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In Richard Connell’s short story, The Most Dangerous Game, is based around a famous New Yorker hunter who fell off a boat and swims to an isolated and much feared island, called the “Ship Trap Island”. Rainsford, a famous hunter in New York was travelling to the Amazon forest to hunt the Jaguar. While on board passing the much-feared Ship Trap Island, he heard three gunshots. Trying to get a better look, he went on to the deck but unexpectedly drops his cigar. Trying to reach for it, he fell into the sea without anyone responding to his cries for help. He decides to swim to the island where he finds a Chateau, with two Cossacks living in there. One was General Zaroff while the other was his mute and deaf giant assistant, Ivan. General gave Rainsford a dinner and some clothes, where General told Rainsford a little of his background and that hunting no longer excite him. Over time, he told Rainsford his “Game”, which is to basically hunt humans. Sailors of boats that were damaged would be sent off to the jungle with food, a knife and some clothes. If he can resist capture from Zaroff, Ivan or his hounds for 3 days, then he wins the game. But so far, no one has been able to achieve that. The next person he wants to hunt is Rainsford, and should he refuse, Ivan will kill him. Rainsford then uses three methods in an attempt to win the game. The first resulted in him getting caught, but General decided not to kill him then but to play a “cat and mouse” game. The second he sets a pit which killed one of the General’s hounds. Thirdly, he sets another trap that killed Ivan, but not the General. In the end, he jumps off a cliff to avoid the approaching hounds. General thought he was dead but when he returned to his bedroom that night, Rainsford was waiting for him there. Rainsford then decided to have a knife fight with General, admitting, “I’m still a beast at bay”, which the loser would be fed off to the hounds and the winner gets to sleep in General’s bed. In the end,

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