An author uses literary devices to allow the reader to engage. The author uses descriptive writing to enhance the individual’s imagination. It also gives them ways to relate and a divergent way to think about writing. The three most important literary devices used in The Most Dangerous Game are similes, imagery, and foreshadowing. Richard Connell utilizes these devices to create a fun and inspiring story.…
In Richard Connell’s thrilling short story “The Most Dangerous Game”, an uneasy mood is constructed by Rainsford’s illusive adventure on Ship Trap Island. Many moments in the short story help build up a feeling of uneasy, one being when Winston uses a simile to describe the evil of the atmosphere, saying that the air “ was actually poisonous”, and that he felt a “mental chill, a sort of sudden dread” when the ship neared the island (Connell 1). The author makes the reader feel uneasy by making just the atmosphere itself seem evil and dangerous with the simile comparing the air to something that kills and is to be avoided. Readers also naturally pick up the feeling of dread from Whitney, which significantly helps in building…
bring fear with the thrill. Rainsford, a game hunter, was on his yacht when he got thrown from the ship into the Caribbean sea. Rainsford swam to an island where he was awaited with a man named General Zaroff. General hunted game too, nevertheless the Generals game was humans, and Rainsford fell right into his trap. Rainsford had 3 days to survive a hunting spree by the General. If he made it 3 days without being caught, then Rainsford gets to go home; Dolefully that did not happen to any other human before Rainsford. In Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game,” The use of similes/metaphors and Imagery contributes to the story’s overall mood.…
A popular topic for authors lately seems to be the decline of humanity and morals. Dystopian novels are one of the most popular genres right now. However, authors haven’t just begun to write about violence recently. Many past authors ushered in this generation by using character traits to express themes and morals. An example of this is The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connel. Connel uses character choices and tone in the story The Most Dangerous Game to express a theme of “ignorance leads to violence.”…
The written story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell has beautifully descriptive sets and scenes that help bring the story to life, along with excellent character structure and personality, which leads to interesting and unexpected conflicts that are not properly portrayed in the movie with the same name directed by Ernest Schoedsack and Irving Pichel.…
The Most Dangerous Game is a wonderful short story that uses imagery and metaphors to create an eerie mood that I enjoyed. I thought it was interesting and fun to read when following a suspenseful plot that builds to a climax.…
The Most Dangerous Game was written by Richard Connell and tells a story about survival of the fittest between the hunter and the hunted. Rainsford, the main protagonist, is stranded on an isolated island, where he meets a hunter by the name of General Zaroff. Afterward, the general then processed in a game of cat and mouse, where Zaroff hunts Rainsford for he believes men are worthy animals to be hunted. Rainsford, who is also a hunter, must use reasoning and logic to defeat the general at his own game and ultimately killing him in the process. The topic is murder and the theme in particular is “hunters vs the hunted.”…
In attempt to entice and lure the reader into reading further, the author of “The Most Dangerous Game” creates a suspenseful mood through the uncertainty and danger in the story. First of all, the described setting played a huge role in developing the tense mood. The island that Rainsford and Whitney approached was supposedly named “Ship-Trap Island,” and as if the name wasn't suspicious enough, Whitney proclaimed that “sailors have a serious dread of the place,” and “The place has a reputation--a bad one.” In addition, the uncanny feeling in the air shot a sudden chill down Rainsfords back. He recited, “What I felt was a--a mental chill; a sort of sudden dread. The use of this eerie environment draws the reader in, in desire to uncover the…
In “The Most Dangerous Game”, the author uses many methods to develop the characters and how they see the world, themselves, and others around them. First, Rainsford gets stranded on an island after he is talking to a friend on a yacht he was on about how the hunter is dominant and how the animals hunted do not feel anything which could be foreshadowing a change in the story and what it’s based on. After he arrives on the island, Rainsford immediately goes and sees a sign of struggle in bushes and hears shots fired. This, and the way that Rainsford was able to follow the tracks of the hunter, shows that Rainsford is a fairly efficient hunter; that is, showing the audience what the main idea of the story most likely is, which the hunter vs. the hunted.…
“The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell is an intriguing work of fiction that effortlessly combines both aspects of literary and commercial fiction. Connell was able to write a piece that successfully combines fast-paced action as well as upholding literary merit. Not only did Connell write this story with an exciting and adventurous component, he also managed to convey a deeper meaning within the story by allowing his readers to be pulled into the excitement of the story, while also giving them an insight to a darker, more primitive side of human beings. He creatively depicts a unique setting in which the main character has nothing to fear but mankind itself. Connell not only generates…
Richard Connell, the author of The Most Dangerous Game implies that people need to hunt or be hunted in order to stay alive through becoming insane.…
Imagine ending up an island that has a very bad reputation by all sailors. At first you think that it is not dangerous, but then you learn about what happens on the island. Rainsford and his friend Whitney were on a boat travelling to Rio. The short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell is a very suspenseful story that shows how Rainsford is very brilliant. Rainsford is on his boat when he falls off and lands in the water and he ends up swimming to the island nearby that all sailors hate sailing past. Rainsford is very smart because when he gets to the island he knows many tricks he learned from hunting for many years and he uses them to help him win against Zaroff. Rainsford shows he's smart throughout the story by creating…
Most dangerous game essay when reading the most dangerous game Richard Connell uses literary devices that light up your sensory cortex in your brain. Imagery and personification are just two examples of how Connell intrigues his readers. His various uses of Imagery and personification in this story helps to create a descriptive setting, events, and characters. One example of imagery he uses is “trying to peer through the dark tropical night that was palpable as it pressed thick warm blackness.” By using this literary device the author is trying to vividly describe the setting.…
As Donnie Vincent once said, "The truth is... I'm always saddened when I kill an animal. It's not remorse I feel. I know why I'm a hunter. It's out of respect." But not always do the roles stay the same, sometimes, the tides turn and the hunted become the hunters.This story is so thought provoking, because of its classic theme that anyone can become the hunted. When one looks at “Hungry Like The Wolf” by duran duran, one can see that this theme is still pertinent to today’s world because even in music they show that anyone can become the hunted. One example is when in the duran duran song, they say “Straddle the line, in discord and rhyme, I’m on the hunt I’m after you.” The use of mood, suspense and setting are expertly crafted to support the theme of The Most Dangerous Game”.…
In response to, what did this session mean to you, this first counselling session meant a lot. To explain, this counselling session was the start of the counselling relationship formed between myself and the client. In reflecting on all of my past experiences involving the start of a relationship, especially that of a professional relationship, the success or lack thereof, of this first interaction, (e.g. the vibe throughout the interaction, the feeling of comfort between myself and the other party, so on and so forth), had a significant effect on the relationship from that point forward. For example, it often determined how often I reached out to that individual for their help, what sorts of things I asked for their assistance for, and so on. To take this one step further, I am sure at one point or another it may have influenced whether or not I continued to have a relationship with the discussed individual.…