The Most Dangerous Game; Conflicts of Story Writing
Some people ask what makes a story so good. Well, the answer is conflicts. Conflicts give the story a purpose; a thrill of action. The best stories have all three conflicts, man versus man, man versus self, and man versus nature. The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell has all three conflicts of story writing in its 14 pages. The three conflicts make stories have adventure. Even in the most boring books ever, there is a conflict giving it a purpose. The Most Dangerous Game has all three conflicts of story writing, and they make the story more exciting and suspenseful.
Rainsford is always in a quarry with General Zaroff. Both of them fight, but one of them fights for survival while the …show more content…
Rainsford, in the story, starts to lose sanity throughout the story. His world is completely turned upside down. Rainsford has to live for three days in the jungle trying to not be killed by a crazy hunter that enjoys human suffering. He was just on a yacht trip to Rio de Janeiro to go hunting in the amazon. When he falls of and has to fight for survival. Any man will break under the pressure unless they had a will of steel. Rainsford starts to have a panic attack whenever he is in trouble. For example; Rainsford is stranded on a tree, seconds from being surrounded by hounds and Zaroff. Rainsford is trying to keep his sanity and think. “They would be on him any minute. His mind worked frantically. He thought of a native trick he had learned in Uganda.” (13) Rainsford throughout the story kept on telling himself in the story telling himself “Nerve, nerve, nerve!” (13) He is trying to stay sane and think strait. In the tree Rainsford fights himself, or his brain, trying to figure out what to do. Sanity is essential to humans. That is probably why some on the hunted people Zaroff tries to kill die. They panic and lose the fight with themselves. Man versus himself is essential in the story. If Rainsford does not panic and fight for sanity, the readers will not care about what happens to Rainsford because he shows no emotion or suspense. Suspense makes the readers care about Rainsfords fight. …show more content…
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. Nobody knows he fell or where he is. Rainsford has to fight the ocean to breath. After he fights the ocean, Rainsford almost loses to another part of nature, rocks. ¨He was almost on the rocks before he saw them; on a night less calm he would have been shattered against them.¨ (3) Rainsford fights nature in the ocean, but nature tries to get him back as he swims over the the rough island shore. If Rainsford does not have to fight the ocean, the conflicts would never be as intriguing or suspenseful. Also, the setting might not work out for the story without man versus nature. Because the suspense would be gone and the conflict would be diminished. Man versus nature is all throughout the story, In the jungle he has to fight quicksand. Man versus nature is the most common conflict in the story. Without it, the story would be so much worse and nobody would be hooked. Rainsford would be a guy who fights a man in a island, there would be much less tragedy. Yet Rainsford fights the third conflict, and wins yet again.
Some people ask what makes a story so good. Well, the answer is conflicts. Conflicts give the story a purpose; a thrill of action. The best stories have all three conflicts, man versus man, man versus self, and man versus nature. The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell has all three conflicts of story writing in its 14 pages. The three conflicts make stories have adventure. Even in the most boring books ever, there is a conflict giving it a purpose. The Most Dangerous Game has all three conflicts of story writing, and they make the story more exciting and suspenseful.
Rainsford is always in a quarry with General Zaroff. Both of them fight, but one of them fights for survival while the …show more content…
Rainsford, in the story, starts to lose sanity throughout the story. His world is completely turned upside down. Rainsford has to live for three days in the jungle trying to not be killed by a crazy hunter that enjoys human suffering. He was just on a yacht trip to Rio de Janeiro to go hunting in the amazon. When he falls of and has to fight for survival. Any man will break under the pressure unless they had a will of steel. Rainsford starts to have a panic attack whenever he is in trouble. For example; Rainsford is stranded on a tree, seconds from being surrounded by hounds and Zaroff. Rainsford is trying to keep his sanity and think. “They would be on him any minute. His mind worked frantically. He thought of a native trick he had learned in Uganda.” (13) Rainsford throughout the story kept on telling himself in the story telling himself “Nerve, nerve, nerve!” (13) He is trying to stay sane and think strait. In the tree Rainsford fights himself, or his brain, trying to figure out what to do. Sanity is essential to humans. That is probably why some on the hunted people Zaroff tries to kill die. They panic and lose the fight with themselves. Man versus himself is essential in the story. If Rainsford does not panic and fight for sanity, the readers will not care about what happens to Rainsford because he shows no emotion or suspense. Suspense makes the readers care about Rainsfords fight. …show more content…
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. Nobody knows he fell or where he is. Rainsford has to fight the ocean to breath. After he fights the ocean, Rainsford almost loses to another part of nature, rocks. ¨He was almost on the rocks before he saw them; on a night less calm he would have been shattered against them.¨ (3) Rainsford fights nature in the ocean, but nature tries to get him back as he swims over the the rough island shore. If Rainsford does not have to fight the ocean, the conflicts would never be as intriguing or suspenseful. Also, the setting might not work out for the story without man versus nature. Because the suspense would be gone and the conflict would be diminished. Man versus nature is all throughout the story, In the jungle he has to fight quicksand. Man versus nature is the most common conflict in the story. Without it, the story would be so much worse and nobody would be hooked. Rainsford would be a guy who fights a man in a island, there would be much less tragedy. Yet Rainsford fights the third conflict, and wins yet again.