Mickie Most

The book and the movie “The Fox and the Hound” are two totally different entities the only similarities the book and the movie have is that they are both the same species animals and that the fox is being hunted by Copper the hunting dog. The book depicts Todd as the sly fox who really likes the thrill of being in a chase and loves to find his equal match which is the hound named Copper. And throughout the book he finds his equal a hound dog named Copper. Tod was raised by humans after his was…

parenting falls on the back of one parent more than the other. Meanwhile, taking into to consideration it is tough on the children if they are moving from house to house on consistent basis and never able to build a set structure. Structure is one of the most important things in a single parent home. Often times one of the benefits of a single parent home is structure is almost forced because the obligation of raising children and meeting daily needs is on the shoulders of one person. Also…

jump off the cliff into the jagged crags or stay and get eaten by the savage dogs chasing him to his demise. The author, Richard Connell, expresses how hard-work and determination beats all odds. He conveys this theme in one of his short stories, “The Most Dangerous Game.” Rainsford was a wealthy hunter who was searching for a place to hunt in the Caribbean. He fell of his yacht and swam a few miles to a nearby mysterious island. Rainsford meets a peculiar man, General Zaroff, who is also a…

The stories “Being Prey” and “The sound of Thunder” both are 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…

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…

Sniper” vs. “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…

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.…