Ryan Long English 102-501 Monday Night Essay #2 23 September 2012 Essay #2 Question: Discuss the characterizations of Rainsford and General Zaroff in “The Most Dangerous Game.” Which one is more fully characterized? Are both characters plausible? The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell‚ the author portrays two distinctly alike men‚ who yet are very different. The two main characters‚ Sanger Rainsford and General Zaroff both have a strong passion for hunting. The first is Rainsford and he
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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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Suspense of in "The Most Dangerous Game" Suspense is when the reader anxiously want to know more but the author waits to give them further information. In "The Most Dangerous Game"‚ by Richard Connell‚ suspense is used in many situations. A big-game hunter named Rainsford‚ who is from New York‚ falls aboard and swims to the island. He gets trapped on the island of a sadistic fellow hunter General Zaroff‚ who bored with conventional prey‚ has come to see humans as the only quarry worthy
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“The Most Dangerous Game” Essay Sanger Rainsford and General Zaroff are very alike in some ways. Both want to have the upper hand in an argument or situation. In the beginning of “The Most Dangerous Game”‚ Zaroff has the upper hand as he knows the terrain and has a threatening bodyguard. He allowed Rainsford to eat and stay at his château after he fell overboard. At the end of the story‚ Rainsford has the upper hand as he won “the game”‚ surprises Zaroff‚ and forces Zaroff to play the game he
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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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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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critic remarked that “Ironically‚ Zaroff’s belief in his invincibility as a hunter‚ weakens him and causes his 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
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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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Writing screenplays encouraged him to write novels such as “The Most Dangerous Game”. The story is about a hunter named Rainsford who falls off a ship and swims to an island. He finds living there General Zaroff‚ who hunts humans as a sport. After three days of fighting for his life in the jungle while Zaroff‚ with seemingly every advantage‚ hunts him‚ Rainsford manages to defeat Zaroff‚ who discovers that man really is “the most dangerous game” (“Themes and Construction”). The story demonstrates the major
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