Comparing The Most Dangerous Game And High Noon

High Noon and “The Most Dangerous Game” are two stories that are amazingly composed and beautifully put together. High Noon is a movie that centers on a marshal, Mike Kane, who was about to retire and leave the town he was deputized in with his new wife when a tragedy struck and ruined his plans. Four outlaws came to the town to get revenge on the marshal who previously sent them to jail, so Kane had to protect the town and himself. “The Most Dangerous Game” is a book about a hunter named Rainsford who was separated from his friend and ended up on an island with no one but a sociopathic killer. He had to survive the island by himself while simultaneously outwitting the murderer..

Two of the most unlikely stories can still have the same idea. High Noon is a movie about a sherif who has to fight off murderers who escaped from jail. He has to fight them off himself without any help since he is abandoned by his friends/ coworkers. The short story, The Most Dangerous Game is a short story about a hunter who gets stuck on Ship-Trap Island and ends up finding himself in a never ending game. Both the movie and the short story show how easy it is to be isolated when you have to fight to survive. High noon and the most Dangerous game are very similar even though there are some differences.

How can two stories that seem totally different have similarities?. In the story, The Most Dangerous Game, written by Richard Connell, a world renowned hunter is trying to survive 3 days in the jungle while learning what it is like to be the animal being hunted. In the movie, High Noon, written by Carl Foreman, a western town's marshal is preparing for the biggest fight of his life in a classic western film with a twist added. In the movie, High Noon, and the story, The Most Dangerous Game, the conflicts and main characters are comparable, and the settings are contrasting, which influences the plots in both stories.

General Zaroff has lost his morality. The author shows this here," Then, taking a second helping of crepes suzette, the general explainers ."The hunting was not good last

The General also thinks of himself as the best hunter out there. To show that he is a confident person, on page ** “ The general chuckled. “They indicate a channel,” he said, “ Where there’s none; giant rocks with razor edges crouch like a sea monster with wide-open jaws.” This indicates that Zaroff uses his intellect to show his power by tricking people to become ship-wrecked on his island. Another way he shows confidence is by giving his prey a three hour head start. General Zaroff believes that even if he gives his opponents a head start he is able to find them. To prove this, on page #** states that "It's a game, you see," pursued the general blandly. "I suggest to one of them that we go hunting. I give him a supply of food and an excellent hunting knife. I give him three hours' start.” Lastly, the general shows that he is confident by boasting to Rainsford that he has never lost to an opponent. This can be found on one of the pages that says “The smile on the general's face widened. "To date I have not lost," he said. Then he added, hastily: "I don't wish you to think me a braggart, Mr. Rainsford.”(Connell**) His other personality is psychosis. One reason why he shows that he is psychotic is when he loses interest in hunting animals and is intrigued on hunting a species that has

In High Noon and “The Most Dangerous Game,” the themes are very similar to one another. One similarity between the themes of both stories is the question, is killing ever justified? In the end of “The Most Dangerous Game,” Rainsford had grown into a new man having experienced what he experienced. Zaroff said after seeing Rainsford, “‘One of us is to furnish a repast for the hounds. The other will sleep in this very excellent bed. On guard, Rainsford…’ He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided.” (Connell 23). By reading this citation, you could infer the author was portraying that Rainsford killed Zaroff. In the end of High Noon, Frank Miller arrived back to Hadleyville to kill Will Kane. Kane decided it was right to kill Miller when he had the chance or else he would not have lived, so he killed him with his pistol. Another similarity is that both stories had the theme of self doubt and the fear of death. Both of the main characters, Will Kane and Rainsford, thought they couldn’t survive through what was going on in their lives. Thinking that they couldn’t survive lead these characters to have self doubt. In the end, both Rainsford and Kane believed in themselves and knew that they could achieve their goal, which was to stay

"You'll find this game worth playing, "Your brain against mine..." (Connell 11). This quote shows that to Zaroff he didn't care who he hunted he found the hunting fun like a game. "They'll just come after us four of them, and we'd be all alone on the prairie" (Foreman 24). This quote shows that no matter where Kane went and how far he went Miller would come for him because he wanted revenge for what Kane had did to him. Both Kane and Rainsford were being hunted for different

Among the list of countless similarities between both of the story lines is the characters. They are both alone and being hunted. Both protagonists use their brains to overcome the people hunting them. " Street- Full Shot- from KANE's point of view. It stretches out empty and dusty under the sun" (Foreman 318).

General Zaroff also says, “Why should I not use my gift? If I wish to hunt why should I

The world runs on a continuous competition for survival. High Noon is about a sheriff named Will Kane, who is the victim of suspense while waiting for the inevitable to happen– surrendering and possibly dying to the enemy, Frank Miller. "The Most Dangerous Game", on the other hand, is about Sanger Rainsford, a high-class hunter who falls into a thrilling adventure of surviving against a psychotic maniac and hunting master, General Zaroff. Both are about surviving against the enemy and time itself, and that you truly need to work hard on your own to make it out alive. It is apparent to the average audience that these two have somewhat common plots, but if you were to unearth the depths of each

It is amazing how a rogue, western town and a isolated, wild island can be so similar in setting. The setting of these stories are both presented really well in these quotes. In High Noon, it says, “But when they read about shooting and killing in the streets, what are they going to think then?” (Foreman, 315). This quote represents the lawlessness of the western town because there is shooting in the streets without any restriction. Another quote with many similarities in the “Dangerous Game” states, "Hunting? Great Guns, General Zaroff, what

(10). As General Zaroff makes it evident to the reader his passion for hunting, he sees nothing wrong with putting every he has into it—even if it means hunting humans. Though Rainsford is an accomplished hunter, he has never had to play the role of prey, thus the reader relays a sense of fear for Rainsford. When Rainsford saw that General Zaroff had come to the place where he was hiding, smiling to himself, and turning back; it was then that Rainsford realizes that “The general was playing with him! The general was saving him for another day’s sport!

When Zaroff reveals his passion for hunting humans, he shows the essence of the story's exploration between civilization and crime. In the narrative, Connell talks about moments that force the reader to think about the nature

The two stories were both similar in their story line which was about war. However, the main themes in both stories differ. While one explores World War 1 and the effects it had on the soldiers who played a part in it, the other explores the resentment one ex-soldier has for killing a soldier while at war and he wishes the circumstances were

In both stories, there are additional parallels for example both stories are a tragedy, where someone related to the protagonists have died, or was killed. Nevertheless, I however am going to talk about a different common observation that I felt was