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Conflict In The Most Dangerous Game Essay

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Opinions Depend Experience When putting an animal in a life or death situation, they have no knowledge to fight back. The animal panics and tries to run, but the hunter is smarter and knows how the animal will react. BAM! The animal is done. Now, you are being hunted; however, you are the knowledgeable prey. React. In the story, “The Most Dangerous Game,” by Richard Connell, Rainsford, a diehard huntsman, strikes down his shipmates somewhat soft opinion about hunting. Rainsford broadly says, “Who cares how jaguar feels?” (Connell 40). Indicating, that Rainsford believes that animals don’t have feelings, and how life is all about being one of two things, a hunter or a huntee. Later that night, Rainsford fell into the sea and is left behind. …show more content…

For example, he had a determined mind set to be the hunter even though this trip wasn’t about hunting an animal, but another human. After Zaroff gave Rainsford a chance, Rainsford knew he had to be the smarter participant. “ Rainsford knew he could do one of two things. He could stay and wait, that would be suicide. He could flee but that was postponing the inevitable. For a minute he stood there thinking” (Connell 56). This demonstrates, that when Rainsford was encountered with a heart pounding situation, he stayed calm and kept the willpower to overcome Zaroff’s advantage. Rainsford came up with many ideas and planned out the way he was going to handle the situation. Connecting to the theme, this shows how he had to view many perspectives of both the hunter and the prey. In closing, by overcoming the external conflict of being hunted by another human, and mastering the internal conflict of facing many troubling situations, Rainsford stayed calm, determined, and he used great strategy in the game. Rainsford’s perspective changed from the beginning of the story to the end because he was put into the situation he puts animals in when he goes hunting. This suggest that, before setting your opinion, view other standpoints. In the end, there is a possibility that there are deeper conceptions than what you see as an

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