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The Hunter In Richard Connell's The Most Dangerous Game

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There are two distinct classes in this world: the hunters and the huntees. In the short story The Most Dangerous Game written by Richard Connell, the reader is introduced to a big game hunter, Rainsford. One night, Rainsford falls off his yacht while heading to Rio for his next hunt. He swims to a nearby island that is owned by another big game hunter, General Zaroff. Rainsford soon realises the game General Zaroff hunts is very different. Rainsford must fight for his life for three nights, trying to escape General Zaroff who is trying to kill him. The author shows the readers how Rainsford undergoes a dynamic character change as he shifts from the hunter to the hunted and once again the hunter as the story ends.
In the beginning of the short story Rainsford, the hunter, firmly believes there are two different classes: the hunters and the huntees. The reader can infer that Rainsford is a hunter by only reading the first page of the short story. The author gives us evidence that Rainsford is a hunter by a conversation had with his hunting partner, Whitney of their up coming hunt.
“‘The best sport in the world,’ agreed Rainsford. ‘‘For the hunter, amended Whitney. ‘ Not for the Jaguar’ ‘Don’t talk rot, Whitney,’ said …show more content…

The readers are able to witness in the beginning of the short story Rainsford believing the animals have no understand. Shifting then as Rainsford becomes the hunted, having to change his mind set to what it feels like to be an animal. As the story comes to an end, the reader is able to notice Rainsfords shift for the last time as he must now kill General Zaroff. Throughout the short story the reader may witness the theme of Rainsford's dynamic character change as he continues to go back and forth between the two different classes: the hunters and the huntees in The Most Dangerous

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