The Dangerous Game vs. the Lottery
Comparison and Contrast
Of “The Dangerous Game”
And “the Lottery”
Two Face Death In “the most dangerous game”, Sanger Rainsford is faced with General Zaroff. Zaroll has hunted all his like but is getting bored and needs a new animal to hunt. He wants an animal that has courage, is cunning and can reason, making the game fore exciting. Humans to General Zaroff are just another animal. This hunt will make the greatest hunt of his life. Rainsford is putting the situation where he is fighting for his life. In “the lottery”, Tessis Hutchinson is faces with a stoning from her village. The town holds a lottery to stone one person every year. A lot of work goes into this lottery and everyone has to partake in it. Once Tessis has the feeling it will be her she tries to save herself for the stoning. Rainsford is a well- educated man from New Your City. He falls off a yacht and ends up on this island with General Saroff. The author shares this bit of information to show education and money but not necessarily strategy and life saving nature skills. We don’t learn more of his capabilities later in the story. The author does not go into great detail with this character. He doesn’t talk about his past, his knowledge; he does talk a lot about his actions in staying alive. You can understand the characters motivation the second her learns that he is the one that is about it be hunted. He was shocked and confused, but quickly moved on. I loved how he only talked a minute about trying to convince the General that his is a crazy idea. Rainsford figured out that it would be a lost cause and he should work on a battle plan. He would be a flat character with only one outstanding trait, just as Mrs. Hutchinson is also a flat character. Hutchinson is a wife and mother. She was busy doing dishes when she remembered what day it was. She arrived at the lottery only to have her own name drawn out of the lottery box. We learn that she has other children that are older and
Of “The Dangerous Game”
And “the Lottery”
Two Face Death In “the most dangerous game”, Sanger Rainsford is faced with General Zaroff. Zaroll has hunted all his like but is getting bored and needs a new animal to hunt. He wants an animal that has courage, is cunning and can reason, making the game fore exciting. Humans to General Zaroff are just another animal. This hunt will make the greatest hunt of his life. Rainsford is putting the situation where he is fighting for his life. In “the lottery”, Tessis Hutchinson is faces with a stoning from her village. The town holds a lottery to stone one person every year. A lot of work goes into this lottery and everyone has to partake in it. Once Tessis has the feeling it will be her she tries to save herself for the stoning. Rainsford is a well- educated man from New Your City. He falls off a yacht and ends up on this island with General Saroff. The author shares this bit of information to show education and money but not necessarily strategy and life saving nature skills. We don’t learn more of his capabilities later in the story. The author does not go into great detail with this character. He doesn’t talk about his past, his knowledge; he does talk a lot about his actions in staying alive. You can understand the characters motivation the second her learns that he is the one that is about it be hunted. He was shocked and confused, but quickly moved on. I loved how he only talked a minute about trying to convince the General that his is a crazy idea. Rainsford figured out that it would be a lost cause and he should work on a battle plan. He would be a flat character with only one outstanding trait, just as Mrs. Hutchinson is also a flat character. Hutchinson is a wife and mother. She was busy doing dishes when she remembered what day it was. She arrived at the lottery only to have her own name drawn out of the lottery box. We learn that she has other children that are older and