The Most Dangerous Animal asks what it is about human nature that makes it possible for human beings to regularly slaughter their own kind. It tells the story of why all human beings have the potential to be so cruel and destructive to one another. Why are we our own worst enemy? The book shows us that violence has been with us---in one form or another---since prehistoric times‚ and looking at the behavior of our most common relatives‚ the chimpanzees‚ it argues that a tendency for group violence
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The short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell is composed of character‚ setting and conflict. One of the critical themes in the short story is irony‚ which plays a major role in the story. There is irony in the setting‚ a remote jungle island‚ the conflict‚ murder verses hunting‚ and the characters‚ General Zaroff who is a crazed man-hunter and Mr. Rainsford‚ his prey. Irony is essential to the plot of the short story‚ “The Most Dangerous Game”. It can be recognized multiple times
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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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a stone idol‚ a mountain avalanche‚ the dinosaur fell. The author used a simile to describe the dinosaur as an avalanche because the dinosaur is humongous. He uses figurative language to make the story nightmarish and to let us know how big and dangerous the dinosaur is. The use of tone supports the mood of seriousness by Travis telling Eckles not to get out of the path. By Travis telling Eckles not to get out of the path so many times the reader can foreshadow that he might step outside and he
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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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killing them. To murder is to kill another human being. In the story “The Most Dangerous Game”‚ Richard Connell combines these two for a stunning and unpredictable plot. It tells the readers how the topic is introduced‚ displayed‚ and comes to a climax before the resolution. “The Most Dangerous Game” should be read next year‚ for it was different than the other stories and convivial to read. In the first place‚ “The Most Dangerous Game” is a different kind of story. Throughout the story‚ a new subject
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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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The Freytag’s Pyramid’s example of a plot includes an exposition‚ an inciting incident‚ a rising action‚ complication‚ then on to the climax‚ ended with the falling action‚ resolution‚ and denouncment. To compare "The Most Dangerous Game" to this Pyramid‚ The inital exposition is shown in the first converstation that the short story opens on. Wherein Whittney and Rainsford discuss the value of human life compared to an animals‚ the exposition is Rainsford’s outlook on life and his statment
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The Most Dangerous Game Please answer the following question in complete sentences on a separate sheet of paper. Restate the question in the answer an be ready for discussion during class. 1. Explain how the setting in “The Most Dangerous Game” adds to the suspense that is built throughout the short story. a. The setting in “The Most Dangerous Game” adds suspense that is built through the short story be having a scary‚ deserted island and because the island has superstitions‚ that
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