...Suspense causes readers to want to read. This is clear in “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell as the tension captures readers. Through the usage of Chekov’s Gun, foreshadowing, and imagery, Connell is able to create a suspenseful story. First, Connell uses Chekov’s Gun to create suspense. Rainsford and Whitney talk casually about hunting; however, what they talk about becomes critical to the rest of the story. “The world is made of two class- the hunters and the huntees. Luckily, you and I are hunters” (1). However, Rainsford who said that learns the feeling of being hunted. After using Chekov’s gun, Connell uses foreshadowing to create suspense. Secondly, Connell uses foreshadowing to create tension in the story. Instead of directly...
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...Thesis We live in a civilization with countless people who are full of selfish ways. A world where it is easy for a man to cheat on his own wife because of lust in his heart; We inhabit a place where one can easily stab a lifelong friend in the back because of jealousy and envy, where one can easily steal from his own family because of greed. We are ever present in a self-centered, self-absorbed, narcissistic culture where ultimately, no one values human life or anything except themselves. Not only is it wrong but the question looms, will it ever changes? The two fictional short stories, “The Lottery” and “The Most Dangerous Game” both exhibit characteristics of selfishness, cruelty and violence toward ones fellowman. These writings hold great truths because they present what could be real life situations today. In comparing and contrasting the two we find how each of these fictional works displays the aforementioned themes and so much more. It is quite interesting to read about such behaviors and actually witness them now. The news stories we see, the people we encounter, the lives we live. What is their value? What about one of God’s Ten Commandments, “Thou shalt not kill?” Life is by far the most precious gift that we have been given. The ability to feel emotions and empathize with our brothers and sisters has diminished, and it is my opinion that it will get worse. These are the times we should all stand together as God’s children, rather than turning on one another...
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...A View from the Other Side Interpretive literature is written “to broaden, deepen, and sharpen the reader’s awareness of life.” “The Most Dangerous Game” written by Richard Connell is interpretive in the way Connell makes one think about the relationship of hunter and the hunted. The story is about Sanger Rainsford, a very experienced hunter that was on his way to the deep Amazon to hunt jaguars with his companion Whitney before he had fallen off of a yacht. This will forever change his outlook on life and force him to do things he would never have done. Rainsford has no empathy for animals and thinks they feel no fear while being hunted. This is shown in his conversation with Whitney. This same conversation is foreshadowing the events that will follow. Connell starts off the story with an eeriness mood talking about...
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...As a hunter stalks its prey, it has no fear, and it feels the strongest of animals. It feels as if nothing can hurt it. The hunter will always perceive itself as strongest, but that is not always the case. In Richard Connell's short story "The Most Dangerous Game", big game hunter, Sanger Reinsford, discovers he has three challenging lessons ahead: strong versus the weak, the value of life, and becoming what he fears. Each challenge will test his will to survive while he holds to his moral beliefs. First Reinsford must endure the challenge of strong versus the weak. He is like weak prey against a strong, knowledgeable predator. Reinsford is weak both mentally and physically due to being unfamiliar with the terrain, and he had to run a great...
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...Dangerous Game,” Richard Connell uses characterization to build suspense. The personality difference between the protagonist, Rainsford, and the antagonist, General Zaroff, drives the plot. In the beginning, Rainsford is a confident hunter who cannot imagine what it would be like to be hunted. He asks Whitney, “Who cares how a jaguar feels?’"(144). This establishes Rainsford as a cocky hunter who focuses on himself only, viewing the world as divided into two classes, “the hunters and the huntees,” and seeing himself only as a hunter (145). Rainsford, whose hunting skills have been publicized, only imagines being the one to pull the trigger. Not only does Connell foreshadow the events to come, but he also uses irony because he will put Rainsford on the receiving end when Rainsford becomes the “huntee.”...
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...In both short stories, they have similarities of some kind between them. In the stories there are two main characters, and they have enemies against one another in both stories. They were guess between them ,until one or more men from the stories dies by the other,or both dies. In Richard Connell’s short story,”The Most Dangerous Game,” and Saki’s short story,” The Interlopers,” the main characters, General Zaroff and Ulrich Von Gradwitz are alike in the following ways: Both men hunted on their land,both men haunted humans, and both men had a struggle to survive and outlive the other. The main characters hunted the humans on their own land in both stories. Zaroff and Ulrich both had their own land,so they took their enemies to their land. In “The Most Dangerous Game,” Zaroff knew he owned the land ,but Rainsford, the man he hunts, never knew. Zaroff owned an island and he hunted humans including Rainsford in the island. On the other hand, in “The Intruders,” George trespases onto Ulrich’s land, while they were hunting each other....
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...In most cases hunting is acceptable when done legally. But in the story “The most dangerous game” by Richard Connell, a man named general Zaroff entraps and hunts shipwrecked sailors. The main character, Rainsford, gets on an island called ship trap island. Rainsford refused Zaroff’s offer to go hunting with him so zaroff decides instead, he will hunt Rainsford for 3 days of running, hiding and setting up traps. In the story Rainsford’s most important traits are that he is brave, cunning and resourceful. In the story, the main character Rainsford is very brave. In the story Rainsford meets a man, he turns out to be a murderer. The man tries to convince Rainsford to go “hunting” with him, but in this case they weren't gonna be hunting deer. In the story it says “Rainsford shook his head ‘No general’ he said ‘i will not hunt’”(pg 10). This quote shows that Rainsford is brave because he knows general Zaroff could kill him but he stands up for what he believes in anyways. The word cunning describes Rainsford in the story “the most dangerous game”by Richard Connell. In the story Rainsford has to escape a man named general Zaroff, who is trying to kill him, for 3 days. He was in the woods and knew he had to throw Zaroff off so he made a bunch of tracks going in all...
