Rainsford Mood

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Hunting can lead to death or death of others. In the story the most dangerous game Zaroff kills people instead of animals. He gets bored of killing animals so he starts hunting humans. He treats human as if they are animals. Rainsford the main character falls off his ship and ends up on the island. Zaroff greets Rainsford into his home but then later tells him about the game. Zaroff wants to hunt Rainsford. The short story was written by Richard Connell. Zaroff is a very good hunter who hunts humans for fun. Rainsford is a professional hunter who ends up on the island. Fear and danger can be felt by the bravest of men.
In the most dangerous game the author uses mood to make the reader feel scared for rainsford. In the middle of the story when rainsford was being chased by zaroff during the game. "I will not lose my nerve. I will not." This quote is saying that he will not freak out and will not get out of focus. In the beginning of the story rainsford fell off his ship …show more content…

In the story this happened when Zaroff dogs found rainsford. Rainsford knew that Zaroff had a advantage with the dogs. The lights from the windows sent a flickering illumination that made grotesque patterns on the courtyard below, and Rainsford could see moving about there a dozen or so huge black shapes; as they turned toward him, their eyes glittered greenly.(9). Since Zaroff had a lot of advantages, it made rainsford work hard to survive. Rainsford had to make traps and he had to kill Ivan. At the end of the story Rainsford showed up in Zaroff's room. Rainsford slept in the bed and Zaroff slept with the hounds. Splendid! One of us is to furnish a repast for the hounds. Rainsford didn't have anything to kill with. He had nothing to survive. Zaroff had weapons and dogs. Rainsford tried but believe he couldn't win while Zaroff didn't try and believed that he will win. As the result of Rainsford surviving he won the

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