Hunting is a game where you can have fun killing a certain type of animal, but could be very dangerous at the same time. In “The Most Dangerous Game” Rainsford is a character that is a very good hunter. So one day him and his buddy's went out on a yacht and went out on the sea to go to the caribbean to look for this island to hunt Jaguars. But while on a yacht he feel of the boat and fell into the sea. Moving on he was on this Island and met this General. Which liked to me called General Zaroff. Moving on in the story the general like to hunt as well but he liked to hunt humans. So Rainsford was being hunted. Rainsford had to create traps and all types of strategies to beat the general. By the end of the big hunt Rainsford had found a way to …show more content…
“He shrugged his shoulders. Then he sat down, took a drink of brandy from a silver flask, lit a cigarette, and hummed a bit from Madame Butterfly,” (14). The mood of this scene is relief because General Zaroff thought that the big hunt was over so he had went home got really comfortable, had got him some wine, and a big dinner. But little did he know what truly happened to Rainsford. So this shows that General Zaroff had a chance of winning the big hunt. The mood in another scene is happiness because Rainford actually had what it took to win the big hunt. Rainsford ended that night laying in general Zaroff’s bed. “A man, who had been hiding in the curtains of the bed, was standing there. "Rainsford!" screamed the general,” (14). In both scenes Rainford had to out smart General Zaroff to win the big hunt. To convey the theme of competition can enhance a person’s character, Richard Connell has Rainsford succeed at the Most Dangerous Game. Rainsford shows through the big hunt growth because he knows strategies and ways to win the big hunt. The frightening event is when he has to build his traps to stay away from the General. The exciting is when he meets him back at the house and kills the General and win the Most Dangerous
In The Most Dangerous Game, Rainsford is a world-renowned hunter who travels the globe in search of new animals to kill. In High Noon, Will is the marshal of a tiny western town. Throughout the story, Will is portrayed as brave, but he also shows weakness in the end. " Then his control gives way, and the tide of bitterness and anger overflow in him.
It's amazing how two people that have much in common can have totally different personalities. In Richard Connell's "The Most Dangerous Game", Rainsford, a skillful hunter, is to go through many struggles against General Zaroff, his opponent with which he shares many similarities, in order for him to win a hunting contest while proving himself to be the owner of an amazing, unbreakable personality. Through his actions during a game of hunt against a much overconfident hunter, Rainsford proves to have the traits of an honorable man. At the beginning of the story, Rainsford bravely arrives, after falling from a yacht, to the shore of an isolated island. The latter is called ‘Ship Trap’ since it is known to have a bad reputation.
The Most Dangerous Game is a story that discusses the inner capability to humans to perform acts of extreme violence. It observes two different, yet similar characters in General Zaroff and Rainsford. They both have very similar views on hunting, as they both consider the feelings of the prey to be meaningless. However, the stark difference between the two characters is the General Zaroff hunts humans and Rainsford hunts big game. Connell made sure to write this similarity into the story for the sake of foreshadowing.
Fear is an emotion vital to any animal. It is the survival instinct which protects species from extinction. Without fear, one would not know to guard itself from threats and dangers. The short story, “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell explores the protagonist’s significant development as he undergoes various and faces fear. Although Rainsford originally is a pure “hunter” who enjoys big-games and believes in the primacy of human over all animals, as he experiences the fear of being the “hunted” he comes to understand fear and develop empathy for his prey.
