Competition can make someone a better person. If you compete with someone and win it could make you a better person because you are learning. In the story "The Most Dangerous Game" a experienced hunter Rainsford that gets trapped on an island and finds a hunter that hunts people for fun and Rainsford is one of the people that are getting hunted. Rainsford sets traps and hides to win. He ends up jumping off a cliff and swimming back to Zaroff's castle. And ends up fighting him to see who sleeps in the bed and who gets fed to the dogs. Richard Connell uses mood/tone in his story “The Most Dangerous Game” to convey the theme of competition can make a person better.
“He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided”, (15). “For some minutes he stood regarding the blue-green expanse of water”,(14).The mood of this scene is intense because you don't know if he will die or survive. In the end of the story Rainsford ended up getting back to the castle faster than Zaroff and was waiting in his bed and when Zaroff saw Rainsford he said they will fight and loser gets fed to the dogs. This shows that Rainsford was being smarter and out thinking Zaroff because swimming to the castle is faster …show more content…
“The knife, driven by the recoil of the springing tree, had not wholly failed” (14).These show that he is getting better on how to survive. This is showing how smart Rainsford is because he is setting up traps to win the fight, he is using strategies. This scene's mood is intense because you don't know what the traps will do or if they will work. In the story Rainsford digs a hole and put spikes in it and covered it with leafs and sticks. Instead of catching Zaroff he catches on of his best hound. And the knife trap end up killing the wrong person but it still shows smart by using traps and them being successful. Rainsford is being smart setting traps to stop
“He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided”, (15). “For some minutes he stood regarding the blue-green expanse of water”,(14).The mood of this scene is intense because you don't know if he will die or survive. In the end of the story Rainsford ended up getting back to the castle faster than Zaroff and was waiting in his bed and when Zaroff saw Rainsford he said they will fight and loser gets fed to the dogs. This shows that Rainsford was being smarter and out thinking Zaroff because swimming to the castle is faster …show more content…
“The knife, driven by the recoil of the springing tree, had not wholly failed” (14).These show that he is getting better on how to survive. This is showing how smart Rainsford is because he is setting up traps to win the fight, he is using strategies. This scene's mood is intense because you don't know what the traps will do or if they will work. In the story Rainsford digs a hole and put spikes in it and covered it with leafs and sticks. Instead of catching Zaroff he catches on of his best hound. And the knife trap end up killing the wrong person but it still shows smart by using traps and them being successful. Rainsford is being smart setting traps to stop