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    In the realistic fiction, short story, “The Most Dangerous Game” the author’s, Richard Connell, purpose of writing the story was to entertain the readers. The story takes place on a suspenseful island that is in the middle of the ocean, called Ship-Trap Island. Throughout the story, Connell illustrates a man vs. man and a man vs. nature conflict to manifest that Stranger Rainsford is a powerful, intelligent, and persevering person. In the story, the protagonist, Stranger Rainsford, experiences…

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    survive, such as killing. In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” written by Richard Connell, Rainsford has to kill a man in order to survive and protect himself. In the story, Rainsford falls off of a yacht and swims to the island where General Zaroff lives. The General then forces Rainsford to hunt with him, but in this case the General is hunting Rainsford as if he is an animal. Therefore, because Rainsfords motivation is to win, the hunting game causes him to kill, Connell shows…

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    Without conflict there would be no plot; without a plot there is no story. Conflict is one of the most important elements of fictional literature. The three types, man versus man, man versus himself, and man versus nature appear countless times throughout the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell. Rainsford engages in a man versus man problem with General Zaroff while they hunt each other. Furthermore, Rainsford fights with nature while he tries to survive in the wilderness.…

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    “The Most Dangerous Game” is a story of two men fighting against each other in a life or death hunting competition. The setting in all stories set the mood for the rest of the story. The main places in “The Most Dangerous Game” is the ship they traveled on past the island, the mansion Rainsford stayed in, and the jungle that Rainsford and Zaroff hunted in. Each of these places had a different feeling and affected the emotion of the characters, which made up the mood of the story. The more…

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    The Most Dangerous Game happens on Ship-Trap Island. Rainsford swims to the island subsequent to tumbling off the ship on which he is voyaging. On the island, Rainsford discovers sustenance and cabin with its sole human occupants, General Zaroff and his thug, Ivan. Zaroff, a world-renowned seeker, uncovers that he expects to chase Rainsford since he discovers chasing people most exciting. Through knowledge and cunning, Rainsford figures out how to escape Zaroff and is holding up in the General's…

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    Do not strike the beast for he will strike out of fear. This short story “The Most Dangerous Game” written by Richard Connell is used to bring out the theme of hunting. And how Rainsford feels when he is hunted by General Zaroff. Irony is shown through Rainsford the first night he has to stay in the jungle, has to hide from Zaroff, and kills General Zaroff. Rainsford originally believes that animals don’t feel fear but after he is hunted his opinions change. The theme of hunting is revealed…

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    His skill is apparent when the game is being played and Rainsford sets up traps. As Rainsford is waiting quietly in the tree, author Richard Connell includes, “These stakes he planted in the bottom of the out with the points sticking up.” (Connell 20) By setting up a trap, we learn that…

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    In 1924, Richmand Connell wrote a book called “ The Most Dangerous Game.” Richmand Connell, had printed several different books, which only one book was chosen, and being printed till this day. This book is about a mystery on a mysterious island. The big game hunter, Richmand , is tested in the following ways: strong versus the weak, the value of life, and becoming what he fears. The next paragraph will be about, “ The strong versus the weak.” This story had many moments of the strong and the…

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    (Tommy Lasorda). This rousing notion is an integral factor of the protagonist’s success in Richard Connell's “The Most Dangerous Game”. Sanger Rainsford, a famous New York Hunter, fell overboard from his hunting charter in the Caribbean. He landed on a strange island, and on it he discovered a fellow hunter by the name of General Zaroff. Zaroff used this island to hunt the ultimate game; Man. After his refusal to partake in the twisted sport alongside the General, Rainsford found he was to be…

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    monstrous”. In the story "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell, General Zaroff needs to find a new animal to hunt. He loves hunting, but is bored of hunting the animals who live in the wilderness. Zaroff is in desperate need of a new animal to hunt, or else he will become the most dangerous man. Montresor from "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allen Poe, does not kill out of boredom; he kills out of anger and for revenge. General Zaroff in "The Most Dangerous Game" is more evil…

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