Zaroff stocks his island with game by creating false, fake channels and capturing the victims of various shipwrecks, like Rainsford.
In the story, 'The Most Dangerous Game', Zaroff's island is also called 'Ship Trap' island. This is the case because Zaroff is responsible for shipwrecking men, so he can later hunt them down as prey.
Rainsford sails by island Rainsford reaches island Zaroff hunts Rainsford Rainsford eludes Zaroff
Rainsford sails by island (start of story) Rainsford reaches island (fell from boat) Zaroff hunts Rainsford (action of the story) Rainsford eludes Zaroff (end of story) (alternatively - in the first half of the story) Rainsford falls off the boat. Rainsford meets Ivan. Rainsford meets Zaroff. The hunt begins.
In the Story Most Dangerous Game General Zaroff Hunts is the Cape Bufflo
If the huntees do not want to be hunted by Zaroff, they are given the choice of being executed or being released to fend for themselves on the island. This is part of Zaroff's twisted game in "The Most Dangerous Game."
\An island in the middle of the Carribean Sea that has little to no contact is a perfect place for General Zaroff to play his game and get his hunts. Since there are no laws applied on the island, whatever General Zaroff says has to be done. Therefore, if there is no setting Zaroff wont play his game and no ships will be held in that island. Also, there would be no story because the whole story revolves around the setting itself.
General Zaroff stocks his island with game by enticing ships to sail near the island through the use of false lights and then wrecking them on jagged rocks. This way, he ensures a steady supply of new prey for his hunting activities.
The main characters in "The Most Dangerous Game" are Sanger Rainsford, a skilled hunter who becomes the prey, and General Zaroff, a Russian aristocrat who hunts humans for sport on his private island. Rainsford must outwit Zaroff in a deadly game of survival.
Rainsford sails by island (start of story) Rainsford reaches island (fell from boat) Zaroff hunts Rainsford (action of the story) Rainsford eludes Zaroff (end of story) (alternatively - in the first half of the story) Rainsford falls off the boat. Rainsford meets Ivan. Rainsford meets Zaroff. The hunt begins.
Rainsford sails by island (start of story) Rainsford reaches island (fell from boat) Zaroff hunts Rainsford (action of the story) Rainsford eludes Zaroff (end of story) (alternatively - in the first half of the story) Rainsford falls off the boat. Rainsford meets Ivan. Rainsford meets Zaroff. The hunt begins.
General Zaroff is surprised to see Rainsford at the end of the story because he thought Rainsford had perished in their game of hunting humans. Zaroff was not expecting Rainsford to turn the tables on him and outsmart him in their deadly game.