Game Analysis: Game By Donald Barthelme

In Herman Melville's short story, Bartleby, the Scrivener, the narrator's attitude towards Bartleby is constantly changing, the narrator's attitude is conveyed through the author's use of literary elements such as; diction-descriptive and comical, point of view-first person, and tone-confusion and sadness.

In the action packed short story, The Most Dangerous Game, Richard Connell writes about a lost hunter’s journey. But, through his use of analogies and irony, Connell is able to convey some messages with much deeper meanings. There are two main characters in the short story, Rainsford, the sailor and hunter whose yacht was shipwrecked, and General Zaroff, who owned his own island that he used for “The Hunt”. Throughout the text, Connell uses analogies to justify the General’s morals.

Tom Farrey, a former ESPN journalist and a national speaker on youth sports wrote his first book in 2008. Game On: The All-American Race to Make Champions of our Children tries to explain why there has been a decline in youth sports in recent years. In Chapter 6, Farrey uses college scholarships as one means to explain this phenomenon. His assertion stated above explains the problem with athletic scholarships is mainly that they didn’t listen to *NYSNC and instead have multiple strings attached to them. This declaration can be concurred on the grounds that not only are “full-rides” rare and do not cover the full cost of college, but also that the athlete puts more into the sport than what is typically recognized and also that an athletic scholarship

Presumption of one’s character, lifestyle, or troubles in life is taken from looking at that person and assuming you know all about them. In order to fully understand someone’s pain, you must endure it in their shoes. This is the theme for the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game,” written by Richard Connell. As Rainsford, the main character of the short story, tries to survive in the wild from a psychotic general who hunts humans as game, the reader sees his change in perspective on what it feels to be hunted. This demonstrates the theme of the short-story through the use of situational irony, man vs. man conflict, and internal conflict.

Imagine wandering in the middle of a jungle, with little food and not any knowledge of the ground. All one can hope is to stay alive. Couple that with a psychotic man in pursuit and the terror grows significantly. In the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game.” Written by, Richard Connell, you have to have courage for any hope of living on this island.

The short story, “The Most Dangerous Game” written by Richard Connell is about a man named Sanger Rainsford who finds himself being hunted by a notorious villain. Connell utilizes setting to create a thrilling yet dismal and somber story. For example, “The old charts call it Ship-Trap Island... sailors have a curious dread of the place”(Connell 17). Already in the beginning there is a mystery that arouses the reader’s interest and creates suspense.

Barthelme uses repetition to show how the narrator’s mind is deteriorating while being confined in a small space, isolated from everyone except someone he does not know, with very little instruction about what to do. A lot of what the narrator repeats throughout the story are what makes us, as the readers, believe that his mind is deteriorating. For example, when he repeats that they have been there for one hundred thirty-three days, Barthelme is showing how the narrator is counting the days to keep himself reminded. Although, it starts to make him question how long he and Shotwell will be in isolation and it starts to make him think differently about his situation and he starts to realize and focus on about how they are both unwell. Another way Barthelme uses repetition is when the readers are

The line between good and evil can get blurred, even by the most well-intentioned individual. In Richard Connell’s short story, “The Most Dangerous Game,” those lines are clearly drawn as the two main characters engage in a battle of wits, where the cost of the game is the loss of one’s life. Connell’s story opens with Sanger Rainsford and his friend, Whitney, sailing toward their next hunting destination, when an accident sends Rainsford overboard and towards an alleged suspicious island. Once on land, Rainsford meets the owner of the island, General Zaroff, a Cossack, with a passion for hunting new and exciting game. That game however, isn’t Rainsford’s idea of sport. The author utilizes both internal and external conflict to draw the reader

In “The Most Dangerous Game,” Richard Connell correlates three common literary devices especially well: setting, suspense, and plot. Connell makes use of an appropriate setting, the literary element of suspense, and an interesting plot in order to strengthen the story’s recurring theme of reason versus instinct within humans, and to blur that line between reason and instinct.

This bitterness and sarcasm is revealed as strong characteristics of the narrator. Throughout the majority of the story, the narrator continues shows his distaste for any "happy" situation. Much like the hyphenated asides, Carver implements fragmented sentences behind description, to show the narrator pausing for a moment of color commentary.

The short story is written in a colloquial tone and reads similarly to an unfocused train of thought, conveying simplicity and realism within the piece. The narrator frequently drifts from a complete statement to an aside throughout the narrative; for example, while discussing the poem his wife composed about her friend Robert he offhandedly recalls, “...I didn’t think much of the poem. Of course, I didn’t tell her that. Maybe I just don’t understand poetry,” (Carver 356). This passage, and others similar to it, cause the flow of the plot to meander, rather than adhere to a strict linear format. Additionally, while the abrupt and nonchalant remarks hold little substance to the narrator, they give the reader a window to the substantial disconnect between the narrator and his peers.

“Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish” by John Jakes (an American writer ). This quote summed up encourages people to be confident in them and show the world. In today’s society not many people believe in themselves and are proud of who they are. Ellen DeGeneres, NPH, and Lisa Jordan are examples of people who be themselves like everyone should be.

In Richard Connell's short story, "The Most Dangerous Game';, the use of literary devices, found blended with other literary devices, gives the story an inner meaning. The blending of literary devices effectively expresses the intentions of Connell to present contrast between the antagonist and protagonist points of view. As a result, the reader can gain insight on the good and evil sides of the story to enhance the purpose of his interpretation. "The Most Dangerous Game'; by Richard Connell presents literary devices such as foreshadowing, setting, and irony which reveal the underlying meaning of the story.

Domestic violence has been plaguing our society for years. There are many abusive relationships, and the only question to ask is: why? The main answer is control. The controlling characteristic that males attribute to their masculinity is the cause to these abusive relationships. When males don’t have control they feel their masculinity is threatened and they need to do something about it. This doesn’t occur in just their relationships, but rather every facet of life. Men are constantly in a struggle for power and control whether it is at work, home, during sports, or in a relationship, this remains true. So the only way for them to get this power is for them to be “men”; tough, strong, masculine, ones that demand and take power. Where

Phoebe was the daughter of the titans . The titans were son and daughters of uranus and gaia, as told in heisod’s “theogony”. Phoebe the goddess of intellect , was married to Koios. Their children were asteria and leto as told in the “Dictionary of greek and roman bibliography and mythology” Leto went on to bear Artemis, Apollo and Asteria, three better known identities in greek mythology.