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    speech that makes a comparison between two things, using like or as. Example: “An apprehensive night crawled slowly by like a wounded snake, and sleep did not visit Rainsford, although the silence of a dead world was on the jungle.” -The Most Dangerous Game, page 32 Function: Context-Rainsford is hiding from General Zaroff in the forest of Ship-Trap Island. After running around in the forest and trying to make an untraceable trail, Rainsford finally rests high up in a tree.He tells himself that

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    The setting that Richard Connell creates to “The Most Dangerous Game” is so important for the plot to be believable. For instance, the story needs to be on an isolated island. If the short story was not on a remote island than it would be very easy to escape from General Zaroff. So there would not be a story to tell if his captives could get away easily. Since they are on an isolated island Zaroff does not have to worry about them running or swimming away because where will they go. When Rainsford

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    every footstep and knowing some self-defense skills can come in handy. In the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game”, by Richard Connell, Sanger Rainsford falls off a yacht and swims to a mysterious island. On the island, Rainsford encounters a strange hunter, General Zaroff, who hunts human beings. Rainsford seems to be the hunter’s next target. General Zaroff and Rainsford play the most dangerous game in which Rainsford punishes the general for his crimes. Rainsford’s actions can be classified as

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    In the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game”, Richard Connell uses multiple devices to create suspense that readers may not be aware of. He uses figurative language, imagery, and the pacing of his story to keep readers on the edge of their seats. In this short story, a hunter named Sanger Rainsford meets General Zaroff, a friendly middle aged man on Ship Trap Island. The general later reveals his true character through his gruesome actions. Figurative language is used greatly throughout this

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    Imagine that somebody falls off their boat, gets stuck on an island, and then is hunted down. The same thing happened to Rainsford in Richard Connell’s story, “The Most Dangerous Game.” In it, Rainsford gets stuck on an island and meets General Zaroff who hunts people and is going to kill him, unless Rainsford kills him first. Rainsford, therefore, runs throughout the forest area trying to avoid being killed and hoping to kill General Zaroff as well. At the end, Rainsford did survive the ordeal,

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    In the story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell and the poem “Porphyria’s Lover” by Robert Browning, the authors use characterization and imagery to convey that the desire for power can drive man to psychotic actions. The authors use characterization to show how the attitudes of both General Zaroff and the narrator of “Porphyria’s Lover”are taken over by this desire of power over other people. In the story “The Most Dangerous Game”, General Zaroff and Rainsford are talking about hunting

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    One of the darker actions examined in this unit takes place in "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell. In this short story, General Zaroff begins hunting a man lost on his island named Rainsford. Bored of the usual game, General Zaroff decides he wants something more exciting and chooses to prey on humans. This ill-judged decision has a domino effect on the plot, ultimately ending in the demise of Zaroff. Nonetheless, an alternate ending besides death could have very well been a possibility

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    The Most Dangerous Game is a suspense story written by Richard Connell. Rainsford is a hunter and a retired WWI veteran who is super intelligent. Rainsford is on his way to the Amazon to hunt with his hunting partner Whitney. With Rainsford intelligence he manages to survive a hunt he was throw in later in the story. Soon after Rainsford, falls off his yacht and is stranded he finds a mansion where he is welcome by General Zaroff who was a general in the Russian war and is now a hunter. He also

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    Six hours and three days is a long time when it comes to life or death situations. The Most Dangerous Game is written as a short story and as a film. Major adaptations were made during the transition, including the one above; but there are similarities between the two. These changes are meant to enhance one of the other mediums without switching the whole outlook of the story. Categories, such as characters and resolutions, play a big role in the narrative and screenplay, but can also be different

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    The story I chose to write about is titled “The Most Dangerous Game”. The story started when Rainsford and Whitney, two men who enjoyed being able to hunt as a sport, are in a boat that is heading to Rio de Janeiro, a city in the country of Brazil. When Rainsford is alone on the deck of the boat, he hears some sounds that looked like gunshots and while trying to see where the source of the shots came from, he falls from the deck. He swims to shore and falls asleep when he gets there. The next morning

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