Prompt: The character General Zaroff in “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell is presented with contrasting personality traits. [Discuss two of these traits that illustrate this contrast and how the two traits contribute to the total picture of the character.] In Richard Connell’s story “The Most Dangerous Game” the character General Zaroff is presented with contrasting personality traits. Two of these characteristics are his[refinement] and his [savagery]. [Zaroff’s characteristic of refinement …showed first 75 words of 581 total…

…showed last 75 words of 581 total…ships- lascars, blacks, Chinese, whites, mongrels ...It gives me pleasure.’”) (This paragraph heavily contrasts Zaroff’s personality traits.) (General Zaroff says that he hunts the scum of the earth, so if HE thinks they are scum, it is okay to kill them.”) (Zaroff also said that it gives him pleasure to hunt humans, which characterizes him as a savage man.) Zaroff’s contrasting personality traits are important because they help outline part of the story.