Everyone has obstacles to overcome, each with its own properties. Everyone deals with these obstacles in different ways, such as Rainsford in “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell; a fictional story which takes place on an island known as “Ship-Trap” in the warm Caribbean Sea. Sailors tell dark tales about this place and after a tragic mishap, the main character, Rainsford, ends up on this superstitious island. He meets a Russian man who goes by the name of General Zaroff. The two have a common interest in hunting, until the point where the General reveals his dark past-time. Hunting humans. Rainsford becomes the game as General Zaroff forces him to play this devious version of cat-and-mouse. Rainsford must adapt to his surroundings to overcome this obstacle, and if he fails, it will cost him his life. Humans and characters use knowledge from past experiences, critical thinking skills to solve problems, and cooperate with others to overcome obstacles.
Humans and characters use knowledge from past experiences to overcome obstacles. For example, Rainsford falls off the hunting boat into the Caribbean waters in the middle of the night and, “a certain cool-headedness had come to him; it was not the first time he had been in a tight space” (21). Rainsford has been many situations where things …show more content…
The short-story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell has many underlying thoughts on the behavior of humans. Through the eyes of the main character, Rainsford, the reader receives and in depth look at how it feels to be in life threatening danger. The rush of survive or perish, as Rainsford felt when being hunted by General Zaroff, the thrill seeking enthusiast who hunts humans. There are few reasons to cause a human to behave primitively, but in those situations it becomes necessary to do so to overcome
Humans and characters use knowledge from past experiences to overcome obstacles. For example, Rainsford falls off the hunting boat into the Caribbean waters in the middle of the night and, “a certain cool-headedness had come to him; it was not the first time he had been in a tight space” (21). Rainsford has been many situations where things …show more content…
The short-story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell has many underlying thoughts on the behavior of humans. Through the eyes of the main character, Rainsford, the reader receives and in depth look at how it feels to be in life threatening danger. The rush of survive or perish, as Rainsford felt when being hunted by General Zaroff, the thrill seeking enthusiast who hunts humans. There are few reasons to cause a human to behave primitively, but in those situations it becomes necessary to do so to overcome