Richard Connell defines the character Zaroff through appearance perfectly in his short story “The Most Dangerous Game.” In the story, Zaroff is described to be a middle aged man. He later says that when he was five years old he had a gun and shot his first bear at ten, which means that he has had to be hunting for very many years. The adventure tale also tells the readers that Zaroff has a “face of a man used to giving orders,” and this can reveal that he is used to being in charge and having things go his way. Zaroff is also depicted as a well dressed man with a “face of an aristocratic.” An aristocrat is one that 's high class and has power, and Zaroff definitely has power over his victims. Zaroff also says he is Cossack, which means he