Often times in stories, arrogance can lead to a character going headlong into the face of danger when the clear outcome is death. In Richard Conell’s short story, The Most Dangerous Game, the author uses portrays the protagonist Rainsford as an arrogant and confident character who is too confident in his abilities. The author uses elements of indirect characterization to show the protagonist, Rainsford, and his growth into a dynamic character. The protagonist, Rainsford, is a dynamic character due to the events that unfold in the story where he is involved and active in contributing to the story’s plot. One showing of Rainsford’s change of character is on page 13 where he exclaims “The world is made up of two classes, the hunters and the
