...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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...To end with, Rainsford doesn't want to be called a murderer. First of all, The general is talking to Rainsford about the hunt, but Rainsford was thinking about an animal until he fingers out what the animal is “Hunting? Good God, ...[what you] speak ...is murder”( Connell 27). After all the General is a big game hunter but after he hunted every animal he got bored, but now since Rainford land on the island, the general will what to play a game of hide and seek with a bonus point of killing, and since he won then the game may have been influenced Rainford on using the same game for the next people that come to the island. But, Rainsford is a “ hunter, not a murderer” unlike General Zaroff (Connell 27). When Rainford and the general we're talking about the game Rainsford thought that they were a strange animal on the island but it turned out they were going to kill each other or hunt each other but, Rainford is a hunter he wants to hunt animals not his own people....
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...“The Most Dangerous Game,” by Richard Connell is a short story about conflict. The two main characters are the world renowned hunter, Mr. Sanger Rainsford, and Russian Cossack General Zaroff. In the story, Rainsford is on a friend’s yacht, and while he is on the yacht he is smoking a cigar. He hears a sound that intrigues him. He is curious because it sounded like a gunshot. Curiously, he hops on the railing. While teetering on the yacht’s railing, his cigar falls out of his mouth. He tries to catch it, but it falls into the ocean and he falls off the railing. While struggling to keep afloat in the ocean, Rainsford yells at the top his lungs hoping that someone aboard the yacht will hear him and tell the captain to turn the yacht around. However,...
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...Richard Connell wrote a short story named “The Most Dangerous Game” and skillfully controls the elements of it is what makes this story the interesting and exciting piece that it is. The exposition of the story is the first part of the carefully planned out sequence Connell has laid out. The climax is the most intriguing part of the story and really gets the reader excited. The resolution of the story is Connell’s strongest point and wraps up all the events. The way Richard Connell put the exposition, climax, and resolution together in the story makes it such an eventful, exciting, and lesson-learning experience. The beginning of the story (the exposition) begins with Rainsford having a conversation with his friend Whitney. Rainsford says to Whitney ““Don’t talk rot, you’re a big game hunter, not a philosopher. Who cares about how a jaguar feels?”” Then Whitney retorts with ““Perhaps the jaguar does.”” (Pg 60). The dialog in the start of the story is the dramatic effect that draws in the reader. The writing of the exposition, climax, and resolution in this story is truly fascinating and makes it extremely enjoyable to read....
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...Irony, Conflict and Theme in “The Most Dangerous Game” and “The Destructors” English 102 Composition and Literature Spring 2016-D15 LUO Belinda Joseph–L27213212 APA Thesis Statement and Outline “The Most Dangerous Game” and “The Destructors” Thesis Statement: Connell and Greene reveal with the use of irony, conflict and theme, mankind’s human nature, exposing man’s most primal instincts and desires through their characters. I. Irony A. The hunter becomes the hunted. 1. In a conversation about Jaguar hunting with Whitney, Rainsford exclaims, “You’re are a big game hunter, not a philosopher, who cares how a jaguar feels?" (Connell, 1924, p.1). 2. Rainsford is in the place of the prey and Zaroff has the advantage. “It was Rainsford who knew the full meaning of terror”. (Connell, 1924, p.11). 3. Roles reverse and Rainsford kills him in the end. “He had never slept in a better bed”. (Connell, 1924, p.13). B. Unexpected behavior. 4. Trevor the son of an architect becoming a gang leader. (Greene, 1954, p. 1). 5. Moral about Old misery’s money “We aren’t thieves....Nobody is going to steal anything from this house.” (Greene, 1954, p. 6). 6. Food and a blanket is taken to Old Misery “We don’t want you to starve Mr. Thomas” (Greene, 1954, p. 10). II. Conflict C. Rainsford struggle with “Man vs. Self” 7. Rainsford’s survival to stay alive. 8. Rainsford’s wits and state of mind...
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...AREN’T WHO YOU BELIEVE THEM TO BE AN ESSAY OF COMPARISION “THE CHILD BY TIGER AND THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME RICHARD CONNELL AND THOMAS WOLFE AUTHORS BRUCE ALLMAN ENGLISH COMPOSITION AND LITERATURE When I read both these short stories , my initial thought was that these have Little in common. Wolfe’s story “Child by Tiger ‘ takes place in the early 20th Century , and so does Connell’s but the places where they are set are very different. Connell’s has an exotic locale and Wolfe’s in the backwoods of the United States Of America. Both stories contain manhunts complete with motivations for the hunts could not be more opposite . In “The Most Dangerous Game “ General Zaroff , the antagonist resorts to hunting humans for sport . He made this clear to the protagonist Rainsford when he said , “Hunting tigers ceased To interest me some years ago.” I have exhausted their possibilities. “No thrill left in tigers , no real threat , no real danger I live for danger “! “ He becomes an expert hunter and decides to hunt a more elevated quarry, one that can reason .. Humans. Hungering for the...
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...Yu, Bo-bae Language Arts: Cochran The Most Dangerous Game CER How is the Ending of the “The Most Dangerous Game” ironic? Richard Connell’s suspenseful short story “The Most Dangerous Game” ends with an ironic twist due to the fact that the main character, Sanger Rainsford, gets to experience the feelings of fear the huntee goes through that he thought was just instinct. After Rainsford’s first encounter with General Zaroff, he realizes that he is being hunted down and he thinks, “The Cossack was the cat; he was the mouse. Then it was that Rainsford knew the true meaning of terror” (Connell 12). Before, Rainsford did not believe that the hunted had any feelings or reason, but after he was the one being hunted for a change, he is proven wrong...
