Who Is The Protagonist In The Most Dangerous Game
In the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game,” by Richard Connell, we are introduced to two men on a boat going on a hunting trip. We quickly learn Rainsford, the protagonist, is arrogant and doesn't care for anyone but himself. Rainsford falls off the boat and ends up on Ship Trap Island. It doesn't take Rainsford long to meet the man that has inhabited the island already. His name is General Zaroff, the antagonist, a “big game hunter”. When the two first meet we get the impression is that Zaroff is friendly and welcoming but we soon find out that he turns out to be someone we never imagined. We figure out that Rainsford has to play a deadly game with General Zaroff and his assistance Ivan to see who is the better “hunter.” At the end of the
story Rainsford finds out that the world is not made up of two classes and to not be so arrogant after finding out the true meaning of “fear.”
Body Topic Sentence #1: Rainsford in the beginning care for animals or anyone for that matter accept himself. In a series of events that put fear into Rainsford and scare in enough to realize that other people have feelings.
Textual quote: “Don’t talk rot, Whitney” said Ranisford. “You’re a big-game hunter, not a philosopher. Who cares how a jaguar feels (Connell 40)?”
Topic Sentence #2: When Rainsford is playing General Zaroffs “game” he then understands what it is like to be in the jaguars position.
Textual quote: “But the sharp eyes of the hunter stopped before they reached the limb where Rainsford lay; a smiley spread over the Zaroffs face (Connell 53).”
story Rainsford finds out that the world is not made up of two classes and to not be so arrogant after finding out the true meaning of “fear.”
Body Topic Sentence #1: Rainsford in the beginning care for animals or anyone for that matter accept himself. In a series of events that put fear into Rainsford and scare in enough to realize that other people have feelings.
Textual quote: “Don’t talk rot, Whitney” said Ranisford. “You’re a big-game hunter, not a philosopher. Who cares how a jaguar feels (Connell 40)?”
Topic Sentence #2: When Rainsford is playing General Zaroffs “game” he then understands what it is like to be in the jaguars position.
Textual quote: “But the sharp eyes of the hunter stopped before they reached the limb where Rainsford lay; a smiley spread over the Zaroffs face (Connell 53).”