Whether it’s being hunted by a mad man, being forced to be equal, or even making sacrifices to get to a better place, life is all how it’s supposed to be. All three stories, “The Most Dangerous Game,” “Harrison Bergeron,” and “Liberty” all have things in common and have their differences. One of the similarities between the three stories would be how all main characters had a problem. In “The Most Dangerous Game” Rainsford’s problem was being hunted by General Zaroff. Rainsford had to use what he knew about hunting to survive. In “Harrison Bergeron” the issue was that everyone was completely equal except Harrison, who decided to go against the Handicapped General. Lastly, in “Liberty” the narrator had a tough choice with giving something special
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Though the stories have similarities the meanings are very different. In “The Most Dangerous Game” the theme was the relationship between the hunter and the hunted. Rainsford was originally a hunter who thought the hunted didn’t feel anything, but then experienced being the one who was hunted for himself. With “Harrison Bergeron” the theme was that equality doesn’t benefit everyone. Harrison chose to bring chaos with his anger about the entire equality situation. With those two, Rainsford faced a life or death situation while Harrison faced acting out about what he thought was better. In “Liberty” the theme was that sometimes you need to let something important to you go to get something better in return. The narrator in the story had to face the decision of letting her beloved dog go to make it to America. Each story had a scene where the main character faced a suspenseful even. In “The Most Dangerous Game” the event was when Rainsford was hiding in the tree from General Zaroff, and it wasn’t mentioned if he had seen Rainsford or not. In “Liberty” the suspenseful even was when the two men showed up trying to take Liberty. No one was sure what the reason the men wanted the dog was. And in “Harrison Bergeron” the event was when Harrison broke down the door to the TV studio. All was said was how he barged in and he kept saying how he was now the
Though the stories have similarities the meanings are very different. In “The Most Dangerous Game” the theme was the relationship between the hunter and the hunted. Rainsford was originally a hunter who thought the hunted didn’t feel anything, but then experienced being the one who was hunted for himself. With “Harrison Bergeron” the theme was that equality doesn’t benefit everyone. Harrison chose to bring chaos with his anger about the entire equality situation. With those two, Rainsford faced a life or death situation while Harrison faced acting out about what he thought was better. In “Liberty” the theme was that sometimes you need to let something important to you go to get something better in return. The narrator in the story had to face the decision of letting her beloved dog go to make it to America. Each story had a scene where the main character faced a suspenseful even. In “The Most Dangerous Game” the event was when Rainsford was hiding in the tree from General Zaroff, and it wasn’t mentioned if he had seen Rainsford or not. In “Liberty” the suspenseful even was when the two men showed up trying to take Liberty. No one was sure what the reason the men wanted the dog was. And in “Harrison Bergeron” the event was when Harrison broke down the door to the TV studio. All was said was how he barged in and he kept saying how he was now the