Which excerpt from "the most dangerous game" best portrays zaroff as rainsford’s foil?

"but no animal can reason," objected rainsford. "my dear fellow," said the general, "there is one that can."

"but you can't mean—" gasped rainsford. "and why not? "

"why should i not be serious? i am speaking of hunting." "hunting? general zaroff, what you speak of is murder.”

"and if they win? " the smile on the general's face widened. "to date i have not lost," he said.

Answer :

Cambridge English Dictionary defines "foil" as "someone or something that makes another’s good or bad qualities all the more noticeable."

The following excerpt from "The Most Dangerous Game" best portrays Zaroff as Rainsford’s foil :

"Why should I not be serious? I am speaking of hunting." "Hunting? General Zaroff, what you speak of is murder.”  

In the above excerpt, General Zaroff acts as Sanger Rainsford's foil as his character helps to highlight the protagonist's (Sanger Rainsford's) positive qualities of intelligence, level-headedness and wisdom. Rainsford has been shown as a man of moral principles who considers hunting human beings for sport as immoral and insane.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)