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Richard Connell's The Most Dangerous Game
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“The Most Dangerous Game”
In Richard Connell’s short story, “ The Most Dangerous Game”, the setting plays a key role in the overall plot. For example, encircling the island are big crags which ward ships from the island. “Jagged crags appeared to jut up into the opaqueness,” (3). The crags are dangerous at night to people in boats because of how dark it is. Sailors have to stay away from the island to avoid crashing their
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