The Most Dangerous Game: Comparing The Book And Movie

In the story, The Most Dangerous Game, the main character faced a lot of different challenges and decisions on his journey. He got to the island in two different ways, between the book and movie. This may be one major difference between the two, but there are also many similarities. The setting and plot are very close to the same. This similarity help to have the integrity about the same. The integrity of the story is affected by the many differences and similarities in the areas of initiating events, characterization, and plot between the story and movie The Most Dangerous Game.

Characters are a big part in a story, they make up the story! Characters between the two have many differences and similarities. The characters in the book are; Sanger Rainsford, General Zaroff, Ivan, and Whitney. However, there are more characters in the movie. These characters are; Eve, Bill, Sanger Rainsford, General Zaroff, and Ivan. In both the movie and the book each character has it’s own personal traits. For example, In the story General Zaroff wants to take Rainsford hunting with him and in the movie, General Zaroff wants to hunt him and Eve. Although, for the most part the characters maintain their personalities throughout the movie and book. …show more content…
For example, in the story Rainsford hears some gun shots and goes near them to go see what is going on. Then he loses his balance and ends up alone, on the shore of an island. On the other hand, in the movie the entire boat sinks and his friends were attacked by sharks and sadly drowned. So in both that’s how Rainsford gets stuck on the island. Hollywood was able to still send the main point to the viewers when it comes to the initiating