The Most Dangerous Game People have always sought to escape their mundane realities through fantastic stories. Richard Connell “The most dangerous game” provides this type of reprieve from reality. Through hyperbolic‚ stock protagonist and antagonist‚ a simplistic conflict‚ and a happy end “The most dangerous game” presents itself to be purely commercial fiction. Commercial fiction is meant to excite the reader‚ to help them escape reality and "The Most Dangerous Game" has both mystery and
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Title: The Most Dangerous Game Topics: hunter vs the hunted‚ do animals feel fear when being hunted‚ what is it like to be hunted How main character changes: Rainsford- at first he does not think animals feel fear while being hunted‚ then he experiences being hunted and has more sympathy for the hunted animals. How the conflict is resolved: Rainsford “wins” the game after he jumps of the cliff‚ swims to the house‚ sneaks into Zaroff’s room‚ and hides in the curtains. What the title suggests:
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The Most Dangerous Game 1. General Zaroff is not a credible character at all. He is the opposite and beyond evil. General hunts people and calls it a sport. That shows us his negative actions. Secondly General things that its alright for him to destroy the weak for his own pleasure. As he states “Life is for the strong‚ to be lived by the strong‚ and if need be‚ taken by the strong. The weak of the world were put here to give the strong pleasure. I am strong why should I not use my
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Richard Connell’s short story‚ “The Most Dangerous Game.” Hunters hunt all kinds of animals. However‚ in Richard Connell’s short story “The Most Dangerous Game” there is an exception for General Zaroff‚ he hunts humans! From when Rainsford arrives at Ship-Trap Island “All he knew was that he was safe from his enemy‚ the sea” (3). As he pushes himself forward “‘I must keep my nerve. I must keep my nerve’” (11). To when Rainsford steps into the general’s pitty little game‚ “He leaped up from his place of
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"The Most Dangerous Game"‚ by Richard Cornell was a story which Mr.Cornell used 8 aspects of fiction to show his point of view that one who has intellect can overcome one who has intelligence or instinct. The character’s used in the story gave the author a way to make his point of view come clear to his audience. The story uses sequence of events. The plot is how the story goes about. The setting is the surroundings of the story‚ or where it takes place. The suspense is the temporary holding
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The Most Dangerous Game Rainsford’s antagonist‚ General Zaroff is actually a vampire. This can go either way. Do I think he is a vampire‚ or do I not? For me the answer is simple. He is not a vampire‚ since a vampire is a mythical creature that did not exist. Unless we are talking about Vlad the Impaler‚ who was said to have killed around 75‚000 people‚ and also enjoyed watching people die slow painful deaths‚ and the smell of blood. So my question to you is‚ can I convince you that General
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beings‚ he hunts them down and kills them‚ and what’s worse is he gets pleasure out of this. He keeps many humans or what he calls “pupils” in his cellar that he uses for his sick and radical games. He uses everything from dogs to guns to hunt for them and he also has a henchman that helps him and does most of the torture‚ but leaves the killing to Zarrof. This man is sick and I would say retarded in the sense that he doesn’t think that he will ever be punished for this. He does not comprehend
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defeat.” After reading “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell‚ I think thins comment is right on target and I agree with him one hundred percent. In the end‚ Zaroff’s attitude about his hunting skills is what caused him to loose the most dangerous game. Zaroff’s lose was due to the fact that he thought he was the best and there was no one out there that could beat him. For example Zaroff‚ in the beginning of the book‚ tells Rainsford how he has never failed in the ‘game’ and how he always wins
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1. Movies‚ Novels‚ stories‚ etc. with the same theme or storyline with the story “ The Most Dangerous Game” 1. Gilligan’s Island (TV series) 2. Lost in Space (TV series) 3. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV series) 4. The Simpsons (TV series) 5. The Hunger Games Trilogy (Novel/Movie) 6. Fantasy Island (Movie) 7. Predators (Movie) 8. Zodiac (Movie 2007) 9. Battle Royale (2000 Movie) 10. The Pest (1997 Movie) 11. Relic Hunter (Movie) 12. The Running man (Novel) 13. Hostel (2005 Movie)
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In the short story‚ “The Most Dangerous Game”‚ Sanger Rainsford‚ a famous hunter‚ is skilled in the art of hunting which he had learned on his hunting trips to slow down gen. Zaroff so that he could have enough time to escape so he can win to get off “Ship Trap Island”. Rainsford‚ famous for his hunting‚ wrote books based on hunting. While on a yacht in the Caribbean Sea at night on his way to Rio‚ he heard gunshots and curious to see where it came from‚ he climbs on the rail of the yacht to have
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