Dangerous Minds

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)…

In the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game”, the protagonist, Rainsford, changes his ideology on hunting. At the start of the short story, Rainsford had a discussion with a secondary character and hunting partner, Whitney, while on a sea vessel on their way to Rio de Janeiro. The conversation commences with Whitney stating, “We should have some good hunting up in the Amazon. Great sport, hunting.” Rainsford agreed, “The best sport in the world.” These quotes show that Rainsford is blatantly…

The most dangerous in each article was the conflicts in “The Most Dangerous Games”, “Liberty”, and “Harrisonburg Bergeron”. Each of the articles have a conflict that have a life, or death consequences. Here are the life, or death conflict and consequences. In “The most dangerous game”, the life or death consequence one was with Rainsfod and Whitney. They both arrived at an island that already had a bad reputation. It was a bad reputation because as soon they get there they hear two gunshots.…

The Cat or the Mouse What is the difference between hunting humans and hunting animals? One would think that hunting humans is wrong and unethical. But for two world renowned hunters, they have two differing perspectives on this issue of hunting humans. While they both are intelligent men; one tends to approach the issue more ethically than the other. Zaroff looks at hunting humans for his own self interest, while Rainsford looks at it from a selfless view for the human population and thinks…

Often people are blinded by their lust for power and wealth. Joseph Conrad, in the novella “Heart of Darkness”, explores greed through character, imperialism and symbolism to show the corrupting power of greed. The novella follows Marlow’s character as he embarks on his journey within the Congo. Marlow encounters Kurtz’s public persona, which Marlow is intrigued by. This persona for the reader, and Marlow, is tarnished by the obvious craving for wealth and power. It is emphasised by Kurtz’s…

Splinter Cell Blacklist – Sam Fisher is back, but with a different voice! Splinter Cell Conviction was one of my favorite games of all time. I just loved the way the game turned out to be and Sam Fisher was gritty and fearless. It reminded me a lot of the movie Taken. Similar to Liam Neeson going after his daughter, Sam is hunting for the person who allegedly killed his daughter. Both Liam and Sam have extraordinary abilities when it comes to hand to hand combat and gun fights. Apart from this,…

learning. In the story "The Most Dangerous Game" a experienced hunter Rainsford that gets trapped on an island and finds a hunter that hunts people for fun and Rainsford is one of the people that are getting hunted. Rainsford sets traps and hides to win. He ends up jumping off a cliff and swimming back to Zaroff's castle. And ends up fighting him to see who sleeps in the bed and who gets fed to the dogs. Richard Connell uses mood/tone in his story “The Most Dangerous Game” to convey the theme of…

In " The Most Dangerous Game " by Richard Connell the protagonist, Sanger Rainsford, is a big game hunter who finds himself in a life or death situation when he falls off of a ship when on a journey to Rio. Shortly after swimming to shore he find himself on Ship-Trap island, after following a trail, he arrives at a chateau where he meets General Zaroff. Zaroff is also a big game hunter, but of a different kind, General Zaroff hunts men. Rainsford agrees to play Zaroff's game,Knowing that it is…