After today's discussion, I'd love to know what you think. Do you think Rainsford will give up hunting? Will hunt again? If so, will he be satisfied with hunting animals....or will he need more? Finally, would Rainsford be acquitted by a jury if he were put on trial for killing Zaroff.
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At first I thought he would never hunt again. But after thinking for a minute, I realized maybe he will. Maybe he will become the next completely psychotic general zaroff. AND... if he does, then maybe Rainsford didn't win the game after all. It could just be that this was the plan all along and Zaroff won because he made another person just like him.
I think he would hunt again because hes is kind of like Whitney now. Rainsford now knows that animals have feeling because he knows what it is like to be hunted. Still, Rainsford will hunt because i think he now is used to the life style of Zaroff because he said the bed was comfortable.
And for the question of why would Rainsford kill Zaroff if he knew what he was doing was wrong, i think its because he wants to save the other ship crew memebers who would have been killed by Zaroff.
I think he will hunt again because thats what he does, he is a hunter and he is not just gonna stop. He might understand that animals have feelings like hunams but that wont change him. Also, he was angry at Zarrof when he told him that he hunted humans; Rainsford said that that was murder and he isnt a murderer. Rainsford did kill Zaroff but that was just because he was angey with him and he wanted Zarrof to lose at his own game.
Well, since we are not in Rainsfords mind we can't tell what he really is feeling. Maybe he will go back into hunting because that is who he is. But, maybe this whole exsperiance of being the hunted has changed his whole view. I think he will hunt, but while he hunts the whole incident will be haunting him in the back of his mind. So, he will still have feelings for the animals.
I think because he was almost raised on hunting that he will not give it up. Rainsford is not a psychopathic, murderous lunatic so I doubt he will feel the need to hunt humans after his trip on the island. I lso believe that he will not hunt as much because at the end of the story he even says he knows what it feels like to be "a beast at bay." And, if Rainsford were to be put on trial for killing Zaroff I do not think that he would be put in jail because part of the reason why he killed Zroff was in self defense.
Rainsford was not acting in selfdefence to Genral Zaroff. At the end of the of the story Zaroff was going to let him go but Rainsford decided to kill him anyway. Rainsford was just angry. He has never been angry prior and so "he doesn't know his own strength". He was not trying to save the people down stairs when he killed Zaroff. After he has been hunted for three days and jumped off a cliff the last thing on his mind is to save the other people on the island. Yes Rainford will continue to hunt for the rest of his life.
Personally I think that Rainsford will feel better about hunting after he gets off the island because he would feel like he has already been in the position of the animals. Rainsford experienced all the terror that comes with being hunted.
If Rainsford were to be put in front of a jury, he would be able to make up any story because there were no witnesses left on the island after General Zoroff died. He would probably claim that the killing was in self defense.
i also thought thought that he wouldn't go hunting again at first. but after listening to everything said in class. i think it is possible that he would go hunting again because of the way he acted after killing Zaraff. i get that he is tired, but i wouldn't sleep in the same room with a dead man i just killed. this proves that Rainsford doesn't really care about killing anymore.
I think that Rainsford will hunt again. He defintely had no problem killing General Zaroff and Ivan. However, I don't think Rainsford will hunt humans as General Zaroff did. General Zaroff hung humans as if they were animal heads. Therefore, General Zaroff felt the human race was equal to any animal. Rainsford probably will never say he is just like a jaguar. I think that he will go back to his old ways and pretend that the whole Ship Trap Island thing never happened.
I don't think Rainsford will ever be the same that he was at the beginning of the story. I think he will go on hunting animals, but not humans. He only killed Zaroff because he was angry at him. He didn't take real pleasure in killing him; he wasn't exclaiming his pride in that. He had been in the jungle being hunted for three days straight! i think any other person would be insane too! I think he slept soundly not because he was happy with killing the General but because for once in several days he felt safe and comfortable. He did not have to worry about the General hunting him anymore. Although I do think he will continue hunting, i think he has learned his lesson and will never feel the same about killing an animal, as he now knows how it feels to be hunted.
I think that Rainsford will definitley hunt again. In the beginning of the story Zaroff had said something about how hunting was a way of life and he couldn't just stop. That's probably going to be the same for Rainsford. He knows how it feels to be an animal being chased. He realizes that animals feel fear. Running away from Zaroff, he felt like an animal. If he continues hunting, he'll be like Whitney. Maybe, he won't feel that it's wrong though. He felt like an animal when he was trying to survive Zaroff, but he was able to survive. He might feel like animals can do that too. I don't think he'll become like Zaroff though because Zaroff started hunting people because he could kill everything else he hunted. Rainsford is impressed when Zaroff tells him some of his hunting stories, which sort of implies that Rainsford is not as good a hunter as Zaroff. Rainsford kills Zaroff out of pure anger, so he probably would not win in a trial. Unless, he said that he killed Zaroff to save other humans from being killed, but that clearly isn't why he killed him.
I believe Rainsford will give up hunting. He witnessed being hunted first hand and now knows what it feels like to be the prey. I think he will give hunting up and be scared from his encounter with the general.
After Rainsford's experinces on Shiptrap Island, I am not sure wether he would hunt again. I am leaning to fact though that he would hunt again. By him killing Zaroff, I think it still shows that he is still willing to kill. I also think hunting is just somehting that he does and is known for, so he wouldn't stop. When hunting though I think he will remember his chase and think more of how the huntee fells, and maybe he'll cut back a bit. If Rainsford was to be tried for killing of Zaroof, I think it would be a very interesting cae, but I think he would be found guilty, since Zaroof showed no danger to him.
I think that Rainsford will hunt again. While he was being hunted, I doubted that he would, but after he won and Zaroff admitted defeat, Rainsford still killed him. I think that Rainsford is going to end up like Zaroff because after being hunted he is going crazy.
I think he will most deffinetly hunt again; in fact i think he will continue Zaroffs game. How can a person who isnt crazy be able to sleep in the bed of the man u had just killed. Rainsford didnt kill Zaroff for self defense because the game was over! Zaroff admitted he had lost and was no danger to rainsford anymore and yet he still killed him. I dont think he would be found guilty because it is clear that Rainsford was MAD!
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