Dangerous Liaisons

Do you think that you could fight of a dangerous reptile? Yeah same here. But in the stories “Sound of Thunder” and “Being Prey”. The character had to fight them off. Plumwood (The main character of “Being Prey”) fights a dangerous crocodile. Then Eckels (Main character of “Sound of Thunder”) had to go up against a dinosaur. If you want to know what happened then keep reading. The setting of the text are dangerous and deadly. The character didn’t listen to what the instructors had to say about…

A Dangerous Analysis of “The Most Dangerous Game” One of the most popular sports in the country today is hunting. Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game” creates a tale of life and death in which the main character, Sanger Rainsford, a famous hunter that is lost at sea, is being hunted by the estranged General Zaroff for the general’s pleasure. In Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game”, the author uses plot, irony, and setting to convey the theme of inhumanity. The plot of “The Most Dangerous…

In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, General Zaroff demonstrates an attitude of extreme self-entitlement and an aggressively competitive nature to maintain dominance on Ship-Trap Island. General Zaroff, from the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” most certainly demonstrates the character of a typical gothic villain. Firstly, General Zaroff has a very attractive and compelling presence which masks his evil nature. Secondly, General Zaroff evokes a level of terror…

The New General Zaroff Rainsford wakes up the next morning and, surprisingly, does not feel regretful of killing General Zaroff. Now that he has hunted the most dangerous game as well, he understands how General Zaroff felt. As he is walking downstairs, he finds a large group of General Zaroff’s workers crowded around the entrance. There, waiting, is another sailor who was stranded by his crew. Rainsford, afraid the man was a brigand, curiously hurried towards everyone. “Who are you?”…

“The world is made up of two classes - the hunters and the huntees.” The Most Dangerous Game is a very well written story that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Suspense and conflict fill the scenes. However, the setting is also crucial to this story. By using these literary terms, Richard Connell wrote a short story filled with excitement and thrill that no person in the right mind will be able to put down. First of all, suspense was one of the main literary elements used in this story.…

Deadly Occupation is the third book published in the Michael Stoddard American Revolution Mystery series. It is actually the first book in this wonderful series, written from the British point of view. If you've not read the other books, start with this one, as you will be introduced to the recurring characters. For those that have read to the other two books, you will learn more about how Stoddard became and investigator and more insight into his assistant, Nick. The 82nd regiment has…

“Nerve, nerve, nerve!” he panted, as he dashed along. A blue gap showed between the trees dead ahead. Ever nearer drew the hounds. Rainsford forced himself on toward that gap. He reached it. It was the shore of the sea. Across a cove he could see the gloomy gray stone of the château. Twenty feet below him the sea rumbled and hissed. Rainsford hesitated. He heard the hounds... He had nowhere to run. His life flashed before his eyes, all those times that he had his sights on a gazelle or tiger…

someone had a large amount of money they were considered the top dogs of society. The roles have been reversed the hunter is the hunted! The once known predator is know prey, which is describing the situation in Richard Connell’s short story “The Most Dangerous Game” Rainsford the racist highly praised hunter finds himself on the wrong side of the food chain. He’s being hunted like the animals he loves to hunt and kill by the classist General Zaroff. The author uses experiences to say that some…

Setting in “The Most Dangerous Game” and “The Scarlet Ibis” In “The Most Dangerous Game,” the author uses foreshadowing to create a brooding and ironic mood to show the satire of a hunter being hunted. There is a “tangle of trees and underbrush” awaiting Rainsford on the mysterious island, along with trampled weeds and blood, likely from an animal (3). Rainsford notices an empty cartridge, giving him the impression that there are people there. He confirms this assumption when he sees a huge…

In the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, the protagonist is Rainsford. He is a big game hunter. In the beginning of the story Whitney says to Rainsford that maybe animals can feel something besides just fear then Rainsford says to Whitney “Don’t talk rot, Whitney, You’re a big-game hunter, not a philosopher. Who cares how the jaguar feels?”(6). This shows that Rainsford is an arrogant human being, but can core beliefs change when somebody’s life is threatened? Rainsford…