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Rainsford In Ayn Rand's The Most Dangerous Game

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Being hunted is like day’s hours, your life only last for a short amount of time. A hunter by the name Rainsford fell overboard his yacht and was stranded on a island.Rainsford met this savage man named General Zaroff, who hunted unexpected game that Rainsford wasn’t ready for. Rainsford will not hunt again because after being hunted and chased around in the woods by a savage-like man, he knows the feeling and the terror that the animal that’s being hunted feels.
Rainsford feels sympathy for the animals, just as he was being hunted by a human. Rainsford is frustrated with General Zaroff games. Being hunted like an animal creates conflict and Rainsford “can’t believe that [Zaroff] [is] serious... This is grisly joke(27). In other words, he …show more content…

Rainsford is on his own in the woods with General Zaroff. General Zaroff character trait of challenging, motivates Zaroff to tell Rainsford, “you’ll find this game worth playing,” the general said enthusiastically. “[Rainsford] brain against [Zaroff]. [Rainsford] woodcraft against [Zaroff], [Rainsford] strength and stamina against [Zaroff]”(30). Rainsford now knows that he’s in this game with General Zaroff and that he’s being put to the test of hunting. Rainsford is seconds away from being caught. General Zaroff tracks the tree and “Rainsford froze there, every muscle tensed for a spring. But the sharp eyes of the hunter stopped before they reached the limb where Rainsford lay”(33). Having to hide and not be caught just like animals have to do when they're being hunted, probably makes him tired of using energy hiding and running away. Rainsford is being chased and has thoughts about the different animals. “He ran for his life. The hounds raised their voices as they hit the fresh scent. Rainsford knew now how an animal at bay feels”(36). The hounds were chasing Rainsford, just as the animals were being chased by hunter and now that Rainsford lives the fear. Rainsford is not only being chased but tracked down.General Zaroff will “give [Rainsford] a trail to follow,” muttered Rainsford, and he struck off from the rude path he had been following into the trackless wilderness”(32). Rainsford is put on a trail just like an animal is hunted like their in a maze. He’s being tracked down by his scent and nowhere to escape because of that scent. Rainsford is put on a trail just like an animal is hunted like their in a maze. He’s being tracked down by his scent and nowhere to escape because of that

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General Zaroff said “I’m going now to have my wound dressed, it is only a slight one, but I shall be back.” (Connell, 26) The author states that Rainsford is very intelligent. He uses his hunting experiences to try and outsmart Zaroff and uses his knowledge to figure out what to

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Rainsford was a hunter but he became a hunted. Rainsford is faced with the challenge in the middle of the story. Also, the importance of empathy is shown through the changes that occur in Rainsford in the beginning, middle, and end of the story. Moreover, it seems that Zaroff considers himself a god who can snuff out life as he pleases.

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While Rainsford and the General are chatting over a grand dinner, Rainsford begins to highly respect the General, and his bravery. “You are wrong, sir. It is not the most dangerous game. I hunt more dangerous game” ( 17). Although Rainsford is impressed by the Genral, it is all a lie.

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Zaroff introduces Rainsford to the most exhilarating sport of hunting humans by saying, “It supplies me with the most exciting [hunt] in the world… Every day I hunt, and I never grow bored. . .” (Connell 7). Zaroff’s actions are selfish because he only cares for his thrill and never cares how that impacts his victims. To Zaroff, Rainsford is the ultimate prey.

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Rainsford is invited to stay for dinner by Zaroff and comes to realize that the General not only hunts animals, but men as well. The General then invites him

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Hunting is a game where you can have fun killing a certain type of animal, but could be very dangerous at the same time. In “The Most Dangerous Game” Rainsford is a character that is a very good hunter. So one day him and his buddy's went out on a yacht and went out on the sea to go to the caribbean to look for this island to hunt Jaguars. But while on a yacht he feel of the boat and fell into the sea. Moving on he was on this Island and met this General.

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As Rainsford was running for his life from the hounds down the trail. “The hounds raised their voices as they hit the fresh scent. Rainsford knew now how an animal at bay felt” (24). Zaroff considered Rainsford as the prey he was tracking before. The hunter understands how an animal feels.

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To see how far he will go to save his own life. Rainsford is being hunted like an animal, the test is if he fights like an animal. However, his life is put down as a game and he will have to fight to survive. When is in the situation of being hunted he says, "Even so, I rather think they understand one thing—fear. The fear of pain and the fear of death."

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When Rainsford arrives on the island, Zaroff tells him stories about previous hunts and says, “I have not lost [the game]” and tells Rainsford, “we will hunt-you and I” (Connell 404-473). Zaroff’s offer was too abrupt for Rainsford to take into consideration. On the other hand, Rainsford liked the idea of hunting, but did not know the way Zaroff hunted. Zaroff explains the “hunting” and says, “You’ll find this game worth playing, your brain against mine. Your woodcraft against mine.

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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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It is now hard for him to trust anyone after being forced to be hunted. “The pit grew deeper; when it was above his shoulders, he climbed out and from some hard saplings cut stakes and sharpened them to a fine point. These stakes he planted in the bottom of the pit with the points sticking up” (Connell 34) because of this flashback Rainsford starts to get scared about himself hurting another human being. He won’t hunt again because he remembers his times of desperation and how he felt while trying to kill a living person. Another factor of Rainsford’s nervousness is when he told that the man being hunted the day before lost his head.

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Here in the story General Zaroff is injured by a trap that Rainsfords set. “But he was not quick enough, the dead tree crashed down and struck the general.(232) This quote shows Irony when in the start of the hunt General Zaroff thought that this was going to be an easy kill and he could continue on. Throughout the story Zaroff and Rainsford both exert arrogance.

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If the story was not set on an island Rainsford would have no other choice than to walk back to General Zaroff’s house, which would most likely result in his death. The setting contributes to Rainsford’s growth as a character. Now he is feeling what it is like to be hunted, just as the animals he hunts feel. He is learning what it is like to be stranded and isolated in the woods, while fearing

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