General Zaroff was one of the best hunters In the world and Rainsford survived all three days so that proves that Rainsford is better then General Zaroff. Richard Connell uses mood/tone in his story “The Most Dangerous Game” to convey the theme of competition rarely enhances a person’ character. Rainsford had to overcome a lot of obstacles to become a better survivalist. One
Upon winning the game, Rainsford sneaks into Zaroff’s bedroom, where he decides to end the general’s hunting once and for all. Rainsford states, “‘I am still a beast at bay…get ready General Zaroff” (74). Rainsford had every opportunity to leave the island and flee for his life, as the general thought he was dead. He could have gone back to a life of comfort and hunting, but he instead chose to risk his life against the powerful general with the hope that he would end the man and his hunting endeavors. Rainsford fights to stop more of Zaroff’s prey from dying by his hand and the only reason why he would do this at the possible cost of his
in this part of the story Rainsford has won zaroff's game and has lasted 3 days being hunted but Rainsford does not trust Zaroff to let him go home, and is trying to get rid of Zarroff so he can't hurt, hunt anyone ever again so Rainsford and Zaroff are fighting at this point, and Rainsford it trying to get away from Zaroff he was not feeling his way along, foot by foot. Rainsford, crouching there, could not see the general, nor could he see the pit. He lived a year in a minute. Then he felt an impulse to cry aloud with joy,” in this quote Zaroff is near a trap that Rainsford has set for him and Rainsford is close by hoping that Zaroff falls in and that he doesn't see Rainsford before he falls in. In this moment we can read how Rainsford is feeling in this moment and feel like we are there watching this happen using point of
Rainsford is a big game hunter on a yacht headed towards Brazil. When he carelessly sits on a rail on the yacht, he falls into the sea. He winds up on Ship Trap Island, and meets General Zaroff, a Russian man who enjoys hunting. He doesn’t know that Zaroff enjoys hunting humans. General Zaroff hunts men with his pistol; they only have a knife and a three-day food supply.
Rainsford is initially shown to not show any empathy to the wild animals he hunts. Zaroff is no different, with him declaring, “I hunt the scum of the earth: sailors from tramp ships--lassars, blacks, Chinese, whites, mongrels,” (9). Zaroff hunts humans who have the unfortunate luck to arrive on Ship-Trap Island. Zaroff gives no second thought about hunting humans because he finds them to be the perfect sport to hunt, and finds pleasure in hunting them. In the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, the protagonist, Sanger Rainsford, and the antagonist, General Zaroff, are similar characters.
The Most Dangerous Game In the story, “The Most Dangerous Game”, written by Richard Connell there is a man named Sanger Rainsford. He is cast away off a yacht that he fell off. When he is cast away he gets on the island and falls into a deep sleep and wakes up in one day. When he wakes up he starts exploring the island.
Here in the story General Zaroff is injured by a trap that Rainsfords set. “But he was not quick enough, the dead tree crashed down and struck the general.(232) This quote shows Irony when in the start of the hunt General Zaroff thought that this was going to be an easy kill and he could continue on. Throughout the story Zaroff and Rainsford both exert arrogance.
Also, General Zaroff is an extreme hunter and doesn’t find pleasure in hunting regular animals. Zaroff says the most dangerous game is humans because they have the ability to reason. Rainsford is going to be hunted and is given a certain amount of time to survive. Moreover, while Rainsford is being hunted Zaroff
The the last scene is significant because Rainsford has the confidence and skills to win against General Zaroff. Likewise, how he trusts his instincts and himself to set up the traps, but also, jump off a cliff. Richard Connell uses situational irony because Rainsford the hunter becomes the hunted. It states how Rainsford made a trap in the quicksand. As well as, when he jumped off the cliff he made good decisions.
Firstly, in the story The Most Dangerous Game, Rainsford is justified in killing General Zaroff because on the island the only way to live is if the stranded people hunt or the stranded will in contrast become the ones being hunted. In the beginning of the story Rainsford is talking to Whitney about jaguars. Whitney is stating that the jaguars must feel some sort of feeling like fear or terror but in contrast Rainsford states that the jaguars have no understanding of feelings. Then Rainsford is put on a island where he symbolically represents the jaguar and General Zaroff would symbolically represent the hunter.
In The Most Dangerous Game, by Richard Connell, Rainsford a renowned hunter takes part in a new hunt with General Zaroff that will change his life. Rainsford goes through a series of multiple things that changes his outlook on hunting forever. This essay will touch base on how Rainsford felt before, during, and after the hunt, and will also answer the question how Rainsford’s experience changes his feelings about hunting. Rainsford, a famous hunter from New York, loved the sport of hunting. So much that it was all about the hunter to him none the less the prey.