The Most Dangerous Games Setting Analysis
Is the Setting Essential to the Story?
The setting of, “The Most Dangerous Games” by Richard Connell is an essential part of the plot, and if not told right, it would intervene with the story. For instance, when Richard Connell describes the island, he describes it as isolated; if the author describes the island as anything else the plot would not work and he would be able to escape, but by explaining how the island is isolated and how there’s no way out except for being General Zaroff’s “animal”, it captures the reader into learning more about the story. Also, Rainford is stuck on the General Zaroff’s island with no way out, “ He was in a picture frame of water, and his operations, clearly, must take place within the frame.” (11). He must
The setting of, “The Most Dangerous Games” by Richard Connell is an essential part of the plot, and if not told right, it would intervene with the story. For instance, when Richard Connell describes the island, he describes it as isolated; if the author describes the island as anything else the plot would not work and he would be able to escape, but by explaining how the island is isolated and how there’s no way out except for being General Zaroff’s “animal”, it captures the reader into learning more about the story. Also, Rainford is stuck on the General Zaroff’s island with no way out, “ He was in a picture frame of water, and his operations, clearly, must take place within the frame.” (11). He must