The Most Dangerous Game Compare And Contrast Essay

Fighting against someone is never easy, especially when they have advantages. This happens in the short story "The Most Dangerous Game" when the main character, Sanger Rainsford, gets stranded on Ship-Trap Island. He ends up battling the man who lives there, General Zaroff. This also happens in the movie High Noon. Will Kane, the marshal of Hadleyville, is being hunted down by Frank Miller, a man who Kane sent up for murder, and Miller's posse. Although the setting in High Noon and "The Most Dangerous Game" are similar, the main charters and conflict are different. The two settings from the movie and the short story are alike. "Street from Kane's point of view. It is completely deserted" (Foreman 326). Kane was alone because nobody wanted to help him fight against Frank Miller because they were scared. He was left stranded by his friends. "Rainsford know he could do one of two things. He could stay where he was and wait. That was suicide. He could flee. That was postponing the inevitable" (Connell 230). Rainsford had no help, and was apart from everyone. Just like Kane, Rainsford is alone. There is no one there to help him. Isolation has a large impact on the setting of both stories. Although both the main characters are being hunted, they are very different from one another. "'I must keep my nerve. I must keep my nerve,' he said through tight
The settings, which are both isolated, have a crucial role in the story. It allows both characters to each be their own person. The main characters are not alike because Rainsford holds his emotions in and doesn't want them to get in the way, while Kane lets them out. The conflict is different as well. Kane has a choice to stay or leave his town of Hadleyville, but Rainsford has no choice to stay or leave and is stuck on the island. Overall, both stories are like each other, yet different in other