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    The Most Dangerous Game Analyzing Conflict I find that the most important part of this story is how the plot moves along so quickly. It also manages to describe successfully each conflict or major part of the story. The key element of the plot is when Zaroff and Rainsford play the game. The main conflict would be external which is man verses man‚ or Zaroff verses Rainsford. There are three major conflicts of man that can be found in Connell’s short story "The Most Dangerous Game." In the

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    `Sae Hun Jang English 9 3A Osborn Sept.7 “The Most Dangerous Game” Literary Analysis Paragraph In the short story‚” The Most Dangerous Game”‚ by Richard Connell‚ the author uses irony in the short story to support the theme of the book – the roles of hunter and hunted frequently reversed. In the short story‚ Rainsford‚ a big game hunter‚ believes that he is being persuaded by General Zaroff hunt humans with the general. However‚ Rainsford realizes the truth – he is going to get hunted by

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    Hunter? Huntee?...Or Both? In the short story‚ “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell‚ Sanger Rainsford and General Zaroff are similar in many ways. From the beginning to the end‚ it becomes more clear how they are similar when Zaroff challenges Rainsford to a game where both men play roles as hunters and huntees. Each man uses his own skill set to survive the other’s way of hunting‚ although in the end Rainsford ends up winning and Zaroff is killed. One main reason the protagonist‚ Rainsford

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    How did Sanger Rainsford successfully outsmart General Zaroff in the manhunt? In “The Most Dangerous Game” there are multiple ways Rainsford outsmarts Zaroff but there are three main ways‚ that are my favorite. The first trap that Rainsford made to get Zaroff is a Malay man catcher. Then Rainsford sets a second trap that is called the Burmese Tiger pit that killed one of Zaroff’s best dogs. Finally the last trap is where Rainsford ties his knife to a sapling branch with some vine. The trap didn’t

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    behaviors‚ based on his research he made the theory of moral development. This theory states that there are six stages of moral development that people go through‚ an infant beginning at stage zero and growing up into a different stage. In The Most Dangerous Game‚ by Richard Connell‚ a man named Rainsford is stranded on an island and is hunted by General Zaroff‚ the owner of the island who hunts human for sport. While hunting Rainsford General Zaroff displays stage zero transitioning stage one in many

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    "The Most Dangerous Game": Short Story vs. Film “The world is made up of two classes—the hunters and the huntees. Luckily‚ you and I are the hunters.” Thus states Sanger Rainsford‚ the hero of Richard Connell’s masterful short story‚ “The Most Dangerous Game‚” to his hunting partner as they prepare to stalk jaguars in the Amazon wilderness. Ironically‚ Rainsford is soon destined to experience the fear of the huntee as he must desperately elude his rival‚ the demented‚ man-hunting General Zaroff

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    Hunting is not always just for survival. Sometimes it is for sport like in the story. In the most dangerous game Rainsford a hunter ends up on a island being hunted by a man that lives on the island name Zaroff. Rainford is be hunted be a man that lives on the island. Richard Connell uses mood/tone in his story “The Most Dangerous Game” to convey the theme of competition rarely enhances a person’s character. At the beginning of the story Rainford would only kill animal nut competition made him

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    In the short story "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell‚ Rainsford‚ the main character‚ goes through hard times because he is forced to transition from a hunter to a huntee‚ then back to a hunter. As he uses his many strengths and his knowledge from both perspectives‚ he creates a plan and ends up beating the whole game despite all of his conflicts. In all likelihood‚ this wouldn’t happen in real life‚ but we can still learn from him. Throughout the story‚ the reader witnesses how Rainsford’s

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    in the setting such as weather and atmosphere‚ however they may not be apparent in every story. In the short stories The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell and The Destructors by Graham Greene elements of setting can be seen pretty clearly. Although the settings of these stories are very different‚ The Destructors taking place in London after WWII and The Most Dangerous Game taking place on a remote island in the Caribbean‚ these stories do draw some similarities as well. The setting of a story

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    Alternate Ending to “The Most Dangerous Game” Rainsford finished making his Burmese tiger trap and hid behind a charred tree stump. He heard a cry and ran forward. There in the pit lay one of Zaroff’s dogs. Hanging on to the edge of the pit hung Zaroff himself. “Congratulations Rainsford. You almost killed me‚ but not quite. If you so kindly help me out of this pit I will let you live‚” cried Zaroff with almost too much exasperation. Rainsford immediately knew something bad was going to

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