Dangerous Liaisons

contrasted. Although some people may believe that stories written in different time periods can’t have similar themes, they can because of similar character selection and real life circumstances. The first story that is being analyzed is The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell which was written in 1924. The second story is The Lottery by Shirley Jackson which was written in 1948.…

There are many similarities and differences in “Casey at the Bat”, and in “David and Goliath”. The first similarity is that they both faced a time that many people had to believe in them. Inv the text, they both had people trying to cheer them on. Casey had to get a homerun, or his team wouldn’t win, and David had to fight Goliath, who was way bigger than him. The second similarity is that they both are determined. Casey is determined to hit the ball, and David is determined to kill Goliath. In…

Throughout this journal Zaroff can be characterized as malevolent, and dastardly. First of all he is malevolent. A reason that he is malevolent is the fact that he takes sailors from shipwrecks. He uses his advantage of the currents bringing ships into a shallow, rocky area of the sea, causing shipwrecks. When the sailors go to land and start looking for residents of the island they encounter Zaroff's house in the jungle. After these people go into his house, he gives them two choices, either…

What is fear? ¨The Most Dangerous game ¨by Richard Conaller. The expedition will introduces us to General Zaroff, Rainsford, and the Island. The expression will show that Zaroff is a great hunter but is also a mental person. Zaroff started at a young age hunting ¨I killed my first bear in the caucasus when I was ten.¨ (16). Zaroff at the age of ten he was killing this huge animals . Mans that are twice his age couldn't kill. This young boy killed them like if it was nothing this huge animal…

Rainsford was relieved at the fact that he was no longer being hunted. There was still one problem; he does not have a way back home. With this new problem on his hands; he went out to the edge of the island to think about how he was going to get home. Suddenly, Rainsford hears a noise out in the distance of the ocean. There was morning mist covering the ocean, so Rainsford was not able to see what the noise was. The noise was quite loud with a honk, followed by the voice of men. Rainsford was…

The water was just as welcoming as it had been on the night when Rainsford had fallen off the yacht; not at all. However, he supposed wildly flailing in the deep murky blue of the ocean was better than being torn apart by the pack of hounds. Rainsford held his breath underwater, the salt stinging his eyes. “Clever one, that Rainsford fellow.” General Zaroff remarked, peering at the blustering waters. He lit one of his cigarettes. “What a shame, though. Death by drowning.” Confirming that…

Farquhar drops through the railroad tracks of the bridge and manages to keeps himself out of the ropes. Now he just has to avoid getting killed by getting shot or drowning. Farquhar swam to the shore as the Union soldiers fired on him. Just as they are about to use deadly shot against him, Farquhar gets caught in a vortex that brings him to the opposite shore. Farquhar makes his way through the forest toward his homeland. The landscape is bizarre and premonition. Though he has amazingly survived…

This story takes place way up in the mountains of Arizona. There was a tribe of navajo indians that lived on the edge of the colorado river. The chief of the tribe Qaletaqa Golden was having a meeting with the elder. They were meeting about a hunting trip in the mountains for elk and bison. The chief's son Wakkan was a very scared of everything maybe even scared of his shadow at times. But Wakkan was an avid hunter and fisherman. Some people would even say that he is the best fisherman of the…

held captive. Then zaroff offers rainsford a sporting proposition. Zaroff is a big game hunter …… man. Zaroff will hunt rainsford but if rainsford gets away he is free but rainsford sets a trap to capture zaroff and he is the winner of the most dangerous game. Rainsford was a brave man that did not give up.Even when he fell overboard he still did not give up he swam to the island and from there he had to fight. He had to run away from zaroff because zaroff told him he had to run and not get…

All stories have conflict. Without conflict, a story could not be possible. The first conflict in Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game”, is Man vs. Nature. Other conflicts in the story are Man vs. Himself and Man vs. Man. In “The Most Dangerous Game” all three conflicts are shown. Man vs. Nature is evident in the story and is essential to the plot. For example, in the beginning of the story, if Rainsford did not fall off the yacht and “for a seemingly endless time he fought the sea” (2)…