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    In the story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell the main character Rainsford falls off a boat and is forced to swim to‚ what is known to be‚ an ominous island. On this island he meets a hunter. But‚ this hunter is no ordinary man. He hunts humans instead of animals‚ and calls it a game.Within the story‚ the author uses setting‚ conflict‚ and foreshadowing to prove that not everything turns out the way one plans it. To begin with‚ Connell uses setting to prove the theme. In the text it

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    Game” a man named Rainsford who is an experienced hunter is trapped on an island by Zarroff retired general in the Russian Army who wants him to be part of a “game” where Zarroff hunts Rainsford. Connell and Golding argue that no matter who you are‚ where you’re from‚ or what your beliefs are‚ once you are put in a life threatening situation‚ you will do anything you possibly can to stay alive‚ even if that means changing from a civilized person into a complete savage

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    everyone loved him and would risk there life for him‚ but he was wrong. Not nearly as many people volunteered as he wanted. In the short story the theme is hunting is bad. Rainsford was a very big hunter and didn’t think animals had feelings. He then became the hunted and realized how horrifying it is for the animals. "Rainsford knew now how an animal at bay feels" (Connell 231). In my opinion I think he realized how bad the sport is and retired as a hunter. There is one theme present in both stories

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    frightened. He just stared at the wolf as it did him‚ the wolf just laid there Rainsford not knowing what for. He don’t know why he came over there and hadn’t ate him yet. Rainsford had fallen asleep and the wolf woke up from something scaring him‚ someone else was running in the woods. Rainsford did not know what to think so he didn’t really think nothing about it because there was a wolf there to protect him. Rainsford hoped that the wolf would never turn on him‚ or eat

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    darkness makes it hard for him to see and then he ends up making him unstable and fell in the ocean too. But rainsford had surviving the natures test‚ but then in the story rainsford get to the island but is not sure of to where he really is because of the darkness and he describes it as the “moist black velvet”.Then as we move on in the short story rainsford faces man vs.. Self. Rainsford was secured of dead because he didn’t’t want to face reality that to the islanders he is just a target and need

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    Example: 1. “It’s rather a mystery--” “What island is it?” Rainsford asked. 2. “…Some superstition--” “Can’t see it‚” remarked Rainsford… 3. “For the hunter‚” amended Whitney. “Not for the jaguar.” “Don’t talk rot‚ Whitney‚” said Rainsford. “…Who cares how a jaguar feels?” 4. “…I did feel something like a sudden chill…There was no breeze…what I felt was a--a mental chill; a sort of sudden dread.” “Pure imagination‚” said Rainsford. Explanation: A reader (when reading

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    setting‚ and plot of ‘The Most Dangerous Game.” The characters in “The Most Dangerous Game” are not the same in the movie as they are in the story. There are more people in the beginning of the movie. Whitney‚ Rainsford and everyone on board are in the beginning of the movie. Whitney‚ Rainsford ‚ and the Captain are in the beginning of the story. In the Movie there are more butlers than in the story. In the movie there is Ivan and two more butlers. In the story there is only Ivan bye himself . In the

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    In the Most Dangerous Game the main character faces many conflicts. Conflicts really get you hooked into the book but‚ not understanding or figuring out the resolution to the conflicts makes the story not as interesting.Three of the conflicts really stood out while reading The Most Dangerous Game. The three striking conflicts were Man vs. Nature‚ Man vs. Society‚ and Man vs. Man. This man named Ransford ends up on an island after falling off a boat. Ransford swims to the island‚ he finds an island

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    Having a strong desire to live‚ willpower‚ is what Aron Ralston‚ Lee‚ and Rainsford all have. It’s important that they have this because will power is the necessary trait to be a survivor. The first survivor who clearly had willpower was Aron Ralston.For example on day one of being trapped‚ Ralston already starts working on getting out from under the rock as soon as soon as it landed on Ralston’s arm.Ralston clearly has will power‚ instead of freaking over the rock and focusing on the pain‚ Ralston

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    Will you ever wish to have the life of someone else’s? This is a concept that is shared in three texts that presents a similar theme through many different craft moves. The three writings are “The Most Dangerous Game” and the poem “Richard Cory”‚ and the story “The Necklace”. However‚ what is really a theme? Theme in literature is something that is to be learned or taught by the author. The three texts address the theme through different craft moves which lead us to the understanding of the moral

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