There are many comparisons and contrasts to be made between Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” and Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game.” The purpose of this paper will be to compare and contrast different elements of both these stories‚ but the main focus will be on the characters and the setting. In “The Lottery” and “The Most Dangerous Game” the characters are portrayed as normal human beings with normal behaviors‚ but as both stories unfold‚ the characters are shown to be evil.The Most Dangerous
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“Zaroff: Crazy and Demented” Zaroff‚ even the name sounds crazy! He is a wild and crazy male hunter who has a despicable sense of humor and a demented and heartless hobby. He is a careless and rough human being who I would have to assume is psychologically messed up‚ in smaller terms he is a very‚ very bad person! He has a twisted hobby which involves man hunt‚ torture‚ and worst of all MURDER! He hunts for human beings‚ he hunts them down and kills them‚ and what’s worse is he gets pleasure out
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Connell makes it very clear that Zaroff is the antagonist and Rainsford the protagonist. Connell uses violence in many ways‚ the main two are physical and psychological. The first way Connell uses violence and we see this first hand at the very beginning‚ is psychological. The author uses the psychological way to show that there will be physical violence in the paragraphs to come‚ “What I felt was a-a mental chill; a sort of sudden dread” (pg. 63). The violence that Rainsford will experience is unlimited
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named Whitney and a man named Rainsford‚ exploring around in the Caribbean and suddenly finding a large island that they have never seen in their lives before. It clearly began to give this part of the story a suspense and mysterious background of the story. At first‚ there was no telling where exactly that mysterious island in the caribbean took place until a little while when it was found in the Ship-Trap Island which was owned by a Russian Aristocrat named General Zaroff. As a reader‚ I would have
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Dangerous Game‚” General Zaroff and Rainsford are both powerful game hunters. They end up disagreeing because each man has a different definition of game. For example‚ “I have Electricity. We try to be civilized here.” “Civilized and you shoot down men? (Connell 18)” The ironic thing about Rainsford saying that is he becomes a savage himself; just like General Zaroff. Rainsford at first is the hunter‚ and then becomes the hunted and finally the hunter again ‘killing’ off general Zaroff. “I am still a beast
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protagonist’s thoughts‚ mindset‚ and characteristics. Within “The Most Dangerous Game” and “A Worn Path‚” the author is able to express the protagonist’s thoughts. Connell first introduces Whitney by starting a dialogue between him and Rainsford. Whitney says to Rainsford that game have a “fear
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setting of this story is a tropical jungle area‚ and the home of the eccentric hunter General Zaroff. Among the obstacles in Zaroff’s hunting grounds are the ocean‚ quicksand‚ and the rocks which trapped ships‚ which gave the island its name of Ship-Trap Island. But‚ the most important way the setting impacts the novel is in its mood and emotional intensity. At the beginning of the novel‚ when Rainsford is talking to his friend Whitney‚ they talk about how spooky the island Ship Trap Island is.
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flight”. And this is the reason why General Zaroff in the short story “ The Most Dangerous Game” finds hunting animals too easy‚ because of their response to fear‚ flight. Humans on the other hand are intellectual creatures who take the fight stance when it comes to fear‚ hence creating a challenging chase that the General wishes for. When Rainsford is introduced to General Zaroff he takes his chance for another interesting chase with his new huntee. Rainsford‚ who had been earlier dismissing the fact
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difficulty perpetrating. In v‚ Rainsford commits numerous unlawful deeds to survive. Along with setting many traps intended to cause death‚ Rainsford also unintentionally kills Ivan by tying his knife to a sapling. Rainsford did not mean to commit such a brutal crime but succumbed to it for the highest chance of survival. "I can’t believe you’re serious‚ General Zaroff. This is a grisly joke.""Why should I not be serious? I am speaking of hunting.""Hunting? General Zaroff‚ what you speak of is murder""
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year later‚ Rainsford was happily walking around the jungle‚ looking for his prey. He had learned all the techniques General Zaroff had used for his hunting. He also made several maps of the jungle‚ so he knows his way around better and better. This prey he was looking for was not any random person‚ and was named Jack Cooper. Mr. Cooper was part of the crew and had been on the yacht with Rainsford. They weren’t always on a bad note‚ in fact them and Whitney were close friends. Zaroff had messed with
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