On the story “so I ain’t no good girl” by Sharon Flake, the main character is a young black female that attends high school. She is one of the main protagonists of the story. This character is either hated or loved by certain audiences due to her actions or background information. I will discuss about this character later in the story and our thesis is “did the author, Sharon, explain the characteristics of the protagonist?”…
Whitney points out an Island in the distance known for its forbidding reputation. But when Rainsford falls into the sea trying to catch his pipe, his life is instantly changed. He hears three gunshots and follows them to shore. Rainsford reaches the rocky shore and falls into a “very deep sleep”, as Connell explained. The next morning he woke up and went to search for food.…
All of these factors make Most Dangerous Game one of Connell’s best stories. Connell begins the story with the protagonist, Sanger Rainsford, talking to his friend Whitney about hunting in the Amazon. Later on in the beginning the author immediately sucker punches the reader when Rainsford falls off of the yacht he was on. Before the reader is even remotely ready, Connell gets the reader’s heart racing…
Superlative Suspense Essays After the girl throws herself against the rock, indignant with her father, she goes to the witch wanting to become human. She must pay with her voice, but as soon as her voice is taken, she struggles to get to the surface to breathe air. As the readers are left in suspense about whether she is going to become human or not, many authors use this strategy to keep the readers engaged in the story. Suspense is the excitement or tension that readers feel as they wait to find out how the story ends or conflict is resolved. The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell, The Cask of the Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe, and A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury.…
Rainsford fell off a yacht while riding to the Amazon. He swims to Ship Trap Island and meets General Zaroff. General Zaroff is a mysterious guy who introduces Rainsford a game he invented. The General Zaroff introduces him that he hunts humans and he will be joining him in a battle. Rainsford was forced to play against Zaroff. "…
In the pitch black of the night, Rainsford fell off his yacht into the dark ocean, and “Desperately he struck out with strong strokes after the receding lights of the yacht, but he stopped before he had swum fifty feet. A certain cool-headedness had come to him” (21). He acknowledges that to be able to think clearly he would have to calm himself down. Putting his circumstance into perspective he is able to relax himself. Rainsford, given hunting clothes, food and a weapon from the General, was thrown into the outskirts of the jungle to be “plunged along, spurred by the sharp rowels of something very like panic.…
Have you ever been chased by a crazy person and dogs that are trying to kill you or been on a date with a girl 3 years older than you? In the stories, The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell and The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant by W. D. Wetherell, both of the main characters are risk takers because they both knew that something bad might happen but they still did it. In The Most Dangerous Game, Rainsford is a risk taker. He risked his life by jumping into the water to get away from Zaroff.…
In the movie Rainsford ended up on the island because of the boat Rainsford was on wrecked into the reef and the people he was with didn’t survived,so he was the only survivor,then he swam to the island,however in the story Rainsford was sailing on a boat and had heard a strange sound so he looked for it to see where the sound came from. While Rainsford was looking where the sound came from,suddenly a rope knocked his pipe out of his mouth and as Rainsford tries to reach the pipe,he unexpectedly fell in the water. After he fell in the water he swam to the island. Another difference is when Rainsford met Eve and her brother Martin when he arrived…
Rainsford was justified in killing Zaroff because,Zaroff would’ve continued to kill people,if he would’ve survived. Rainsford also had his life on the line during this fight. For example,Zaroff explains to Rainsford how hunting has become a bore and he needs new game to hunt. “ ‘But no animal can reason,’ objected Rainsford. ‘there is one that can.’…
He didn’t want to take part in the hunt, but he knew he had to do whatever it took to defeat Zaroff because he didn’t want to die such a shameful death, but more importantly, beat Zaroff at his own game. Trying to maintain his civility, Rainsford had to play Zaroff’s game in order to survive. This conflict between man versus man was very tense. Both men wanted to deem themselves as the ultimate hunter and did whatever they could to win the hunt. Coming from two men sitting at the dinner table eating, now, to two men in the jungle trying to kill each other is very dramatic and illustrates the overwhelming conflict between man versus man in “The Most Dangerous Game.”…
With this tree idea it killed Ivan. Last, Rainsford uses the water that is surrounding the island to escape General Zaroff. This story shows a few Man vs. Nature. Last is Man vs. Self, this is shown through how Rainsford acts. The conflict Man vs. Self is shown when he has to hide from General Zaroff.…
This is shown when he convinces Zaroff that he fled the island, when really he swam to the chateau and waited for Zaroff. "A man, who had been hiding in the curtains of the bed, was standing there. "Rainsford!" screamed the general. "How in God's name did you get here?" "Swam," said Rainsford.…
Rainsford fell out of his yacht looking at the island. He has to swim and fight the ocean to survive. “He struggled up to the surface and tried to cry out, but the wash from the speeding yacht slapped him in the face.” (2) Rainsford has to fight the ocean and try to flag down the yacht. After that, Rainsford is unsuccessful in any attempts to get the ship's attention.…
This marks the spot that his truth changed. He wants to do what Zaroff does, and he manages to. The reader can imply this when it says, “He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided” (236). Rainsford now is the owner of the island and will most likely use it for hunting. The conflict that appears in “The Most Dangerous Game” changes Rainsford’s truth throughout the…
“He struggled up the surface and tried to cry out, but the wash from the speeding yacht slapped him in the face of and the salt water in his mouth made him gag and strangle.”(2). As Rainsford falls in the water he remembered…