Rainsford sets several traps as he is chased harming Zaroff or one of Zaroffs’s men/dogs. He is finally pined and jumps into the ocean from a cliff. Zaroff thinking he has won heads home but Rainsford beats him there confronting him. Zaroff challenges Rainsford saying whoever wins gets
When Rainsford wakes up, he decides that he needs to get rid of General Zaroff’s body. He doesn’t know how or when though. No one is around the house, and he was on an island, so he just thought to take the body and dispose of it in the water around the island. He would first stick the body in a bag and then float it down the river. Rainsford would just have to hope that no one discovers the body and then try to investigate the situation.
Zaroff had this theory that Rainsford was trying to kill him and he was right but for a good reason. Rainsford walked up to the
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.
When an unfortunate accident throws Rainsford overboard, he stays calm (Connell 28). In this sudden event, he needs to stay calm, and he does that very well. From this point, he immediately looks around and surveys to find a place to go that isn’t stranded in the ocean. “General, I wish to leave this island at once” (Connell 36). Hearing all about the island and General Zaroff makes Rainsford decide he needs to leave.
Climax Zaroff wants to hunt down his guest like a “beast”. Now rainsford finds himself being the pray. Rainsford don't like that feeling. Now it's life or death for rainsford.
“He shrugged his shoulders. Then he sat down, took a drink of brandy from a silver flask, lit a cigarette, and hummed a bit from Madame Butterfly,” (14). The mood of this scene is relief because General Zaroff thought that the big hunt was over so he had went home got really comfortable, had got him some wine, and a big dinner. But little did he know what truly happened to Rainsford. So this shows that General Zaroff had a chance of winning the big hunt.
Rainsford’s point of view changed and now he has insight to what the animals he hunted felt. Rainsford manages to injure Zaroff several times. At the end of the story Rainsford is forced to jump in the murky waters at the edge of the island. When the readers lose hope and we think that Rainsford is but another one of Zaroff’s victims, Rainsford reappears in Zaroff’s bedroom. They have a final battle in which Rainsford comes out victorious.
Rainsford could not take it anymore and just like that, he felt absolutely nothing and fell into a deep sleep of unconsciousness. “Oh my,” exclaimed General Zaroff, “What is this I see?” General Zaroff towered over the cliff and
(27) Rainsford is conflicted that Zaroff has just told him that he hunts humans. Rainsford is flabbergasted that Zaroff murders innocent humans in cold blood just for his enjoyment. Zaroff admits that he loves to hunt humans because they are the only animal that can reason unlike all the other animals in the world that only have their instincts.
But we should also never underestimate ourselves and never hold ourselves back. Rainsford represents the part of us, focused and does not give up on his goal because it is to difficult. Although General Zaroff represents the dark or extreme side of us, not showing pity towards others, becoming lazy, and inferring Rainsford has died therefore not caring about his
The dog approached a nearby cell and stuck its snout between the bars. Slowly, a tiny, delicate hand reached out. Short, skinny fingers combed through the animal's hair causing strands to fall. Rainsford wasn't entirely certain about what he was witnessing. The hound soon pulled away and continued down the hall, peering into each cell.
He wants to leave right away. Rainsford was antsy but after spending more time on the island he became nervous especially when Zaroff said “The hunting was not good last night. The fellow lost his head. He made a straight trail that offered no problems at all. (Connell 30).
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.
Rainsford has no way to live unless he kills General Zaroff because Zaroff would most likely continue to force Rainsford to
