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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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    Like in The Most Dangerous Game‚ Rainsfords morals are not to kill or hunt humans and the theme of the story was that morals are important and you shouldn’t change your morals because of someone else. Morals and theme are related because they tie together to create the lesson

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    character often either motivates or challenges the protagonist to do something. The subordinate characters from “The Most Dangerous Game” and “A Worn Path” help the reader understand how the protagonist feels and believes. Both stories are similar since the subordinate characters help express the protagonist’s thoughts‚ mindsets‚ and characteristics. Within “The Most Dangerous Game” and “A Worn Path‚” the author is able to express the protagonist’s thoughts. Connell uses subordinate character Zaroff

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    Fiction Essay ENGL 102: Composition and Literature MLA Outline THESIS: In “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell and “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ imagery and characterization are employed to illustrate the ever present inner darkness of humanity. However‚ the authors set very different themes in how their protagonists reflect upon and respond to being faced with it. Both men must choose whether they will reject and confront evil or simply abide it with apathy.

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    Midterm Questions * English 101 * Fall (2014) 1‚ The primary theme of the story concerns the mindless adherence to rituals‚ and that is symbolically represented most by the black box. The black box is a physical manifestation of the villagers’ connection to tradition and also the focal point of the lottery. The current black box is not the original one‚ though pieces from the old box have always been used to make the new one until the time of this box. When it gets too worn or dilapidated‚ it

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    Meagon Goode English 1302.06 Ms. Mary Ellen Young 09/23/2012 Sanger Rainsford: Hunter to Hunted In Richard Connells short story‚ “The Most Dangerous Game”‚ Sanger Rainsford is thrown from a yacht and finds himself on an island. The story focuses on a celebrated hunter‚ Sanger‚ who meets General Zaroff‚ who hunts a different type of game. Sanger learns how animals feel as prey by using his excellent eyesight‚ courage‚ and ability to calculate‚ when he becomes the hunted. Sanger

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