Exposition: Rainsford is traveling by boat towards a hunting trip when he falls overboard. He ends up at a large house where he meets General Zaroff.
Conflict: Zaroff explains that the "game" that he finds most dangerous, the thing he loves hunting most, is people. He is going to hunt Rainsford.
Rising Action: Rainsford tries to survive in the jungle, avoiding Zaroff's hunt. Some of the first things that he does to avoid Zaroff are: doubling back on his trail and making it as loopy and complicated as possible and climbing a tree to sleep in overnight. Zaroff finds him anyway, but does not kill him, he just taunts him. The next day he makes a trap: a tree held back with a knife on it that he hoped Zaroff would set off. He managed to jump out of the way though, only being hurt on the shoulder. After that, he dug a pit with pointy sticks at the bottom. This only managed to kill one of Zaroff's dogs, though. On the final day, Rainsford's knife tree killed Ivan.
Climax: Chased by Zaroff's dogs, Rainsford found himself at the sea and decided to jump in.
Falling Action: Zaroff, back at home, had an amazing dinner then went to his room to relax where he found Rainsford waiting for him.
Resolution: Rainsford kills Zaroff, feeding him to his own hunting dogs.
