Writing Prompt: The Most Dangerous Game By Richard Connell

Decent Essays
Anthony Nguyen
Mrs. Bailey-Dumas
Language Arts
02 October 2017
The Most Dangerous Game Writing Prompt Nothing is ever perfect, but in this corrupt and uncertain world, it can be comforting to imagine an alternate reality in which life is flawless and where everything is perfect.” That reality, is called Utopia. In “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, a big-game hunter, named Rainsford falls off a yacht and lands on a mysterious island, there, he finds a village. In the village, Rainsford finds a crazy general who hunts humans for a living, and Rainsford has to defeat the general in a hunting game. The general worked very hard and took many risks to create his own utopia. People strive to create their own personal and societal utopia

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