The Most Dangerous Game He had never slept in a better bed. Rainford decided. In two seconds‚ the general had run up to the wall where they enormous swords hang. General drew one of them and threw one of them to Rainford. Rainford was not prepared for its weight‚ which meant that he fell down. The General made a move toward him. Rainsford found himself quickly‚ he spun around on the floor and took shelter behind the armchair at the fireplace. A fight broke out. A fight for life or death. Suddenly
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Question 3 what reading have you enjoyed most in the past year and why? The reading I have enjoyed the most in the past year is ‘To kill a mocking bird’ by Harper Lee. The story’s main theme is about racial discrimination and gender inequality. It used a child’s point of view to tell the story so I can throw myself into the main character Scout. Thanks to her naivety‚ the injustice and the hypocrisy of Maycomb folks are enhanced. The most exciting part of the story is the fight in the court. Scout’s
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What matters most to you and why? I must confess that‚ until I read this application question‚ I had never given much thought to determining exactly what I consider most important in my life. I believe I am one of many applicants who confront this question without a ready-made answer‚ and I am astonished by the realization that so many of us lead our lives without reflecting on our roles. That is all the more perplexing when we consider that many of these individuals are businesspeople‚ that is
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What Matters Most To You? Why? What matters most to me is making meaningful improvements in my native Iran. Although my short-term dream is to form a successful Internet business‚ my long-term aspiration is to graduate from business to politics. I take my cue from America‚ where industry leaders like Michael Bloomberg have revitalized communities and made great people leaders. Iran has been ravaged by several decades of “ivory tower” politics‚ corruption‚ unemployment and caste divide. For
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the ability to not only start fights‚ but also finish them. Aside from the tough guy’s visceral features‚ not all of them are heroes‚ or even good people at all. However‚ there is one specific element that all tough guy novel’s share in common. In most of the novel’s discussed in class‚ there is always a specific goal or ambition that the “tough guy” is trying to reach. We’ve looked at characters that are portrayed as heroes‚ and some who should be locked away in an insane asylum‚ and in every novel
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my self wouldn’t be as well as like now. I started dancing when I was 14 years old and my first crew was called Elnino. At first‚ I joyed that crew to find my friend‚ a bboy. He is my best friend when we were a little girl and boy. After I had moved to new house‚ we didn’t meet each other for 10 years. But day by day‚ I realize that I love music‚ dancing is my life and my crew really is the second family. Music remind me of what the noise of being alive is like. While i’m dancing‚ I will to
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The Most Dangerous Game In the story‚ “The Most Dangerous Game‚” Richard Connel introduces a man named Rainsford. Rainsford is a hunter who specifically hunts jaguars. He falls off a boat one night and swims to a nearby island known as Ship-Trap Island. There‚ he finds a huge castle and two people; a large man named Ivan and a hunter named General Zaroff. Over dinner‚ Zaroff explains that he traveled all over the world hunting animals‚ and started feeling bored of hunting‚ so he resorted to hunting
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"The Most Dangers Game"‚ also published as "The Hounds Of Zaroff"‚ is a shot story by Richard Connell‚ fist published in Collier’s on January 19‚ 1924. The story is inspired by the big-hunting Safaris in Africa and South America in the 1920s. while traveling to Rio de Janeiro Rainsford’s friend Whitney goes to bed and Rainsford stays on deck. Rainsoff hears a gunshot while trying to get a better look at the island nearby he falls over board causing him to have to swim to the island. when Rainsford
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read his books and that he reads all hunting books that are printed in English. Zaroff likes Rainsford books about his affection for the sport saying I have but one passion in my life and it is the hunt. Zaroff’s outlook on hunting is that of a murderous man. After he becomes board with hunting animals had nothing but his legs and his instinct. Instinct is no match for his reason. So Zaroff hunts the one game that has the ability to reason humans. He somehow justifies hunting and killing men
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never preformed before‚ he recalls on how his to-be born children died and how it would effect his clients to have only one of their baby’s‚ and he could not take‚ to killing such a young life. This theme relates to the short story called "The Most Dangerous Game". In that story the main theme was also "the value of human life"‚ here are the reasons why; In the short story Rainsford is a hunter which points to the fact that he is imprudent
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