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    Game” In the story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell‚ Sager Rainsford‚ is faced to fight against general Zaroff by being an animal. To understand the suspenseful tone Connell conveys in “The Most Dangerous Game”‚ you have to look at the three settings of the story‚ the yacht‚ the jungle‚ and the mansion through diction‚ details‚ and sensory imagery‚ that help the author reveal the danger of the game. The yacht Rainsford was on in “The most Dangerous Game” presents a suspenseful tone‚ which

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    in making the story believable. If the island is not surrounded by rocks‚ then anybody can get in or out of the island. The rocks create a false channel‚ so when anybody does try to enter the island‚ they are crushed by the rocks. General Zaroff talks to Rainsford about the false channel and the rocks and says “‘They indicate a channel‚ . . .Where there’s none; giant rocks with razor blades crouch like a sea monster with wide-open jaws” (8). The rocks are being described as a sea monster‚ and they

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    the book “The Most Dangerous Game” was when Rainsford was upset at General Zaroff. Rainsford was upset because General Zaroff was killing people. General Zaroff was killing innocent people‚ sailors. Rainsford said “Killing animals is one thing‚ killing people is another”. General Zaroff would agree to the fact that what he was doing was wrong. “Life is for the strong‚ to be lived by the strong‚ and if needed to be taken by the strong” said General Zaroff. The General also said “I am strong‚ how should

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    Today‚ murderers spend an average of 17 years in jail for their crime. Sometimes the reason for crime is purely evil and other times it’s due to mental instability. Despite the reason‚ murder is still murder. In the short stories Cask of Amontillado‚ The Most Dangerous Game‚ and The Sniper‚ all of the Protagonists share a common flaw‚ that flaw is murder. The Story The Cask of Amontillado is a story about a psychotic man who has it out for a man named Fortunato. The man‚ Fortunato hurt the narrator

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    named Rainsford‚ falls over the railing into the black waters after hearing gunshots‚ and swims towards an island with dense jungle and the welcoming General. One example of conflict in the story is when Rainsford hears gun shots fired out in the dark night. This begins the conflict because it is when Rainsford falls out of the boat into the ocean. Zaroff celebrates‚ "I drink to a foeman worthy of my steel—at last" (Connell 68). General Zaroff is intrigued now that he will be hunting Rainsford‚ a man

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    a technique is on page 69‚ when Rainsford hears the gunshots while standing on the ship. It mentions the darkness multiple times‚ yet every time it is described in a different way. Later this is seen on page 70. This describes the dense jungle in many different ways. This does an excellent job of keeping the story’s exciting mood. The author also uses similes and metaphors in his writing‚ as seen in chapter 3. An example of this can be found on page 68‚ as Rainsford and Whitney are discussing the

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    Driven by fear and strengthened by instinct‚ Sanger Rainsford fights valiantly‚ in Richard Connell’s "The Most Dangerous Game‚" to best General Zaroff at his own game. Although rather undeveloped‚ the characters in the story still give the reader something to connect to. The theme‚ although presented in a unique fashion‚ depicts yet another reiteration of the epic struggle between good and evil. Regardless of the few twists and turns‚ Connell’s use of plot manipulation still leaves room for a great

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    LA9 FINAL EXAM REVIEW Literary Terms Antagonist: A character‚ group of characters‚ or institution that represents the opposition against which the protagonist or protagonists desires or must contend. The antagonist is usually a person or group of people who oppose the main character(s). Internal Conflict: Conflict that takes place not with another character or object‚ but inside the mind of one of the characters in the story. Unreliable Narrator: A narrator in literature‚ film‚ or theatre

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    stories. I also thought that both stories were very descriptive and both sent a very powerful message. The first similarity in both stories is someone had got eaten by an animal. In "The Most Dangerous Game" the end resulted in a fight between Rainsford and Zaroff and the loser would get fed to the dogs‚ while the winner would get a nice bed to sleep on. Likewise in "The Interlopers" After Ulrich and Georg met face to face‚ a storm struck a birch tree just right over their heads pinning both of them

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    why this island is a mystery and how it connects to the world’s most dangerous game. Then he continues with “ The old charts call it ‘Ship-Trap Island‚’” Which expands the reader’s curiosity about what will happen to the people aboard this ship. Rainsford heard a gunshot in the distance during the middle of the night‚ after which he fell off the ship into the

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