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    noble Cossack heritage who apparently lives on the island alone with his servant‚ a deaf-mute named Ivan. Zaroff explains that he is the ultimate hunter; he recieved his first gun at the age of 5‚ and has traveled the world and hunted every possible game animal. Now

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    5/29/13 English 1 exam At the end of The Most Dangerous Game Zaroff challenge Rainsford to another contest the winner will get to sleep in Zaroff bed and the loser get feed to his dogs. It was like his same contest but both were hunting each other so Rainsford was running to the trees to do a sneak attack. Zaroff was acting like a hunter so he was walking around looking

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    yourself. Society is cruel in many ways than one‚ when it comes to who we become. Society creates these images that we see. We see it and we know we can’t be that! That we can never‚ ever achieve this goal society has planted on us. In the most Dangerous Game‚ Rainsford goes against General Zaroff’s society and way of life. He knows it’s not right to kill people. He knows he won’t become a person like general Zaroff. He went against what society’s goal was for him. Why

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    Sanger Rainsford‚ a big game hunter‚ had fallen overboard in the boat he was traveling in to the Amazon. He swam to the shore‚ and was stranded on Ship Trap Island. Rainsford finds a large home in the middle of the forest‚ and meets General Zaroff‚ a Russian aristocrat‚ and Ivan‚ a servant. Zaroff invites Rainsford into his home and provides him with food‚ clothes‚ and rest. However‚ Rainsford had learned a horrifying fact while conversing with the general. He hunted humans for game. An unsettled Rainsford

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    to write out the theme of their stories. In the two short stories‚ “Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe and “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell‚ the themes are described by literary elements. “The Cask of Amontillado” is about a man trying to get revenge by tricking another man telling him about having expensive wine. “The Most Dangerous Game” is an eccentric short story about a General who lives on an island and hunts humans. The theme of irony delineate the themes for both of the short

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    Literary Analysis of The Most Dangerous Game Richard Connell’s The Most Dangerous explains multiple theories‚ such as nature versus nurture‚ and survival of the fittest. This short story also seems to have an underlying theme of Social Darwinism (Of Two Classes). Throughout the entirety of the short story‚ Connell shows a character change of a main character‚ Rainsford‚ who is at a constant battle with General Zaroff‚ the antagonist. This character change shows the importance of the mindset

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    RL.1.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text‚ including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text. LAFS.910.RL.1.3 Analyze how complex characters (e.g.‚ those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text‚ interact with other characters‚ and advance the plot or develop the theme. “The Most Dangerous Game” - Day 1 Name ___________________________

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    and being hunted by general Zaroff. Richard Connell is the author and the short story is "Most Dangerous Game". Rainsford fell off a boat and swam to an island. Richard Connell uses mood in his story of "Most Dangerous Game" to convey the theme of hunting might not always be ok. People should think more about animals feelings a little bit. Rainsford doesn’t care how animals feel. "You’re a big-game hunter‚ not a philosopher. Who cares how a jaguar feels?" (1). The mood in this scene is

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    “The Most Dangerous Game” is about a game that a character called Zaroff made. Zaroff’s game is all about hunting male humans and says it’s a game. Zaroff tells Rainsford all about the game and why he chooses to hunt humans Rainsford doesn’t agree with him and says it’s murder but Zaroff says it’s not. Zaroff said it’s a game because if he finds the person hiding in the woods and kills him first he wins‚ but if the person finds him then they win. The book is all about competition and it makes the

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    Have you ever noticed some stories or movies‚ etc. have very similar points about them? High Noon is a movie of slow-paced action. "The Most Dangerous Game" is the story of a game no one wanted. Both of them have a very similar plot and dynamic. You just have to look really closely. The main characters have a very similar way of viewing things. At the heart of both these stories‚ they are really quite similar‚ with a few distinctive differences. The plot of both have a dynamic that is very

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