.. Rainsford being a famous hunter makes Zaroff want to compete against him to confirm he is as good of a hunter as he discloses to be. Not only do the characters show some comparability, but the plot events do as well. Specifically, Rainsford ends up in the sea which results in him ending up on the island. This is how the entire setting and main points take off.

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To begin with, in “The Most Dangerous Game” Zaroff has unfair advantages compared to the people he is hunting. On page 26 it says,” I give him a supply and an excellent hunting knife. I give them three hours to start. I am to follow, armed with only a pistol of the smallest caliber and range.”

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General Zaroff was born a Cossack and was known for their savagery. General Zaroff got bored with just hunting animals he wanted some great to kill- humans. Rainsford found out and refused to hunt with him, so General Zaroff decided to hunt Rainsford. Rainsford outsmarted him and had a fight to the death which Rainsford won. But you got to ask yourself.

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One would think the general is talking about hunting animals with Rainsford when he is actually talking hunting Rainsford himself. It is also ironic when General Zaroff is described as “civilized”. In a way, he is civilized— his fancy clothes,nice home, and spares no expense. Although he is civilized in that way, he enjoys to kill other humans

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Since Zaroff is hunting humans, one of them is most likely to die. Murder can not go unpunished. Rainsford would most likely have died if he didn’t kill Zaroff. Some may say that one should never kill no matter what. Well, if Rainsford himself never killed Zaroff, he would have died.

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(pg 12). The law was that everyone was equal in Harrison Bergeron, but in The Most Dangerous Game that was all Rainsford got while General Zaroff got hounds guns and his whole mansion to sleep and

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While Zaroff is explaining the rules to Rainsford, “I give him a supply of food and an excellent hunting knife. I'll give him three hours to start. I am to follow, armed only with a pistol.”’ He has the advantage of a ranged weapon while rainsford has a weapon you need to get up close for. After Rainsford decided to be hunted, “Ivan” he said to rainsford, “will supply you with hunting clothes, food, a knife.”

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But in the short story Zaroff said to Rainsford,”Tonight said the general we hunt-you and I”(Connell Pg 228)This was a real eye opener because Rainsford is a hunter but yet now he the huntie because General Zaroff is planning on hunting him. It’s not just animals the are being hunted now it is everyone even the humans and if human are being hunted the there is no real top of the line hunter. General Zaroff doesn't even feel bad about it because he believes that he is strong and that all the rest of the humans are weak. He says that the weak is made to pleasure the strong, so he uses hunting people as pleasure for himself.

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Zaroff said that “one of [them] is to furnish a repast for the hounds. The other will sleep in [a] very excellent bed” (Connell 80). Zaroff continued to say “ On guard, Rainsford” (Connell 80). Not long after that Rainsford said, “he had never slept in a better bed, [he] decided” (Connell 80). From this quote, an implication is made that Rainsford won and killed Zaroff.

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Also, General Zaroff is an extreme hunter and doesn’t find pleasure in hunting regular animals. Zaroff says the most dangerous game is humans because they have the ability to reason. Rainsford is going to be hunted and is given a certain amount of time to survive. Moreover, while Rainsford is being hunted Zaroff

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Therefore, Rainsford won’t ever hunt again because he is traumatized by his experiences on the island. With all his experiences on the island Rainsford became traumatized. For example when Zaroff tells Rainsford about the type of hunting he does, which he hunts actual men. “Hunting? Good God, General Zaroff, what you speak of is murder” (Connell 23).

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However, he is now ready to fight to the death, which shows that his opinion has changed. That just makes him no better than Zaroff “the murderer”. It seems as if Zaroff has passed on his role to Rainsford and he is now the new Zaroff. How else can he sleep so well if he feels remorse over killing a fellow human? Zaroff told him he could leave the island if he won but he stays.

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Tanner Toussaint In the short story The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell, Rainsford is justified in killing General Zaroff. One of the reasons why Rainsford is justified in killing General Zaroff is on the island the only way to live is to hunt or to be the one being hunted. Secondly, Rainsford is justified in killing General Zaroff because Zaroff wanted to die. Lastly, Rainsford is justified in killing General Zaroff because killing Zaroff is going to be the only way Rainsford will escape the island from a psychopath.

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