The Most Dangerous Game General Zaroff Summary

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Characterization:

The antagonist of the story, General Zaroff, doesn't come in until the 4th page of the story, when his butler answers the door. General Zaroff, invites the protagonist in for a meal, they sit and tell stories, of hunting, something they both have in common, General Zaroff tells stories of his military background. Due to this we can assume he is a round character, a man with military background, who just wants to spend the rest of his life in peace and hunting on his private island, but that is far from the truth. He has the heads of the animals on his wall, from this we can infer that he is a skilled hunter and is proud of it.as the protaginist and Zaroff talk Zaroff tells him

A little later he states that he has created a new animal to hunt. He stared trapping sailors on his island with lights that make the sailors think it's a safe pass through the rocks, when really, it leads them straight into rocks. He then explains how he cares for them and tends to eney wounds that they have, then training them to peak physical condition. Then releasing them into the wilds one at a time to be haunted by them for three days. He goes on to explain that at midnight of the third day that he stops hunting them, and arranges transport home. He then tells the protagonist that he will be the next quarry. Zaroff then states that the protagonist will have a long day ahead of him and sends him to a guest bedroom to sleep, also heading to the master bedroom to sleep himself. In the morning he gives the protagonist a pack of supplies: one hunting knife and three day worth of food. He informs the main character that he has a 3 hour head start and on midnight of

But that doesn't last as the protagonist hears 2 shots for a gun in the distance, he jumps up onto the guard railing, gets his pipe pulled out of his mouth and he fell off trying to grab it. He then saw an island in the distance, he swims towards it and eventually reaches the shore. He falls asleep and wakes up in the morning. Looking around, he finds himself in a tropical, jungle like environment, with green leafs and growing life everywhere. After exploring a while he finds a manchon. After a not so warming welcome he is eventually invited in. It is described as a beautiful structure. In the main dining halls there is a collection of stuffed animal heads, from all the hunting trips the general has taken. Later they describe the island in more depth. The island is described to have, a swamp, with quick sand, a hilly mountain region, and of course a jungle region. It takes place during the late 20th century, this is confirmed as the beginning of the story the protagonist is on his way for a hunting trip, as game was an important thing at that point in time. Whale the story doesn't have a certain time of day, as it spends over multiple days, we do know how many days, it takes 3 days for the game