Richard’s father died unexpectedly in 1912. After his father’s death, Richard attended Harvard to finish up getting his degree. After college, he became a reporter for the New York American at the homicide desk which was different than any other type of reporting that Richard had done. A year later, he worked for J. Walter Thompson which was a copywriting company. In 1917, Richard enlisted in the United States Army during World War I and he fought on the front lines. He wrote for the camp newspaper called Gas Attack. After the war, he worked in advertising where he met his future wife, Louise Herrick Fox, and they married in …show more content…
The National Origins Act of 1924 favored some immigrants; British, German, and Scandinavian; it didn’t favor the Italians, Poles, and Slavs. Asians, Africans, and Hispanics were not accepted to get into the United States. The anti immigration probably affected Connell into using it in his short story. In the story General Zaroff said, “I hunt the scum of the earth: sailors from tramp ships--lassars, blacks, Chinese, whites, mongrels--a thoroughbred horse or hound is worth more than a score of them." Connell’s life impacted Most Dangerous Game because of his time fighting in the war. War was very violent. The anti immigration laws which affected many Americans. Connell will be remembered as the author of one of the most famous short stories of all time; Most Dangerous