Richard Connell

I write to you from Ship Trap Island and this amazing Palatial Chateau. During my stay, the unbelievable happened, and not in a good manner either. This Palatial Chateau used to belong to a man by the name of General Zaroff and his personal “slave” named Ivan. Zaroff and Ivan are both Cossack, meaning they are savages if you please. I fell off the yacht when I heard gunshots and leaned over the rail to try and get a better view of where they came from and fell trying. After the fact that I…

“The Most Dangerous Game” Character analysis essay “The Most Dangerous Game” is a story about a hunter named Rainsford who falls off a boat and ends up on an island. There is a big castle and Rainsford rings the doorbell and and a big giant named Ivan opens the door. Rainsford meets General Zaroff .General Zaroff hints that he is tired of normal hunting games. General want to play a new game with Rainsford. The general’s new game for hunting is hunting people. The General wants to hunt…

Chasing another person to kill for a game is dangerous, just like the movie “The Hunger Games” you have to fight against others to survive and live. The people watch for fun and the organization enjoy the young teenagers try to kill one another to live. “The Most Dangerous Game” has a similar plot twist too, showing one man ending up on the dreadful island all sailors never want to go. The young teenagers never want to be chosen to go fight against others either. The settings are similar by the…

in the most dangerous game the external conflict was the part in wich general zaroff was hunting humans and rainsford was just disgusted with the fact that someone would do that and think it is ok or think there is nothing wrong wit it.That caused internal conflict by causing rainsford to want to become apart of the hunt but not hunting the people general zaroff brought but hunting and killing general zaroff. Wich rainsford is not a murderer but general zaroff brung the worst out in him, and…

Ryan Lowry Ashe Engl. 111-52C February 4, 2015 Rhetorical Analysis 1: Sam Anderson’s “Just one more game…: Angry Birds, Farmville, and Other Hyperaddictive Stupid Games” The article “Just one more game…: Angry birds, Farmville, and Other Hyperaddictive Stupid Games” written by Sam Anderson was published both in New York Times Sunday magazine and also online at NYTimes.com. Sam Anderson is a critic for the new York times magazine which he received the Balakian Award for Excellence in Criticism…

“The most dangerous games” Rainsford can be described as an active, fearless and talented person. Rainsford can be described as an active, fearless and talented person. Rainsford is active because he is really fast and quick at anything. This is seen in the story when it says “Then he ran for his life. The hounds raised their voices as they hit the fresh scent” “When he saw or heard someone getting him he ran for it he kept going until he lost them”. He can also be described as fearless because…

Hatchet And The Most dangerous game are stories about bravery and death. The most dangerous game andhatchet are two stories that are very alike how because the both are stranded in the middle of some wherethe most dangerous game is on an island. Hatchet is in a forest in the middle of Canada .Rainsford from themost dangerous game fell out of a boat he found an island and their he found General Zaroff the they madea bet then General ZAROFF died after the bet. In hatchet this kid named BRIAN was…

As a first person narration of a captain and a first lieutenant's predicament in an underground military base, Donald Barthelme’s “The Game” is told from the point of view of the first lieutenant. Readers can assume only so much about the current situation due to the narrator’s mental deterioration and ineptitude in describing his own situation. Taking on the persona of a mentally deteriorated man on the verge of insanity, Barthelme crafts a piece that leaves his readers at awe. By withholding…

“The Most Dangerous Game” Conclusion “The Most Dangerous Game” begins with a young man named Rainsford. Rainsford is on a yacht near the edge of South America. They’re going to South America to go hunting. Rainsford is a professional hunter who has written a few books about his experience. While his bunkmates head off to bed Ransford wants to have one more smoke before bed. As he is standing there looking over the seas they hit a high wave and his pipe hits a rope and falls overboard. Rainsford…

Often times in stories, arrogance can lead to a character going headlong into the face of danger when the clear outcome is death. In Richard Conell’s short story, The Most Dangerous Game, the author uses portrays the protagonist Rainsford as an arrogant and confident character who is too confident in his abilities. The author uses elements of indirect characterization to show the protagonist, Rainsford, and his growth into a dynamic character. The protagonist, Rainsford, is a dynamic…