A World Class Hunter In Richard Connell's The Most Dangerous Game

He is no longer automatically the hunter, lacking the carefully selected weapon or course he would have on a normal hunting trip. On the yacht, he speaks with Whitney about their upcoming trip, mentioning jaguars. His hunting partner comments on how the jaguar must feel during the pursuit of a human, mentioning it must be incredibly frightened. At the mention of an animal experiencing the fear and pain a human might, Rainsford is quick to say how ridiculous it is. The experienced hunter finds himself coming to shore on Ship-Trap Island, learning about what the man residing in the manor actually does.

Hunting animals and rodents are normal to everyday people, but for General Zaroff, hunting people is his everyday desire. His inhumane attitude creates him into a murderer for his own pleasure. The story, “The Most Dangerous Game” written by Richard Connell, is an adventurous, suspenseful, and grotesque thriller. The story takes place on a mysterious island in the Caribbean. The first main character we meet is Rainsford.

Throughout generations, people have been hunting for food and population control, but in “The Most Dangerous Game” Rainsford thinks that hunting is a sport until he becomes the hunted. In the story, Rainsford met General Zaroff on the island; Rainsford thought he was a nice guy until he started hunting humans. Rainsford didn’t agree with him and refused to hunt, and he wanted to leave immediately, but Zaroff was started to hunt him. Rainsford uses his skills and knowledge to survive against General Zaroff. In “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell suggests to, trust yourself or you won’t succeed.

As Rainsford asks “Where do you get them”? Then Zaroff describes that the lights lure the ships in and the rocks capture them in as a fish would capture their bait. Additionally, the General shows no emotion in regarding that their doom is to be hunted in a game with Zaroff in the chance that they might die. In short, Zaroff is baiting the prey into his trap, where no rules or restrictions apply to

‘My dear fellow,’ said the general, ‘there is one that can’" (Connell 12). This quote explains the main conflict in “The Most Dangerous Game”, that Zaroff enjoys hunting men. He found hunting animals to be too easy, stating that there was “no greater bore than perfection.” In the movie, the main conflict is that Frank Miller is coming back for revenge on Kane. Kane scours the town for deputies, however he gets no help. Harvey, a deputy, quits in fear of Miller, leaving Kane to deal with Miller alone.

In his opinion, “The world is made up of two classes the hunters and the huntees (Connell 216)”. As a result of his wrong opinion, the tables turn in the story and Rainsford becomes the one being hunted. This is both his external conflict and an unexpected turn of events. Eventually, although this was tough for him, Rainsford ends up winning the game. When informed that he had won Rainsford responded: “I am still a beast at bay; he

The Path to Misfortune People will face many obstacles in life; they will make them work hard, or they will make them give up. It is their decision if they want to change the path there are going down. With making this choice you need to The story “The Sniper” by Liam O'Flaherty tells the story of a man who has to stay invisible from the eyes of others. However, his intentions all goes south when he decided to take a quick smoke break, and was spotted. The story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell tells the story of Rainsford, a man whose only aspiration in life is hunt.

4th period “You don’t deserve a point of view if the only thing you see is you” (Unknown). In the lord of flies by William Golding, Jack turns evil and is not himself. A former choirmaster and “head boy” at his school, he arrived on the island having experienced some success in exerting control over others by dominating the choir with his militaristic attitude. His main interest is hunting, an endeavor that begins with the desire for meat and builds to the overwhelming urge to master and kill other living creatures. One character trait that jack shows throughout the story is selfishness.

However, living in savagery will only lead to evil power and destruction. This can be foresee in the novel when Jack’s tribe, Ralph and Piggy killed Simon in impulsive manner. Savagery way of life lead the boys to become primitives as Jack’s begin to obsessed with hunting and he sacrificed the pig’s head known as “The Lord of The Flies” to the beast due to the boys fears toward the beast. The reality is the “beast” does not exist and the “beastly” behaviour lies within them. Jack’s tribe also manhunt Ralph after Piggy’s death by setting up fire in the jungle.

It is self-acceptance, you admit what you lack and of course you improve it. For Macomber, impressing other people, especially his wife, is materred a lot. He even risking his own life to prove his masculinity when he hunt those wild animals, lion and buffallo. The humiliation that he felt force him to have another way to fix his mistake. A cheating wife and disrespectful hunter who guide him and the most importantly self-proving that he is a brave man are things that motivated him.