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    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…

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    be brave. 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…

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    Rainsford Characteristics

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    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…

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    In the story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell the main character, Sanger Rainsford’s character progresses considerably in multiple aspects throughout the course of the story. Although the biggest change has to be his perspective on hunting and how much he cares about the animals being hunted. He begins by having no regard for what he is doing to animals, begins to knows that some hunting is wrong and finally ends with sympathy for the game being hunted. At the beginning of the…

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    Rainsford’s Greatest Hunt Rainsford one of the best hunters in the world who wrote books about his hunting adventures, and even became the hunted at one time. In The most dangerous game, our character Rainsford is brave, smart and resourceful. At the beginning of this story we get insight on what Rainsford attitude is towards animals as he says “You’re a big game hunter not a philosopher. Who cares how the jaguar feels.” So it seems like he is very into hunting and does it all the time and…

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    Depict a boat hovering over the calm water when suddenly destroys the boat and crashes on an inhabited island with wild beasts. In the book swiss family Robinson the Robinson family must learn to survive and adapt in the dangerous island. While on the island they discover many magnificent creatures the Robinsons carefully tamed them. If they had not the mysterious creatures might have devoured the Robinsons. They tamed the fast and intelligent ostrich also the not so fast but ferocious turtle.…

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    “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, “Dulce ET Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen, and “Mirror” by Sylvia Plath all share common themes. These stories all share a common theme of disillusionment, where everything is not as it appears to be. “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell begins with two hunting partners Rainsford, the main character, and Wilson talking on a boat. While speaking on the boat Wilson asks Rainsford how he thinks the jaguar feels while being hunted. Rainsford…

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    situational, and dramatic. “ The Most Dangerous Game ” by Richard Connell, is about a professional hunter, Sanger Rainsford trying to stay alive when he is trapped on an island with General Zaroff, a professional hunter who wishes to hunt others. Connell’s use of irony helps demonstrates the theme. The theme of the most dangerous game shows how the author portrays how civilized people will turn uncivilized if their life depends on it. In his short story “ The Most Dangerous Game ” Richard…

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    “ The most dangerous game “ The definition of hunting is to hunt for wild animals or it can be seen as a game , especially for food or a sport . The story “ The most dangerous game “ by Richard Connell shows that hunting is a very dangerous game . Zaroff demonstrates that he is very adventurous , hospitable , and confident . First , Zaroff is very adventurous because in the story he likes to play games. Also , in the story he says “ God makes some men poets. Some he makes…

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    In the stories “The Lady or the Tiger”by Frank R. Stockton. and “The Most Dangerous Game.” By Richard Connell. It is apparent that in these two stories they have one common theme that applies to both main characters. How you may ask? Well in the Lady or the tiger you may choose innocent or guilty and the king has power but what happens if the king's daughter’s boyfriend gets thrown into the arena? In the Most dangerous game Rainsford gets to be hunted but in the end General Zaroff the hunter…

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