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The general is a cruel and mysterious one. A direct characterization given by author to describe him can be seen in the following stated, "another man was coming down the broad marble steps, an erect, slender man in evening clothes...in a cultivated voice marked by a slight accent that gave deliberateness, he said..." (Connell 21) As one can clearly see, our very first impression of the general is that he holds much power and authority and that, even though we couldn't gather much about him based purely off of this quote, we can already see that he is not someone you can mess with.

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As the readers soon come to find out, the general is an intense man with some very peculiar and dangerous ideas. We are further exposed to his character when he says, "hunting tigers ceased to interest to me some years ago. I exhausted their possibilities, you see. No thrill left in tigers, no real danger. I live for danger, Mr. Rainsford" (Connell 22). As one can clearly see, the general is a man who will stop at nothing to satisfy his hunger for whatever he desires.

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All in all, we are left with the knowledge that General Zaroff is a refined man who likes to hunt humans for sport because he has grown weary of hunting dull animals and desires a more challenging prey. We are also shown that the general sees no harm in his ways and seems to diminish the fact that his prey are men simply because they have less than him. The general even goes as far as to say, "lascars, blacks, Chinese, whites mongrels - a thoroughbred horse or hound worth more than a score of them" (Connell 26) As one can clearly see, the general has no remorse or kindness towards others.

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The general hunts people and so therefore he affects others negatively because his idea of amusement is to track and kill his prisoners (sailors) if they fail to outsmart him. The general states, "I refuse to believe that so modern and civilized a young man as you (Rainsford) seem to be harbors romantic ideas about the value of human life" (Connell 25). As we can see, the general clearly does not care how his game effects others as long as he has his quarry to continue to play his sport.

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The general is a very intelligent man who strongly believes that no animal has wits that can match his. He also thinks very highly of himself and when he sees Rainsford he challenges him, believing that he will win. The text states, " 'two slight annoyances kept him from perfect enjoyment. One was that it would be difficult to replace Ivan; the other was that his quarry had escaped him; of course the American hadn't played the game' - so thought the general as he tasted his after - dinner liqueur"
(Connell 34). Based on the quote, we can see that the general is very confident in himself to the point where he can be described as cocky. We can also see that because he is so used to winning all the time, he is bitter and disappointed when he loses at his own game.

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In the text, the general is described as smug and mysterious. The text states, "he was a tall man past middle age, for his hair was a vivid white; but his thick eyebrows and pointed military mustache were as black as the night from which Rainsford had come from. His eyes, too, were black and bright. He had high cheekbones, a sharp-cut nose, a spare, dark face, the face of a a man used to giving orders, the face of an aristocrat"
(Connell 21).

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As readers, our suspicions are quickly confirmed when the general says the following to Rainsford, "I suggest to one of them (his prey in the game) that we go hunting. I give them a supply of food and an excellent hunting knife. I give him three hours start. I am to follow, armed with a pistol of the smallest caliber and range" (Connell 22). Taking from the quote we can see that Rainsford is now in grave danger and his only way out of the island is to survive the hunt.

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General Zaroff