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    Vanessa Luna English 9 12-9-2014 Most Dangerous Game In the story The Most Dangerous Game‚ the two main characters were Rainsford and General Zaroff. There are several similarities in their character traits‚ but there were also many differences. Both men are hunters who have very violent personalities. Neither of them have any sympathy for the animals they are hunting for. Both of the characters are very intelligent‚ Next General Zaroff and Rainsford both have an attitude‚ they both felt

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    Analysis Example The Most Dangerous Game In Richard Connell’s "The Most Dangerous Game‚" a story is told about survival and human nature. In it‚ basic themes are presented‚ and basic questions are asked. Our hero must answer some of these questions as he finds himself in a quest for survival using only his skills. At the end‚ the reader will be left wondering his own answer to these questions. In his story‚ Richard Connell explores the basic human need to survive and what can happen when power

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    In the two short stories‚ “Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe and “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell‚ the themes are described by literary elements. “The Cask of Amontillado” is about a man trying to get revenge by tricking another man telling him about having expensive wine. “The Most Dangerous Game” is an eccentric short story about a General who lives on an island and hunts humans. The theme of irony delineate the themes for both of the short stories. “The Cask of Amontillado”

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    posses. Most books have the childish theme of “good guy beats bad guy” but some times a story can tackle much more adult‚ darker and thought-provoking‚ and contradictory of topics‚ such as the value of human life. Both “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell and “The Child by Tiger” by Thomas Wolfe have similar but unique themes of darkness and death‚ as well as similar conflicts and although the characters are fictional the ideas couldn’t be more real. In the “The Most Dangerous Game”‚ the

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    perceived differently than they actually are. In order to show this is true one must examine two points. First‚ in The Body of Christopher Creed by Carol Plum-Ucci shows that things are not always as they seem. Second‚ in the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell shows that this idea also pertains to the short story. After seeing these examples it will be clear how this idea is true. First‚ in the novel The Body of Christopher Creed shows how things are not always as they seem

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    In The “Most Dangerous Game” General Zaroff just wants to feel the excitement of a dangerous hunt. d. Finally in “The Story of an Hour” a 17th century women just wants to be free from her husbands control. III. 2nd body paragraph a. All of the stories use lots of in depth imagery to show characters motive for their actions. b. “The Monkey’s Paw” shows imagery when the soldier takes out the paw and tells the story. This impels Mr. White to want to use the monkey’s paw. c. “The Most Dangerous

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    General Zaroff‚ the antagonist in “The Most Dangerous Game”‚ can reflect as a confident and thrill-seeking person. Throughout the story General Zaroff displayed several instances where he was overconfident in himself. At the beginning of the story when Rainsford first arrived at the General Zaroff’s residence‚ he noticed right away that‚ “ About the hall were mounted heads of many animals- lions‚ tigers‚ elephants‚ moose‚ bears; larger or more perfect specimens Rainsford had never seen.”(Richard

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    Conflict is a very important element in literature. In Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game” the main character goes through many conflicts to survive. In Richard Wright’s “The Rights to the Streets of Memphis” a boy named Richard is kicked out of his house to buy the groceries‚ but a gang tries to beat him up on the way. The boy has to build up his courage and face the gang. In both Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game” and Richard Wright’s “The Rights to the Streets of Memphis”‚ there are

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    There are some moments when killing can be justified‚ though it rarely is. In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell the two main characters have the same mentality but different point of views on killing. Sanger Rainsford is an intelligent‚ professional “Big Game Hunter” that hunts a large variety of animals. General Zaroff is a sociopathic “Dangerous Game Hunter” that finds great interest in hunting human beings. In this story‚ Sanger Rainsford hunted animals which was proven

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    In the short story “the most dangerous game” Rainsford was justified in killing general Zaroff. Rainsford was a writer and a hunter and he was on a boat they were near by a island called “ship wreak island” they crashed but only few died but Rainsford was the only one to live after the terrible ship wreak Rainsford swam to the island than he found a house but it was more a big one than he went there wondering is anyone was there and that where he met general zaroff‚zaroff was also a hunter

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