Dangerous Minds

similar and different in ways, will describe that both have similar and different settings. In the story “Being Prey”, the setting was based on dangerous conflict, also in Being Prey the setting both had dangerous animals, in “Being Prey” it was a crocodile. In “The Sound of Thunder” the setting was based on jungles and dangerous conflicts and dangerous animals, in the sound of thunder it’s a “T-REX”!!!! So I can conclude that, both stories are similar and different with their settings that are…

June 16, 2014 Thunk, thunk, thunk, the greenish-blueish water slammed against are boat as a storm rolled in. Me and my best friend Will were about to go scuba diving. The engine's roar died and me and Will got perched on the side of the boat "you ready Seth?" Will questioned "As ready as i'll ever be" I explained "3,2,1, go!" the driver announced me and Will back falled off the water was murky and cold, I almost laughed at how I sounded like darth vader whenever I…

In A Separate Peace by John Knowles, water greatly changes the main character of the story, Gene. Although a very commonly used force of change, water is shown in many different ways such as rivers and snow. In Thomas Foster’s How to Read Literature Like a Professor, he describes snow as “clean, stark… playful, suffocating, filthy” (80). Foster writes this in order to present the reader with many different effects snow can have on someone or something. For example, in A Separate Peace, snow is…

In the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game,” by Richard Connell, Sanger Rainsford, a well known hunter and author from New York City, who is traveling to Rio to go hunting with his friend and hunting partner Whitney, he falls overboard from the cruise ship. He swims to Ship-Trap Island and meets the owner, General Zaroff, an admiring fan of Rainsford’s career and also a skilled hunter. He enjoys playing a game where he hunts and kills people because he is bored of hunting animals. Rainsford…

“The Most Dangerous Game” The short story “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty and the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell have many similarities including conflict, type of hunter, and type of resolution. One of the similarities is the type of conflict. The type of conflict is person vs. person. In both of the stories, the main characters are facing other people. An example of this would be the enemy in “The Sniper” and Rainsford facing General Zaroff in “The Most Dangerous…

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…

classes- the hunters and the huntees. Luckily, you and I are the hunters” (Connell 62). In “The Most Dangerous Game”, this quote gives the theme meaning. During this part of the story, General Zaroff gets cocky about the fact that he is strong and the weak are for him to kill. This eventually drove him to his death. Through his malicious nature, Zaroff drives the story’s theme of karma. In “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, General Zaroff is shown as insane, arrogant, and skillful.…

Laura Hillenbrand in her book unbroken, discusses the overall ideas of the human capacity to suffer and a spirits perseverance through suffering or hardship. Hillenbrand details Louie’s experience through world war 2. His perseverance through suffering shows perfectly the ideas of unbroken. Louie, through his entire experience of world war 2, receives more suffering than any person should have to experience in their lifetime. First, Louie is stranded in the Pacific Ocean with a very slim…

Whether it's being bullied, getting injured, or an injury occuring to an important fmily member in your life, you have to persevere through it and be courageous. Two people who do that are Will Kane and Sanger Rainsford. In the story, The Most Dangerous Game, written by Richard Connell, a world renowned hunter becomes the hunted and has to fight for his life for three whole days. In the film, High Noon, written by Carl Foreman, Frank Miller is coming for sweet revenge on Marshal Will Kane who…

The Most Dangerous Game Having bad characteristics can get you into trouble, but good characteristics can get you out of the trouble you got yourself in. Mr. Sanger Rainsford gets washed up on an island called Ship-Trap Island, due to his curiosity of a gunshot. He then uses his outdoor characteristics to escape from Ivan and General Zaroff to save his life. Mr. Sanger Rainsford has some characteristics that help him escape from Ivan and General Zaroff. Rainsford’s characteristics are…