Mickie Most

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.…

The first reading for this week was Chapter 14 for the Cali textbook. This chapter focuses on environmental law. In the beginning of the chapter the author talks about how international treaties play a role in environmental protection. There are two types of treaties that focuses on environmental law. The first treaty is global and issue-specific and the second is a regional regulatory treaty. Each treaty is involved in international relations and they each have their own importance. Later, in…

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 just landed outside of Wilmington and are in the process of setting up their encampment. Most of rebels have left the area and the situation is rather chaotic. Craig, the commander of the 82nd is approached by Gabriel Garrity, a rebel and local gunsmith,…

“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…

When 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…

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…

Without the conflicts throughout the story The Most Dangerous Game by: Richard Connell would be boring. Rainsford’s trap is man versus man. The quicksand swallowing his foot is man versus nature. Last but not least Rainford telling himself many times to keep his nerve is man versus self. The Most Dangerous Game has many kinds of conflict and many examples of these conflicts. In the short story The Most Dangerous Game one conflict is man versus man. For example, when Rainsford sets the traps for…