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Readers must revise their predictions about the general

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GaryK [48]2 years ago

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This question is missing the necessary excerpts to be answered. I've found them online:

Read this excerpt from "The Most Dangerous Game," by Richard Connell.

In a cultivated voice marked by a slight accent that gave it added precision and deliberateness, he said: "It is a very great pleasure and honor to welcome Mr. Sanger Rainsford, the celebrated hunter, to my home."

Automatically Rainsford shook the man's hand.

"I've read your book about hunting snow leopards in Tibet, you see," explained the man. "I am General Zaroff."

Now read the second excerpt.

"The general's left eyelid fluttered down in a wink. "This island is called Ship-Trap," he answered. "Sometimes an angry god of the high seas sends them to me. Sometimes, when Providence is not so kind, I help Providence a bit. Come to the window with me."

Rainsford went to the window and looked out toward the sea.

"Watch! Out there!" exclaimed the general, pointing into the night. Rainsford's eyes saw only blackness, and then, as the general pressed a button, far out to sea Rainsford saw the flash of lights.

The general chuckled. "They indicate a channel," he said, "where there's none: giant rocks with razor edges crouch like a sea monster with wide-open jaws. They can crush a ship as easily as I crush this nut."

Answer:

Readers must revise their predictions about the general after reading the second excerpt because initially he seems to be a gracious host, but then it is revealed that he has lured and trapped his guests.

Explanation:

General Zaroff, a character in Connell's short story "The Most Dangerous Game," is quite deceiving at first. Us readers, along with the main character, Rainsford, are led to believe that the general is a gracious host. When Rainsford swims to the shore of the general's island, he is politely welcomed. He is offered dinner and a place to spend the night.

However, it does not take Zaroff long to show his true colors. He is a hunter, and he knows Rainsford is a hunter as well, which leads him to confide in his guest his new hobby. Zaroff has been luring ships to sink close to his island in order to trap the sailors. General Zaroff has grown tired of killing beasts, and he is now hunting men. The gracious host is revealed to be a cold-blooded murderer.

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