Dangerous Liaisons

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…

If they try something new to get food or try to eat something different than what they are accustomed to eating it could also prove fatal. This is because it could result in them not being able to obtain food or have them eat something that is dangerous to their bodies once…

Three Dozen at a Time “Not all those that wander are lost.” said by J.R.R. Tolkien. This quote refers to hunting because you are out in the middle of nowhere and people will think you are lost. Decoying and jumping waterfowl are similar and different in many ways including time, effort, and amount of equipment The time put into waterfowl hunting differs from decoying and jumping waterfowl. When decoying waterfowl you will need to have time to get to the pond you are going, setting up decoys…

A young boy Mako learns to be prepared and confident when he kills a shark (as he had been practicing for a long time) that had been terrorizing fishermen in his native Bora Bora for years. The shark, called Tupa, had killed Mako’s father years ago, and this and a grand reward lead Mako to kill the shark. His desire is also enforced when his dog is in danger of being killed by the the shark Tupa. In the short story “Ghost of the Lagoon”, the boy is eager, and later loyal to his dog Afa when he…

High Noon and "The Most Dangerous Game." They both depict characters fighting to achieve something mostly on their own. Although they have the same underlying isolation, they both come in different ways. In the movie High Noon, the marshal of Hadleyville, Will Kane, fights alone to stop an old foe that he sent up. Although he is considered the best marshal the town has ever had, when push comes to shove, no one is there to help him. In the short story "The Most Dangerous Game" Rainsford is an…

Zaroff and Montresor In the story “The Most Dangerous Game”, and the other stories based of “The Most Dangerous Game” there are lots of characters but, the two murderers are Montresor and Zaroff they are equally cunning, manipulative, determined and indifferent to human life. Montresor gave no chances for his victim, and Zaroff played with his victims. In the end,…

The theme of Richard Connell’s short story, “The Most Dangerous Game” is about instinct and reasoning. The story shows how using your instincts and rationally reasoning about a problem could prove to be useful, and how it might just save your life. Evidence for the theme can be found in the story. (42) “He wrestled himself out of his clothes and shouted with all his power.” The main character, Rainsford falls out of a yacht and lands in water. This shows his first instinct was to take his…

The story "The most Dangerous Games" rotates around two characters that are assuming the part of hunter and prey. The plot of this story is how a hunter named Rainsford gets trapped in an island after he falls off his yacht and meets another character named General Zaroff. The General is a past middle age Russian Cossack with a costly house on an island called Ship-Trap and they start to share interests and beasts they have hunted. General Zaroff shows through his actions his immorality by…

Although it may seem strange, you are similar to many characters in many stories. Just like characters in book and stories, we have many traits and characteristics that describe ourselves, what makes us, us. Being related to characters stories may not seem normal, but since people and characters are so alike, it is normal. Authors include these characters to interest the reader. Three authors, in particular, have developed characters to keep readers intrigued. Richard Connell created Rainsford;…

Hunting Obstacle By: Mikel Vance A very hard obstacle I used to have problems overcoming was hunting. Some reasons hunting was an obstacle for me to overcome was it was hard to shoot the gun, hard to figure out where exactly to hit the animal, and staying extremely quiet when stalking an animal. Part of the reason I saw hunting as a obstacle was because I had troubles learning to shoot the gun. One reason I had problems shooting the gun was because I had problems keeping the gun in one…