Richard Connell’s short story “The Most Dangerous Game,” is about a hunter who is wants to hunt down another ultimate predator, a man.The main character, Sanger Rainsford, is hunted down like an animal by General Zaroff. He must survive the hunt for three days, using a combination of his intelligence, strength, skill, and instincts in order to survive the General’s deadly game, and win back his freedom. He is given only one tool, a knife, and then released into the forest to be the prey.
Once Rainsford was released into the woods,he had to think fast in order to outsmart his hunter. He started running in circles around trees and doubling back on his path to throw General Zaroff from his trail. Fortunately, he was smart enough to figure out that Zaroff already knew where he was heading. If he had not paid attention to his intuition, then he would never have survived the first day.
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He knew he couldn’t keep outrunning his hunter without rest. He needed to hide so that he could get some sleep to regain some of his strength. So he carefully climbed up a tree, without leaving any marks or trail to give away his position. Another example of his tactics was that whenever he sensed that the general was near, Rainsford knew to keep very still and quiet until the hunter had passed. The last example of his problem solving capabilities was that near the end of the hunt, he was positive that he wasn’t going to make it back to the house overland. He decided that his only option was to swim around the island to reach his final
Once Rainsford was released into the woods,he had to think fast in order to outsmart his hunter. He started running in circles around trees and doubling back on his path to throw General Zaroff from his trail. Fortunately, he was smart enough to figure out that Zaroff already knew where he was heading. If he had not paid attention to his intuition, then he would never have survived the first day.
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He knew he couldn’t keep outrunning his hunter without rest. He needed to hide so that he could get some sleep to regain some of his strength. So he carefully climbed up a tree, without leaving any marks or trail to give away his position. Another example of his tactics was that whenever he sensed that the general was near, Rainsford knew to keep very still and quiet until the hunter had passed. The last example of his problem solving capabilities was that near the end of the hunt, he was positive that he wasn’t going to make it back to the house overland. He decided that his only option was to swim around the island to reach his final