Civilized Vs. Savage In Richard Connell's The Most Dangerous Game
Civilized vs. Savage
“There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth to war, the beast stirs.”- George R.R. Martin. Cruel, Savage, and dangerous describe Zarroff a character in Richard Connells short story “The Most Dangerous Game”. In the story “The Most Dangerous Game” a man named Rainsford who is an experienced hunter is trapped on an island by Zarroff retired general in the Russian Army who wants him to be part of a “game” where Zarroff hunts Rainsford. Connell and Golding argue that no matter who you are, where you’re from, or what your beliefs are, once you are put in a life threatening situation, you will do anything you possibly can to stay alive, even if that means changing from a civilized person into a complete savage …show more content…
“Rainsford did not smile.”I am still a beast at bay” he said in a low hoarse voice.”Get ready General Zarroff”. You notice from this that Rainsford has changed since the beginning of the story, how all Rainsford wanted to do was get off the island and now even though Rainsford has already won the game he still wants to fight the General but in this case he actually kills Zarroff. This is because the game changed Rainsford into wanting to continue the violence, even though before the game started all he wanted to do was get of the island.”He lived a year in a minute. Then he felt the impulse to cry aloud with joy” You can see from this again that Rainsford is displaying savagery because he thinks that the game is finished so he is happy. Even though killing Zarroff would have ended the games, being happy about killing another human being displays Rainsford as a
“There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth to war, the beast stirs.”- George R.R. Martin. Cruel, Savage, and dangerous describe Zarroff a character in Richard Connells short story “The Most Dangerous Game”. In the story “The Most Dangerous Game” a man named Rainsford who is an experienced hunter is trapped on an island by Zarroff retired general in the Russian Army who wants him to be part of a “game” where Zarroff hunts Rainsford. Connell and Golding argue that no matter who you are, where you’re from, or what your beliefs are, once you are put in a life threatening situation, you will do anything you possibly can to stay alive, even if that means changing from a civilized person into a complete savage …show more content…
“Rainsford did not smile.”I am still a beast at bay” he said in a low hoarse voice.”Get ready General Zarroff”. You notice from this that Rainsford has changed since the beginning of the story, how all Rainsford wanted to do was get off the island and now even though Rainsford has already won the game he still wants to fight the General but in this case he actually kills Zarroff. This is because the game changed Rainsford into wanting to continue the violence, even though before the game started all he wanted to do was get of the island.”He lived a year in a minute. Then he felt the impulse to cry aloud with joy” You can see from this again that Rainsford is displaying savagery because he thinks that the game is finished so he is happy. Even though killing Zarroff would have ended the games, being happy about killing another human being displays Rainsford as a