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    The Most Dangerous Game The exciting suspense of action of Richard Connell’s " The Most Dangerous Game" brings in a dark‚ mysterious‚ and evil setting as it takes us to a young man’s storm of thoughts about the game of hunting and the instinct to survive. Rainsford was his name‚ and he was a proud hunter full of wit and reason. He loved hunting and did not care nor know about the feelings of the "huntees". He eventually meets up with another hunter named Zaroff who gives him the feeling of being

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    point of which the author is trying to convey will be ignored. During their careers‚ William Golding and Fredrick Douglass have used writing as a tool to communicate penetrating messages and ominous warnings about our society. Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies and Douglass’ novel The Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass both represent the loss of innocence a person may endure while undergoing a horrific situation. On the surface‚ these two novels are dramatically different; a huge factor being

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    book-writer(p.71) in the short story "The Most Dangerous Game". Rainsford was stranded on the island "Ship-Trap Island" due to his yacht falling into pieces from hitting the unknown‚ unseen crags in the water(p.69). Rainsford was the only survivor of the shipwreck. When Rainsford was on foot on the island‚ he followed footsteps leading up to an irregular house. Little did he know that he was walking into the home of General Zaroff‚ a Russian aristocratic(p.72) big game hunter‚ who soon became uninterested

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    You could read many books throughout your life and never notice how some books may compare to each other. The Lord of the Flies and The Kite Runner are both books that have an interesting plot and you can’t help but feel emotionally attached to both of these stories. The Lord of the Flies and The Kite Runner both experience emotional battles caused by bullying and physical wars that affect their homes but the content of their own battles are different. Both of these books have main characters that

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    Tom Show Mrs. M 11th CB English 9 October 2011 Lord of the Flies Now there are a numerous amount of things that went wrong on the island full of children. But that is expected when boys are left with out any adult supervision. Except they turned into wild animals with out any supervision. You would be mortified if you only knew what a group of twelve year old boys and under were capable of. Their innocence stolen from their cleansed child souls. William Golding did a perfect job of tearing

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    I loved this novel Lord Of The Flies for many reasons. As I read it I could find all the connections in it‚ like the book was meant to be a symbolism to World War II‚ and I really noticed methods of defense and attack‚ their reactions to what they saw on the island and to each other‚ this is what made me keep wanting to read as i read i noticed these items of sybolism that leads to bigger things ‚which made me enjoy read the book. I loved how it related to the study in human nature. The

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    Lord of the Flies Final Essay For an author to clasp on its reader‚ he or she must use figurative language to captivate the essence and moral of the story. The most popular and the strongest rhetorical strategy is symbolism‚ as it gives further significance to an innate object. In the novel‚ Lord of the Flies by William Golding‚ the author uses multiple objects of symbolism to interpret its importance in the real world; one main symbol that is very apparent is the conch. Its symbol of civilization

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    titanic struggle of good vs. evil is "The Most Dangerous Game." In this story the author‚ Richard Connell‚ shows the reader his traits of his characters and how they do what they do with the plot. The main character‚ Rainsford‚ tests his wits against Zaroff‚ the antagonist of the story. The author also cleverly puts in ironic twists in the story to enhance his elements. The elements of plot and character will be analyzed in this essay. In "The Most Dangerous Game" Richard Connell starts off the story

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    in the form of literature. Although one may concede that spiritual elements‚ such as a strong resemblance when comparing Simon to Jesus Christ‚ the Lord of the Flies depicting the devil‚ and Simon’s confrontation with the Lord of the Flies‚ overall weaken and cause confusion‚ when misinterpreted‚ for the meaning of William Golding’s Lord of the Flies; the biblical parallels and potent spiritual connection reveal depth as well as a timeless message of the lasting need for salvation in a society being

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    Throughout the years‚ society has changed in several ways‚ but there are still many similarities between the way people lived during the A.D. era and the 1950’s. This is shown by the connection between the societies of Beowulf and the Lord of the Flies. Because of how both leaders in the stories were abandoned to fend for themselves and how they both have someone who helps them through their journey‚ similarities occur in their vastly different societies. Despite the reason for why both leaders

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