Dangerous Liaisons

Sebastian Junger’s book, The Prefect Storm, is a tragic and intense journey of six crew members setting out to go sword fishing and bring back some for profit; however, they get caught and later died in a “perfect storm”, which means two storms colliding and turning into a small hurricane and later evolving into a powerful cyclone. Analyzing The Perfect Storm, Junger filled his book with his input and ideas of what happened to the sailors at the end of their lives, how he believes they acted and…

the game for you. Rainsford got stuck on an island with a crazy general called Zaroff . Zaroff likes hunting people but what Rainsford did not know is that he liked hunting people but gave them the nickname “animals”. In the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game,” by Richard Connell, Three literary elements Connell uses are suspense, imagery, and symbolism. One technique the author uses is suspense. An example is when Whitney said, “Not even cannibals wouldn't live there” (216). This is…

The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell begins with two big game hunters, Whitney and Rainsford, on a yacht discussing the legend surrounding an island known only as “Ship-Trap Island”, and how it has earned itself such a reputation. In what turns out to be an act of foreshadowing, Rainsford and Whitney discuss whether or not the prey animals they hunt feel any fear of death while they are being hunted. Rainsford discredits Whitney by replying that the “hot weather is making you soft”.…

The story by Richard Connell, is a story about a man named General Zaroff who loved hunting. Though after hunting all over the world for almost every big game species. He started getting bored with hunting. He thought and thought about how to make hunting more interesting. He tried different weapons such as bows, but this didn’t help either. He couldn’t find anything to make it more interesting. Then all the sudden he had an idea, he didn’t need a new weapon, he needed a new prey. Zaroff’s new…

The Key lesson “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell try to teach us that knowledge in the most important places are really important in the time in need. Mr. Rainsford is an author of many popular hunting books in the story. General Zaroff had a game on his island to improve his hunting skills and for his entertainment. Mr. Rainsford use his knowledge of hunting and used it to beat General Zaroff him in his own game. Mr. Rainsford been hunting in many climates and the rain forest on…

A Real Survival Show: Episode Two How does it feel to be the star of your own show, your very own reality show, which can kill you if you are not prepared? Kill you if you make the wrong decision. The first episode had you deciding on whether to carry a fixed bladed knife, an ax, machete, or a handgun. Once chosen you live with your decision, just as if you would if you became stranded, you would have to survive with what you had in your pack, vehicle or on your person. Okay, you have chosen…

The novel opens with the middle aged main character Chris Sheen leisurely taking his morning jog. An average guy that works from home as an architect with two giggling daughters and a loving wife, Chris seems to have the perfect life with the perfect nuclear family. Formerly unfit and reaching an apparent midlife crisis Chris now lives a healthy lifestyle and follows a strict exercise regime of jogging and competing in marathons and triathlons that will coincidentally be extremely advantageous…

dismemberment, each death, had been an assault on his empathy enhanced by his magic that he knew nothing about at the time. Nor did he understand the magic of the sentient Desolate Forest. These men were not the most dangerous things around, Bimba knew, but suspected that they did not. They were dangerous enough, however, which was why he remained quietly concealed in the heavy vapor of the cloud hugging the forest…

Rainsford woke up to a sharp pain in his back. He groaned as he rolled over in bed. He immediately regretted this decision. His entire body ached from the tiring swim he took yesterday. Still groggy from waking up, he thought about what had happened in the past three days. He cursed himself for falling off the yacht to save a stupid pipe. He slowly got out of the general’s comfy bed and walked into the general’s bathroom. He took his time clean himself up and delicately treated his wounds. He…

Richard Connell. This great author wrote many short stories such as "Apes and Angels", "Variety", and "Ironies". Tow of his most famous were "The Cage Man", and "The Most Dangerous Game". Although these stories are polar opposites, they share many similar literary elements and strategies. "The Most Dangerous Game", a story of a hunter who becomes the hunted at the hands of a Cossack general on an isolated island, indeed, bears similarities to "The Cage Man", the tale of a man standing up for…