The Most Dangerous Game Rainsford Character Analysis

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In “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, the main character, Rainsford, is seen to be a dynamic character. Throughout the story, Rainsford changes his apathetic viewpoints about the animals he hunts into an empathetic stance. The first example of Rainsford displaying this apathetic and arrogant view about his prey can be seen in the beginning of the story. where the text reads: “‘Don’t talk rot, Whitney,’ said Rainsford. ‘You’re a big-game hunter, not a philosopher. Who cares how a jaguar feels?’” (Connell 60). This demonstrates how Rainsford doesn’t care about the animals he hunts and has no understanding about the pain they go through. However, this starts to change as General Zaroff forces Rainsford into a game where Rainsford is