In the story The Most Dangerous Game, the two main characters were Rainsford and General Zaroff. There are several similarities in their character traits, but there were also many differences. These reasons played a major role in the movement of the story,
             There are many similarities in Rainsford and General Zaroff. Both men are hunters who have very violent personalities. Neither of them have any sympathy for the creatures they hunt. Both Rainsford and General Zaroff are very intelligent. Next, General Zaroff and Rainsford both had a very arrogant attitude. They both felt that they are better than all other hunters in the world are. For these reasons, you can see that there are many similarities between Rainsford and General Zaroff.
             There are also many differences between Rainsford and General Zaroff. General Zaroff is a Cossack hailing from Russia while Rainsford is an American from New York City. From the story, you can tell the General Zaroff has no morals. Rainsford does, however, as is demonstrated by his outrage when General Zaroff informs Rainsford that he will play the game and hunt other humans. Next, Rainsford is sociable and very outgoing. On the other hand, General Zaroff seems to be a lonely introvert, because he lives on a remote island with his bodyguard Ivan. In addition, General Zaroff is more conceded than intelligent, and Rainsford is just the opposite. In the story, General Zaroff had an excellent opportunity to win the game by killing Rainsford, but his arrogance won out so he let him live assuming he would still have many more chances. In contrast, Rainsford was very careful the whole time and, he was smart enough to think of swimming around the island instead of allowing General Zaroff to catch and kill him. For these reasons, you can conclude that there are many differences between Rainsford and General Zaroff.
             In conclusion, you can see that Rainsford and General Zaroff have several
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