Authors uses suspense to keep the reader interested in what they are
reading. Suspense is also to keep the flow of the story. Richard ,the
author of the "Most Dangerous Game", uses foreshadowing and
metaphor to increase suspense throughout the story.
According to the dictionary, foreshadowing means "to show or indicate
beforehand." This use of a literary device encourages the reader to feel a
sense of anticipation. A foreshadowing exists in the beginning of the
story, Whitney and Rainsford are discussing their love for hunting.
Whitney, in his sensitivity, states that hunting is great "for the hunter"
implying that hunting is not fun for the prey.This statement can be used as
an example of foreshadowing the hunt between Rainsford and the
General. Another example of foreshadowing was when Rainsford and
Whitney are on the boat and Rainsford says, "Can't see it," and Whitney
replies, "You've good eyes," Whitney mentions that he has good
eyes to see the moose moving in the brown fall bush at four hundred
yards, however his sharp eyesight, cannot penetrate the darkness that is
regard to walk "through a moonless Caribbean night." There is
foreshadowing about the Rainsford really having a good eyes because he
can see them. Final example of foreshadowing in the story is when there
is a thought in Rainsfrod's mind during his conversation with Whitney, his
hunting partner onboard their ship, gives off a sense of foreboding when
he tells the reader, "What I felt was a mental chill; a sort of sudden dread."
Additionally, the gunshots he heard sounding off in the distance also
foreshadow the later events in that they establish some kind of presence
from the island the sailors so feared. It is foreshadowing the later events
in that they are on a ship and the island's name leaves a sense of
danger in