Pride In The Most Dangerous Game

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“...pride is a wonderful, terrible thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death.” The Scarlet Ibis is a short story by James hurst where a young boy with a heart problem, leaving him unable to perform simple tasks such as walking, named Doodle is put to the test by his older brother who teaches him how to walk and pushes him to his limits to achieve great things which in the end, takes his life. The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell is another short story that revolves around an isnad landed “ship-trap island.” A dangerous shady man by the name of General Zaroff along with his brute of a partner ivan take on their typical routine of man hunting as a game, but this time they meet an unexpectedly strong opponent by the name of Rainsford …show more content…
One might see General Zaroff’s show of mercy as a sign of a good sort of pride but it is not even if General Zaroff’s actions showed a hold on his emotions. This is because even if a bad pride is applied to a bad person, it does not justify his pride in any way since he had bad intentions regardless. The reason General Zaroff became who he is now was because he felt he was too good at hunting and was overcome by pride. He could’ve possibly have been a good person if it weren’t for his pride. The following quote shows that general’s pride in himself that made him lose in the near future, “The general’s eyes had left the ground and were traveling inch up the tree. Rainsford froze there, every muscle tensed for a spring. But the sharp eyes of the hunter stopped before they reached the limb where Rainsford lay; a smile spread over his brown face…. Then he turned back on the tree and walked carelessly away, back along the trail he had come” (Bronzo 41). General Zaroff was too caught up with himself and his pride that it eventually led to his first loss in forever (Bronzo 25-45). If General Zaroff was not so caught up with his pride, he might’ve been still alive and doing something great instead, of hunting men showing the dangers of

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