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I Am General Zaroff Quotes Analysis
Ultimately Zaroff can be characterized as Mysterious and cruel. First off one way Zaroff is mysterious is he already knows who Rainsford is without ever meeting each other before. Conelle page 44, “It is a very great pleasure and honor to welcome Mr. Sanger Rainsford, the celebrated hunter, to my home… I am General Zaroff.” As you can see from this quote Zaroff is excited to meet Rainsford and immediately wants to get to know him better. My second reason is Zaroff acts strange in general around Rainsford. Conelle page 44 “The menacing look in his eyes did not change… a black uniform trimmed with gray astrakhan.” By this quote you can tell Rainsford is feeling uncertain and curious of him. You can also tell by his first reaction he is in some …show more content…

Fist of all Zaroff forces Rainsford to be part of his game to get off the island. Conelle pg 53 “My dear fellow, said the general…Rainsford was thinking.” From this you can see Zaroff was thinking this would be a fun challenge from him. That it would also be an easy win in his game. My second reason is Zaroff enjoys killing people for fun. Conelle pg 50 “Life is for the strong…more than a score of them.” You can see that Zaroff is selfless and does not care about others he just wants to hunt for a good challenge. You can also see that he does not care how the people look, Zaroff just wants game. My final reason Zaroff is cruel is he did not even care that one of his dogs died. Conelle pg 57 “ You’ve done well, Rainsford…Thank you for the most amusing evening.” You can tell from that short paragraph that Rainsford does not even mind that one of his best dogs died. All he cares about was the amusing evening of tracking him down in the jungle. Those are the two reasons why I believe Zaroff is mysterious and cruel. I believe I earn an 8/10 because it was my first journal and I am still getting a hang of things. I also think I deserve an 8/10 because I did not have any

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