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...A hawk and a dog are viewed as polar opposites. A dog is playful and happy-go-lucky. While a hawk is daunting. In the two poems hawk roosting and golden retrievals, the authors belittling diction, imagery and syntax to illuminate and characterize the speakers with emotion. In Hawk Roosting, Tim Hughes uses belittling diction and imagery to show that the hawk is above everyone. His belittling diction demonstrates the hawks confidence. The phrase “the earth's face upwards for my inspection” implies that he is in charge and decides things. This suggests that no one is above him, he is at the top of the world and if the world doesn’t do as he pleases, he will kill them. Which comes to the authors forceful imagery. The image of the...
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...Rainsford’s Most Dangerous Game Good vs. evil is a widely known prompt in stories, movies, TV shows, etc. The villains and the heroes fighting to be the victor. It’s a dangerous game to play. Although for Mr.Rainsford, General Zaroff’s game is the most dangerous he will ever play. Throughout the time Rainsford spends on the lost island, he shows some traits that prove to be the undoubtful reasons he was able to break free from General Zaroff’s “hunting” trip. In The Most Dangerous Game, by Richard Connell, Rainsford is a intelligent, moralistic, and strong willed character who shows us that if you stick to your beliefs, good will always triumph over evil. Rainsford is an extremely intelligent character in the story, The Most Dangerous Game....
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...After Rainsford refuses General Zaroff’s offer to hunt with him several times, Zaroff decides to hunt Rainsford in stead. Zaroff in fact precisely states, “Tonight... we will hunt, you and I... Your brain against mine. Your strength and stamina against mine. Outdoor chess! (Pg 229)” After this, Rainsford spends three days running from and attempting to outsmart Zaroff. Though, even before the hunt began, Rainsford mentions, “Whenever he (Rainsford) looked up from his plate he found the general studying him, appraising him narrowly.” The foreshadowing feeling of being hunted or watched, along with the literal position of being prey to Zaroff make Rainsford the hunted side in the...
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...Game”, written by Richard Connell, the protagonist’s true personality shows. 3. Rainsford, the protagonist shows that he’s an intelligent, tough, and observant character that faces many obstacles in this short story. 4. In this short story Rainsford’s main characteristics shined, and one of his best characteristics is that he is intelligent. 5. The Quote, “Swam……. I found it quicker than walking,” (Connell 112) helps shows Rainsford’s intelligent. 6. The quote helps show that Rainsford was in a tough position, being hunted on the island, but he thought through his plans of survival. 7. Rainsford shows his intelligent by using the resources available to him. 8. The quote, “I’ll give him a trail to follow,” (Connell 107) shows how Rainsford is trying to lead Zaroff away from his trail. 9. The quote also helps show that Rainsford is wise about his choices on the island. 10. Rainsford’s intelligent shows as he decides to try and use the island to benefit him instead of harming him. 11. Rainsford’s intelligent really shines through in this short story....
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...The Most Dangerous Game The Most Dangerous Game Is a short story about a man that hunts humans for fun. The book uses analogies that compare hunting animals to hunting humans. I strongly disagree that hunting animals is bad because it is a sport and gives us natural food. It is not hard to find external conflict in The Most Dangerous Game. When Rainsford finds himself lost on island he is confronted with a murderer that hunts humans. The man comes and tries to take him and hunt him. By doing this the author tries to prove a point and say hunting animals is just like hunting humans. In The Most Dangerous game rainsford has a huge amount of internal conflict. In the beginning of the book he says the animals life doesn't matter because it will...
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...The story "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connel and the movie The Most Dangerous Game are alike in some ways, but different in many others. In the story "The Most Dangerous Game," Rainsford feel off the ship while trying to go through a channel. The lights were shifted which caused the ship to sink. He swam to the shore when he realized he was the only survivor. When he reached shore he heard this horrible scream and then three gunshots followed. Nearby in the bushes there was an indention that looked like something had fallen in the bushes. Rainsford kept walking when he found a house. He lifted the knocker and let it fall. The door opened and there was a big man standing in the doorway holding a long-barreled revolver and pointing...
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...“Obstacles are necessary for success because as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.” by Og Mandino.“The Most Dangerous Game” is a short story written by Richard Connell, which takes place after World War II on an abandoned island. The story talks about how Rainsford makes his way through General Zaroff's playground, narrowly escaping death at every corner. General Zaroff forces Rainsford into a game of murder that ends in Zaroff’s death. Throughout the story, Rainsford's beliefs,confidence, and perspective morphs and the story progresses, which makes him a dynamic character. The last obstacle that Rainsford overcome was the environment, which was the main cause of Rainsford being trapped on General Zaroff’s island, and it was also the reason why he eventually won the “ Most Dangerous Game”. The first obstacle that Rainsford overcame was the fear of being killed by General Zaroff....
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...In the “Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell the attribute that made Rainsford win the same was cleverness because he surprised the general at his house. He was on a ship to Rio de Janeiro to hunt jaguars. On his way there he started to hear gunshots in the distance he wanted to see if he could find it but when he looked he fell overboard. He swam to the island and that were the game of survival began. Rainsford making the man catcher to try to kill or trap zaroff helped him in his fight. It also took a lot of energy for him to make. “He saw a dead tree lying on top of a live one and got his knife out and began to work with all his energy”. (Connell 26) Rainsford built the malay mancatcher about 300 yards away from his hiding spot. He left a trail for zaroff to follow so he can fall into his trap. “Rainsford built the malay mancatcher about 300 yards away from his hiding spot.” (Connell 26) Zaroff got injured while following the trail rainsford left, he hurt his shoulder because he quickly got out of the way he was supposed to be dead. He had to return to his house to treat his wounds....
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