The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell is a very debatable story and is very much open to question in the fact that some may believe that Rainsford becomes or for that matter‚ does not become the next general of Ship Trap Island. Some may believe that Rainsford has taken on the qualities of General Zaroff; psychotic and insane. However‚ others may believe that Rainsford is acting only out of self- defense. I‚ personally believe that Rainsford does not become the next general of Ship Trap Island
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Hey i would like to know how long has the game been going on for? Rainford shows Zaroff that he is a clever‚ smart and brave. The Dangerous game was invented by the author. “Only few people know how to make a malay man - catcher. Rainsford showed his cleverness by making this contraption. He proves to Zaroff that he is a very smart individual and shows him that he will do anything to kill General Zaroff’s dogs and him. He showed that he will do anything to get his way. And will make sure that
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The characters dubbed the “Wormsley Common Gang” in Graham Greenes “The Destructors” are a deeply ambiguous group of kids‚ whose ethics‚ have been marred by post war society. Even the most virtuous of men are susceptible to the bitter ravages brought forth in the community in times of war. Grief shows no distinction in times of blood shed‚ all share in the shame of public and domestic dysfunction. Such is the case of this troubled band of youths. Imagine a community comprised of dilapidated
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The Most Dangerous Game. by Richard Connell (1893-1949) "OFF THERE to the right--somewhere--is a large island‚" said Whitney." It’s rather a mystery--" "What island is it?" Rainsford asked. "The old charts call it Ship-Trap Island‚"’ Whitney replied." A suggestive name‚ isn’t it? Sailors have a curious dread of the place. I don’t know why‚ but I do. Some superstition--" "Can’t see it‚" remarked Rainsford‚ trying to peer through the bitter tropical night that was palpable as it pressed its thick warm
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In David Livingstone Smith’s The Most Dangerous Animal‚ he first defines war as a word that is “ordinary” therefore a “workaday word (8).” He says we cannot be too broad with the idea of war but also not too narrow. War is a diverse phenomenon. In order to understand war “we must have an appreciation of its variety: the sometimes dramatically different forms that it has taken from time to time and place to place (11).” First Livingstone approaches the nature of “true war‚” true war is a recent development
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stems from a life of wealth‚ luxury‚ and militarism‚ which inflate his ego and sense of entitlement and impose few limits on his desires. Zaroff began hunting at an early age when he shot his father’s prized turkeys and continually sought out bigger game in his family’s tract of wilderness in the Crimea‚ a peninsula on the Black Sea. Commanding a division of Cossack cavalrymen in Russia‚ meanwhile‚ familiarized Zaroff with the horrors and atrocities of warfare. He continued to hunt after the czar had
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the type of fiction and they are literary and commercial fiction. Literary Fiction provides psychological thinking and a general description of the world whereas Commercial Fiction involves entertainment and happy endings. Graham Greene’s “The Destructors” is a short story that shows how internal scars affect the way people develops. The story is dark‚ but in a sad way. A group of kids find something to do since they enjoy committing minor non harmful crimes. The leader of their gang is Blackie
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“The Destructors” Commercial fiction attracts many people because it’s more fantasized than literary fiction‚ which tends to not have much audience and is more about what can really happen with humans and society. “The Destructors” by Graham Greene is a short story about a group of boys in a gang called Wormsley Common Gang and how their latest recruit had a rebellious plan on destroying a house from inside out of an elderly man. This short story fits in the genre of crime and drama because of what
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of meaning. They use objects‚ actions‚ and characters to give more meaning to the thing itself. In Greene ’s short story "The Destructors"‚ symbols are used. Some of these symbols include Old Misery ’s house‚ which is a symbol for art‚ beauty‚ and upper classes. Moreover‚ it symbolizes the need to destroy something aesthetic when in the atmosphere of war. The Destructors of the house‚ namely the Wormsley Common Gang‚ symbolize the effect of war on younger generations. Lastly‚ the main character
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The Destructors The Destructors‚ authored by Graham Greene‚ conveys the idea that people have the instinctive ability to destroy‚ and make a guilt choice‚ between what they believe in what is right from wrong. The Destructors is to show how clear the characters and their actions are projected and guided by the subtle message of irony. The central theme of this short story is of a group of teenagers who call themselves the ‘Wormsley Common Gang’. The gang of misfits live by their own rules
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