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...Most short stories have just one or two types of conflict. However, in Richard Connell’s, The Most Dangerous Game, this short story has all three types of conflict. The most common type of conflict in a story, man against man, has General Zaroff hunting Rainsford, and Rainsford fighting for his life. For man against nature, Rainsford battles through all the burdensome obstacles on and around Ship-Trap Island. The last, but not least arduous, conflict is man against himself. Rainsford struggles to keep sane while General Zaroff hunts him. The type of conflict, man against man, may be the most popular type of conflict to be in a story. General Zaroff seeks pleasure in hunting humans, and Rainsford is his prey. “Rainsford’s impulse was to hurl...
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...ok. Rainsford, a talented hunter, is on his boat towards Ship-Trap Island. One important lesson readers can learn from Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game” is nature brings you into bad situations. First of all, Sanger Rainsford fell off of the boat due to the mighty waves rocking the boat. (Connell 5) This scene shows how events develop the theme since he fell off, he had to fight the sea to make it ashore. (Connell 5) The author uses revealing actions. He shows it when Rainsford fell off of the boat. “His pipe hit a rope and was knocked from his mouth. He reached out for it. A short cry came from his lips as he realized he had reached too far and lost his balance.” (Connell 5) This example shows that not paying attention to nature's warnings makes the situation worse when Rainsford fell off the boat.In conclusion, the author uses revealing actions in the story to show readers about nature can bring you into bad situations....
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...uninhabited, fruit abundant island, void of animals. In order to survive the carnivore must adopt a herbivores diet. Much like the carnivore, Sanger Rainsford, the main character in Richard Connell's Most Dangerous Game, experience is a change in character after surviving a life-threatening situation. Rainsford is a hunter who is forced to participate in a manhunt, as the prey, undergoes a change in character. At the beginning of the story, Rainsford shows no sympathy for the animals. In the story, when he says, "you're a big game hunter, not a philosopher. Who cares have a jaguar feels?"(page 3) He is showing his lack of empathy for animals. All his life Rainsford has been the hunter, not the hunted, and has no knowledge of the fear experienced by his prey. It also shows that he has never taken the time to think about the animals when he makes the "philosopher" comment. Rainsford also makes the claim that "I'm a hunter, not a murderer"( page 12) when the general invites Rainsford to go hunting with. Is the plot to still unfolding...
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...People use literary devices in their everyday conversations whether they notice it or not. Sometimes people will exaggerate, compare their situations to something else, or hint towards something. For example if someone wanted a necklace for their birthday they might talk about how their neck feels empty and how they love necklaces, so their friends could take a hint. Similarly, authors use literary devices in writing to convey the same thing. A couple examples of literary devices are hyperbole, simile, and foreshadowing. Richard Connell uses literary devices such as irony, foreshadowing, and imagery in the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” to add an effective message. In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” the author, Richard...
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...movie, or is it vice versa? It is common to see a popular literary work to have a screen adaptation or movie. More often than not, alterations and modifications are made for the screen. Many of these renditions are made to appeal to the audience's’ liking. Yet, in many cases, these modifications stray away from the author’s intentions for the story. “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell is a popular short story that has a 1932 film adaptation directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack, Irving Pichel. This 1932 rendition, is the first film adaptation of the short story from 1924. There are several obvious differences, as characters have been added and certain scenes that deviate from the original plot of the short story....
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...Abstract Rainsford in “The Most Dangerous Game” by Connell, 2014, and T from “The Destructors” Greene, 2014, feel the need to morally adjust their beliefs for a greater purpose. Connell and Greene, showed that when a person is faced to live with an outcome of a situation, it can shake and alter a person’s principles. The key points that the authors reveal in their work is for Rainsford; although he was in disbelief and shocked at the game General Zaroff created, he felt that he was forced to create a plan that would save him from defeat in “The Most Dangerous Game”. T on the other hand felt that Old Misery’s home should not survive in representation of defeat of the bombs that sent so many families from his town underground into the subways and that had lost so much (Greene, 2014). The influences of life and circumstances may alter a person’s belief and decisions for a greater purpose in life for themselves and others. Keywords: beliefs, morals, principles, adjustments Do individual’s moral standards and boundaries alter according to the severity of a situation or their own interpretation of a situation? Rainsford in Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game” and Trevor (also known as T) in Graham Greene’s “The Destructors” are faced to question their morals. This relates to Rainsford’s act on the need for survival and T’s belief that the right thing to do for everyone is to demolish what was left from the bombs that attacked their town. Conflict Compare...
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...Hunter versus the Hunted Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game” and Tobias Wolff’s “Hunters in the Snow” are fictional short stories that share a common theme of the hunter versus the hunted. In “The Most Dangerous Game,” Sanger Rainsford, an avid big game hunter, finds himself trapped on an unforgiving hideaway known as Ship-Trap Island. Meanwhile, in “Hunters in the Snow” a group of young men venture into the wilderness for the thrill of killing a wild animal. In both stories, the protagonists are portrayed as the hunted, as the hunters, and finally, as the victors. Rainsford has seen war, had numerous near death experiences with wild animals and continues to engage in the sport for the love of hunting. He and his shipmates are off to...
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...Three characters from literature have something in common and most unusual in their storybook lives. Charles, General Zaroff, and Bill and Sam have had exotic encounters that relate to one another. They all have done things that are atrocious and unusual. In Shirley Jackson’s “Life Among the Savages,” Charles is a raucous tyke who disrupts his fellow classmates. On the playground across the swing by the slide, Charles bounces a seesaw on a tyke’s head and makes her bleed. Bouncing seesaws, he was spanked like usual. Charles parents are mildly disturbed about their son. But they do not interfere at all. Charles who abuses his peers stays out of serious trouble. Charles appears evil but is not. In the future, Charles will become a...
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