Summary Of The Most Dangerous Game By Richard Connel

"The Most Dangerous Game," by Richard Connel demonstrates "the world is made up of two classes- the hunters and the hunted." The story ,"The Most Dangerous Game," focuses on Sanger Rainsford, a skilled hunter, who ends up on an island after falling off a ship. On the island he meets Ivan and General Zaroff. The lesson the story shows significance of two types of classes, hunters and the hunted. Even though it conveys a sense of more than two classes, but the truth is that there are only two classes in the world.
Everyone in the world consists of either a hunter or a hunted. "The strong survive and the weak perish." This shows the belief that hunters are considered strong and a challenge, while hunted are considered weak and easy prey. Also, it symbolizes the almost everyone is hunted by something and …show more content…
"You said it yourself, there are two classes, the strong and the weak." This quote represents society by comparing society to a hunter and hunted place. For example, in wars the stronger nation will win, and are the hunters while the weak were considered hunted. Also, in sports the more agile and fit teams win against teams with less strength and speed which shows that there are two types of classes.
The animal kingdom also contains hunters and hunted. In "The Most Dangerous Game," Rainsford asks the General," What is you most dangerous game, Animals?" Which the genera respond to with, "of course not animals act out of instinct." Animals, such as lions, are hunters because they have an instinct to become stronger and have something to distinctively tell them that they are a hunter.