How Is Arrogance Used In The Most Dangerous Game By Kurt Vonnegut?

Arrogance can result in many shapes and structures. Confidence comes and goes, leaving a strong and outgoing person to lead, or a weak person who will become blind to the strengths of others. Throughout time different stories have been read. Some of which are relatable, while others not so much. Arrogance, a common relatable subject that can control who someone is and how they act at times. This form of strength is commonly seen in the protagonist within short stories. The power of arrogance is one that can control the mindset of a character. It can give great confidence, leading one to believe they are better than most. It can also be misleading, blinding one from the truth, creating a flaw in the protagonist.

General Zaroff and Rainsford meet under such strange, but destined conditions in the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell. The well known hunter, Rainsford has fallen overboard his ship. He washed up on Ship Trap Island. On this island men are hunted as game,

He knows that he is different from the others. His exceptional intelligence helps him see the government has covered all forms of uniqueness. Vonnegut has created a reality with total equality. Harrison believes he is better than the government; stronger, faster, smarter, more powerful. He uses his advantages to break the laws of society, taking off all the things that make him as well as a ballerina equal to others. He underestimated the power of the government, “It was then that Diana Moon Glampers, the Handicapper General, came into the studio with a double-barreled ten-gauge shotgun. She fired twice, and the Emperor and the Empress were dead before they hit the floor”(105). He believed nothing could stop him. He is a free bird that is soon shot down alongside the