Mickie Most

Summary of The Most Dangerous Game Sanger Rainsford was heading to “Rio” (1) to hunt jaguars. While everyone was asleep, Rainsford went out on the deck to “smoke another pipe.” (2) When his pipe was falling off the yacht, he reached out and tried to grab it but, fell off of it. Rainsford started to swim to the “Ship-Trap island” (1) because he heard a “pistol shot.” (4) When he got to the island he followed footprints and met two men, Ivan and General Zaroff. Zaroff already knew who…

characterization and narration? I believe it is theme. Theme is a lesson that can be learned in literature and life. I believe personal experience help find theme, like when i was in the 8th grade i learned through other people conflict. In the story the most dangerous game part of the conflict is man vs self. The conflict inside rainsford was the fear of being killed. As the story progresses i see Rainford change. He becomes fearless as he becomes at the end. At the end of the book he manages…

shown all throughout the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell. Connell expresses his ideas about change to the reader through a character named Sanger Rainsford a very well known hunter who’s ironically stranded on an island that everyone is afraid of. Through physical and mental ability to change we see the strength and knowledge grow inside of Rainsford. Though Rainsford undergoes many drastic changes throughout the story, the most significant in his ability to adjust his…

Hunting is a killing certain animals for game. “The most Dangerous Game” written by Richard Connel tells hunting, and how it could go wrong. Zaroff demonstrates that he is cruel, evil, and he is wicked. First Zaroff is a cruel person, “that is why i use them. It gives me pleasure, they can reason after a-fasion, so they are dangerous (225).” That means he gets pleasure from killing innocent civilians for game. “A rather good lot, I think i dissolved the gold they are let out at seven every night…

or evil? In the novel The Lord of the Flies, the short story The Most Dangerous Game, and in another short story Thank You Ma’am Wilkie Collins’ inquiry is prominent in each text as characters display both traits of good and evil. People are good to the extent where their situation and upbringing will reflect their innate nature as seen through Ralph and Piggy in Lord of the Flies written by William Golding, Rainsford in The Most Dangerous Game written by Richard Connell, and Roger in Thank…

take place through out the story. The film and story we experienced in class were some of the first stories to use these themes. They use them similarly and differently making both of these stories great and unique in their own way. In the novel The Most Dangerous Game written by Richard Connell a world class hunter experiences getting hunted after washing up on an island. He is hunted by a narcissistic psychopath who thinks it it okay to hunt and murder men in cold blood. In the film High Noon…

However the image of the regal old gentleman ascending the marble steps to call off his vicious guard slowly dissolves, replaced by an arrogant and selfish monster who revels in the pain of others to overcome his boredom. Zaroff’s self obsession is most evident in the way he speaks about himself to Rainsford, openly declaring his philosophy on life- “"Life is for the strong, to be lived by the strong, and if need be, taken by the strong. The weak of the world were put here to give the strong…

that Rainsford would see himself every time he even touched a gun. He was the animal to be hunted in the General Zaroff’s mind. Rainsford must now understand that animals do feel fear, that their fear is something extremely tangible. Rainsford now most likely cannot even fathom the thought of picking up a rifle, because a memory like this is impossible to keep hidden, “His whole idea at first was to put distance between himself and General Zaroff, and to this end, he had plunged on by the…

Salt and pepper both used for seasoning but have very different tastes. This is an analogy I would use to describe Sanger Rainsford and General Zaroff. In the duration of the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game”, both are portrayed a impeccable hunters, but, as the story proceeds the separation the two hunters unfolds. Although they bear some mutual similarities, the difference between Sanger Rainsford and General Zaroff are quite pronounced; differences such as their age, where there from,…

In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, the theme of the story is that obsession can be dangerous. The protagonist of the story is Rainsferd and he is sailing past “Ship Trap Island.” Rainsferd is a good well known hunter. The antagonist of the story is General Zaroff. Zaroff fought in a war and likes to hunt. Zaroff got tired of hunting animals because he could predict their moves. Zaroff’s solution was to start hunting people that were trained by his assistant Ivan.…