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    In Richard Connell’s short story‚ The Most Dangerous Game‚ is based around a famous New Yorker hunter who fell off a boat and swims to an isolated and much feared island‚ called the “Ship Trap Island”. Rainsford‚ a famous hunter in New York was travelling to the Amazon forest to hunt the Jaguar. While on board passing the much-feared Ship Trap Island‚ he heard three gunshots. Trying to get a better look‚ he went on to the deck but unexpectedly drops his cigar. Trying to reach for it‚ he fell into

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    In the story the most dangerous game the main character Rainsford‚ who is a big shot hunter‚ is trying to get to an island called Ship-Trap Island somewhere in the Caribbean. He is accompanied by Whitney‚ who is another professional hunter. Sometime during the night Rainsford falls over board and decides to swim towards the direction he heard the gun shot a little bit before. He eventually makes it to shore and finds a hulking man whom goes by General Zaroff. The general had read every book that

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    Guns are used for normally hunting animals. General Zaroff gets bored of hunting animals. General Zaroff starts to hunt Rainsford. The story is written by Ricrhard Connell. General Zaroff starts to hunt Rainsford‚ if Rainsford survives he gets to survive. Rainsford doesn’t have a gun and is getting hunted by General Zaroff. General Zaroff gets bored uniting animals and starts to hunt Rainsford. Ricard Connell uses mood and tone in his story to convey the theme of hunting humans is bad. "I’m not sleepy

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    5/29/13 English 1 exam At the end of The Most Dangerous Game Zaroff challenge Rainsford to another contest the winner will get to sleep in Zaroff bed and the loser get feed to his dogs. It was like his same contest but both were hunting each other so Rainsford was running to the trees to do a sneak attack. Zaroff was acting like a hunter so he was walking around looking

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    At the start of the story‚ Sanger Rainsford is sailing south to hunt jaguars in the Amazon with a fellow hunter named Whitney. Rainsford is presented as heartless hunter‚ unconcerned about the life or feelings of his prey. In the middle of the night‚ Rainsford accidentally falls over the side of the yacht‚ but saves himself by swimming to the rocky shore of Ship-Trap Island. He discovers a large manor on a cliff. He knocks at the door and is welcomed by General Zaroff‚ a man of noble Cossack heritage

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    in “The Most Dangerous Game” In the story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell‚ Sager Rainsford‚ is faced to fight against general Zaroff by being an animal. To understand the suspenseful tone Connell conveys in “The Most Dangerous Game”‚ you have to look at the three settings of the story‚ the yacht‚ the jungle‚ and the mansion through diction‚ details‚ and sensory imagery‚ that help the author reveal the danger of the game. The yacht Rainsford was on in “The most Dangerous Game” presents

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    The Most Dangerous Game Rainsford is in the worst game he has a hard time getting out of. And a hunt that would be able to change everyone from the inside.No matter who it is to enter the game of the hunt can become and who least expect losing thus to your last drop of humanity. Rainsford‚ both he and we contain certain conflicts and certainly will always be external and internal‚ in this case are just as dangerous if they do not know how to handle correctly. It could even become a war

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    “The most dangerous game” By Richard Connell is one of the most riveting short stories. Rainsford‚ a wealthy and ambitious hunter is confronted with a change of tides‚ when he accidently falls off his boat‚ mid sea. Taking refuge on an Island‚ due to gunshots heard from the Island the night prior. After a long night’s rest Rainsford had tracked down‚ the antagonist General Zaroff‚ After a post incident diner the two then proceed to talk about past hunts and the thrills of chase‚ when general Zaroff

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    A COMPARISON OF THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME WITH THE LOTTERY ____________ A Research Paper Submitted to ____________ In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for ENGL 102-D23 LUO ____________ By The Most Dangerous Game‚ by Richard Connell and The Lottery‚ by Shirley Jackson portray the common theme that people remain indifferent to cruelty until they are the recipients of it. Both stories show that when the darker side of human nature centers on itself‚ evil

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    “The Most Dangerous Game” contains many secrets that affect the story such as its setting and plot. This story was first published in 1912‚ written by Richard Connell. At the very beginning of the story‚ it begins with a woman named Whitney and a man named Rainsford‚ exploring around in the Caribbean and suddenly finding a large island that they have never seen in their lives before. It clearly began to give this part of the story a suspense and mysterious background of the story. At first‚ there

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