“The Sniper” vs. “The Most Dangerous Game”
The short story “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty and the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell have many similarities including conflict, type of hunter, and type of resolution. One of the similarities is the type of conflict. The type of conflict is person vs. person. In both of the stories, the main characters are facing other people. An example of this would be the enemy in “The Sniper” and Rainsford facing General Zaroff in “The Most Dangerous Game”. According to the author in “The Sniper” it says, “He must kill that enemy and he could not use his rifle”(O’Flaherty 8). In the story “The Most Dangerous Game” it says, “Rainsford’s impulse was to throw himself down like a panther, …show more content…
The first difference is the type of exposition. In the beginning of “The Sniper”, the sniper is in a civil war getting ready to fight. In “The Most Dangerous Game” Rainsford is peacefully on a yacht, in the ocean. According to “The Most Dangerous Game” it says “There was no sound in the night as Rainsford sat there but the muffled throb of the engines that drove the yacht swiftly through the darkness” (Connell 14). The second difference was the type of setting. In “The Sniper” the setting is in Dublin, Ireland, at night, and during a civil war. In “The Most Dangerous Game” the setting is on an island with a jungle. In “The Sniper” it says, “Dublin lay enveloped in darkness” (O’Flaherty 5). In “The Most Dangerous Game” it says, “Dense jungle came down to the very edge of the cliffs” (Connell 15). The third difference is the type of character motivation. In “The Sniper”, the goal of the main character is to kill the enemy sniper of the other army. In “The Most Dangerous Game”, the goal for Rainsford is to survive in the “hunting game” played by General Zaroff in which he hunts people. In “The Sniper” it says, “He must kill that enemy and he could not use his rifle” (O’Flaherty 8) In “The Most Dangerous Game” it says, “Rainsford fought his way through the bush, I
The short story “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty and the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell have many similarities including conflict, type of hunter, and type of resolution. One of the similarities is the type of conflict. The type of conflict is person vs. person. In both of the stories, the main characters are facing other people. An example of this would be the enemy in “The Sniper” and Rainsford facing General Zaroff in “The Most Dangerous Game”. According to the author in “The Sniper” it says, “He must kill that enemy and he could not use his rifle”(O’Flaherty 8). In the story “The Most Dangerous Game” it says, “Rainsford’s impulse was to throw himself down like a panther, …show more content…
The first difference is the type of exposition. In the beginning of “The Sniper”, the sniper is in a civil war getting ready to fight. In “The Most Dangerous Game” Rainsford is peacefully on a yacht, in the ocean. According to “The Most Dangerous Game” it says “There was no sound in the night as Rainsford sat there but the muffled throb of the engines that drove the yacht swiftly through the darkness” (Connell 14). The second difference was the type of setting. In “The Sniper” the setting is in Dublin, Ireland, at night, and during a civil war. In “The Most Dangerous Game” the setting is on an island with a jungle. In “The Sniper” it says, “Dublin lay enveloped in darkness” (O’Flaherty 5). In “The Most Dangerous Game” it says, “Dense jungle came down to the very edge of the cliffs” (Connell 15). The third difference is the type of character motivation. In “The Sniper”, the goal of the main character is to kill the enemy sniper of the other army. In “The Most Dangerous Game”, the goal for Rainsford is to survive in the “hunting game” played by General Zaroff in which he hunts people. In “The Sniper” it says, “He must kill that enemy and he could not use his rifle” (O’Flaherty 8) In “The Most Dangerous Game” it says, “Rainsford fought his way through the bush, I