In the short story‚ “The Most Dangerous Game‚” by Richard Connell‚ we are introduced to two men on a boat going on a hunting trip. We quickly learn Rainsford‚ the protagonist‚ is arrogant and doesn’t care for anyone but himself. Rainsford falls off the boat and ends up on Ship Trap Island. It doesn’t take Rainsford long to meet the man that has inhabited the island already. His name is General Zaroff‚ the antagonist‚ a “big game hunter”. When the two first meet we get the impression is that Zaroff
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In Dennis Bloomfield’s literary criticism‚ he dissects Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights by finding a common theme‚ and explaining how they develop the plot of the story. He proposes sickness and death as themes that develop the plot‚ and the meaning and reason why they would be included in a story. Death is a concept that is fairly simple to understand‚ however Bloomfield not only mentions physical sicknesses of the characters‚ but mental ones aswell. Death causes a physical and emotional imbalance
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Literary Criticism What comes to your mind when you hear the word “criticism”? Nowadays‚ most people look at criticism as something negative and personally‚ it has a negative connotation to me. Multimedia (for example‚ television‚ radio‚ etc.) has often depicted criticism as an antagonist. On reality TV shows‚ say‚ a singing competition‚ there is usually a panel of judges who criticize the contestants ’ performances particularly focusing on its fine points and flaws (more on the latter) and the
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In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell‚ the story’s protagonist Sanger Rainsford is hunted throughout the jungle of an uninhabited island‚ by General Zaroff a man who is fixated on hunting humans for sport. In the short story “Lady or the Tiger?” by Frank Stockton‚ an imperious‚ semi-barbaric king rules over his kingdom with an iron fist‚ when his daughter
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In the story “The Most Dangerous Game” the famous hunter‚ Sanger Rainsford‚ is sailing in unfamiliar territory in the middle of the ocean. As Rainsford is on the ship’s deck‚ he falls and is left behind in the water after hearing gunshots. He then swims to a nearby island discovers a sign of human life. He wanders until he stumbles upon a castle. He is then greeted by the owner of the island‚ General Zaroff. Rainsford learns that Zaroff was a Russian noble who loved to hunt‚ but became bored with
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“Keep your friends close‚ and your enemies closer...” Why would you want to associate with your enemies? Well‚ if you keep your enemies close‚ you will most likely know what they would try and do rather than expecting your friends to do anything to you if they really are your friends. How does this apply to this story? Read and find out: An example of Zaroff being wealthy would be when he had offered Rainsford the clothes‚ and just by the way Zaroff’s room and house looked demonstrates the wealth
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the coach comes to check on me. I am out of the game. All that preparing for that one moment‚ gone. Gone‚ because I had hurt my ankle. Gone‚ because I wouldn’t be able to play soccer again that season. Gone‚ because even though I didn’t know it‚ I would never be the same. I go to the doctor the next day and ask them to help me. For some reason‚ they couldn’t find anything wrong in my foot. I had many injuries in my sports
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DEFINITION OF POSTCOLONIAL CRITICISM A type of cultural criticism‚ postcolonial criticism usually involves the analysis of literary texts produced in countries and cultures that have come under the control of European colonial powers at some point in their history. Alternatively‚ it can refer to the analysis of texts written about colonized places by writers hailing from the colonizing culture. In Orientalism (1978)‚ Edward Said‚ a pioneer of postcolonial criticism and studies‚ focused on the way
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The Most Dangerous Game Alternative Ending Rainsford knew what he is going to do -swim back to the house and kill General Zaroff. But he saw a huge white object when he was swimming and he was tired‚ so he decided to give himself a break and see what the white object was. The general figured out that Rainsford jumped into the sea‚ and he realized that he might find out his secret‚ but he just ignored that possibility. He just told Ivan to guard the secret place. Unfortunately‚ he also ignored
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as close as you will get to it. I believe the most deep connection you can get with your book is in the morning. I personally enjoy reading on my couch‚ with the sun just rising. Especially if the book is a comedy. Life and literature are connected through characterization‚ conflict and narration by life being told through literacy and characterization‚ conflict and narration help by explaining life. One conflict in the book “The Most Dangerous Game” was when Rainsford was upset at General Zaroff
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