Rainsford In The Most Dangerous Game By Richard Connell

In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, the climax is when Rainsford, the main character, is hiding from the dogs at night and jumps into the sea. This is the climax because it's the part that decides if Rainsford will survive or not. In “The Most Dangerous Game,” the book shows how the moment Rainsford is being hunted by the dogs is the climax when it says, “His pursuers had stopped.but the hope that was in Rainsford’s brain when he climbed died long ago, for he saw in the shallow valley that General Zaroff was still on his feet” (Connell 35). Rainsford was losing all of his hope as he saw that General Zaroff was still going and still looking for him, which makes the reader wonder if Rainsford will give up or not.