Most Dangerous Game Literary Analysis

Another conflict in the story The Most Dangerous game is man vs man. Rainsford doesn't want to fight General Zaroff because he isn't confident in winning the dangerous game. But after General Zaroff forces Rainsford to play the game rainsford said “your

6. In “The Most Dangerous Game,” Richard Connell is trying to suggest that it is human nature to try to survive. Rainsford’s morals include the value of

Nevertheless, their morals are oxymorons that take deviating approaches in regards to humanity. With this intention, “Must’ve been a fairly large animal… hunter had the nerve to tackle it with a light gun”(20). In like manner, “Not many men know how to make a Malay man-catcher”(32). Rainsford's knowledge of hunting proves that he had a passion for learning how to hunt, because when you choose to learn more about something you retain information easier. Likewise, “I have but one passion in my life, Mr. Rainsford, and it is the hunt”(22). In the same fashion, “My hand was made for the trigger … I have hunted every kind of game in the land”(24). Zaroff, in the same way, has his own love for the hunt but Zaroff focused more on his natural talents and his results in hunting. Be that as it may, Zaroff and Rainsford also have their differences; “ Hunting? Good god, General Zaroff what you speak of is murder” (25). Rainsford was repulsed by Zaroff’s morals in regards to humanity illustrating Rainsford's compassion and love towards humanity. On the contrary, “The weak of the world were put here to give the strong pleasure… I hunt the scum of the earth”(25). Zaroff Believes that Rainsford’s compassion towards humanity is his weakness. Zaroff’s maverick originates from his moral viewpoints on humanity and that he is performing his civil duty when hunting. Consequently, the exploited differences in Rainsford’s and Zaroff's morals outweigh their mutual love for

Richard Connell uses foreshadowing to show how both Rainsford and Zaroff will hunt each other on the island. Rainsford also says "Hunting? `General Zaroff, what you speak of is murder. " means it in a -literal way. Not only this, through-out meeting Rainsford, Zaroff give clues to Rainsford that he’s not normal.

When Rainsford hears the gunshots and the terrible screaming of something other than an animal, it foreshadows the fact that Zaroff is hunting humans. “Rainsford heard a sound. It came out of the darkness, a high screaming sound of an animal in an extremity of anguish and terror. He did not recognize the animal that made the sound; he did not try to. He heard it again; then it was cut short by another noise, crisp, staccato. ‘Pistol shot,’ muttered Rainsford.” (16) Rainsford, as a most knowledgeable person with game, should probably have recognized the noise right away. But obviously it was the shriek of an animal he had never heard before. The reader gets the feeling that maybe the hunter isn’t hunting an animal. Foreshadowing is also used when Rainsford and Zaroff are having a conversation in the dining hall. “’I hunt more dangerous game. The biggest. It must have courage, cunning, and above all, it must be able to reason.’ ‘But no animal can reason,’ objected Rainsford. ‘My dear fellow,’ said the general, ‘there is one that can.’ ‘Great guns, General Zaroff, what you speak of is murder.’” (16, 17-18) The story doesn’t say exactly what Zaroff’s “game” is, but when Rainsford says it is “murder” he speaks of, the reader can assume he is talking about humans. Bit by bit the story foreshadows the ultimate plot; Zaroff hunting

In The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell, a hunter named Rainsford falls off his yacht while on the way to the Amazon. He swims to a nearby island where a kind man named General Zaroff meets him. After talking for a while Rainsford realizes that like himself General Zaroff is also a hunter. But unlike Rainsford, General Zaroff hunts humans. Although Rainsford would like to leave the island as soon as possible, General Zaroff will not let him leave unless he can survive being hunted by General Zaroff. While writing The Most Dangerous Game, Richard Connell uses an entertaining conflict, dramatic plot, and situational irony to teach basic literary devices while still keeping the reader interested in the story.

Rainsford thought what Zarroff did was murder, not hunt. “Hunting? Good God, General Zaroff, what you speak of is murder.” (Connell 34). Rainsford was repealed by the fact that general kills humans for fun. Rainsford was shocked that Rainsford kills humans. Rainsford was stating that he was not a murderer he was a hunter. “Thank you, I'm a hunter, not a murderer.” (Connell 34). He'd rather be himself (a hunter) instead of like him(a murderer). Rainsford was shown all the human heads taken by Zarroff. “I want to show you my collection of heads. Will you come to me to the library?” “I hope said rainsford, “that you will excuse me tonight, general zaroff. I’m really not feeling at all well” (Connell 29). Rainsford doesn't like his ways so he wouldn’t want to be like him. Rainsford does not want to be like general Zarroff because the human heads Zarroff had disgusted

In his short story, “The Most Dangerous Game,” Richard Connell writes of a hunter named Rainsford. He finds himself cut off on a Caribbean island where he must survive a treacherous game of hunting. Throughout the story, Connell emphasizes the suspense of this story and places a sense of fear into the reader’s mind. He uses the literary devices of foreshadowing and imagery to suggest that terror and danger can be felt by even the strongest and boldest of men.

Connell writes and crunches symbolism into the short story to give deeper input on character’s traits. He shows Whitney’s and Rainsford’s views on hunting, and how Zaroff and Ivan hunt on their ‘secret’ island designated for hunting humans. Connell quickly disguises Zaroff as a passive-aggressive villain, delivering more insight by how he speaks. He does the opposite with Rainsford, allowing the exposition to introduce him and speak his views on hunting later in the story. “The Most Dangerous Game” shows how opposites can compare and contrast to create breath-taking conflict throughout the short

Rainsford experienced another side of hunting, where he was the prey and Zaroff was the predator. Rainsford ended up on the uninhabited island, and hunter inside told him to search for people, or a safe place. It led him in the jungle where he found his savior, general Zaroff, who by a coincidence was a hunter as well. One thing he didn’t know was that the help provided was going to be used against him; Rainsford quickly changed his mind about Zaroff’s place being safe when general offered hunting: “Tonight...we will hunt” (Connell 30). The suggestion of hunting didn’t bother Rainsford much until Zaroff his unusual hobby. Although he didn’t completely understand at first, later Rainsford figured out that he will not participate in doing hunting,

The self-enthralling tale of an expedition gone awry, titled “The Most Dangerous Game”, written by Richard Connell, centers around an individual named Rainsford who wishes to go to Rio de Janeiro to hunt for animals in the jungle through yacht travel. However, after stumbling off the yacht when hearing gunshots, he swims in the direction of the gunfire and encounters a human hunter referred to as General Zaroff. In his short story, "The Most Dangerous Game", Richard Connell utilizes figurative language to accentuate the multitude of moods displayed throughout the course of the text. The employment of these literary devices implies that Connell aimed to elicit motifs of angst and peril in his piece.

It’s no secret that people have intellect and ability to reason. In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game”, by Richard Connell. Think about being alone in the cold night but your with your friends and your hiding from them. You guys are playing a game like tag or ghost in the graveyard, or even home free. But now think that you are doing this but not with your friends but with an enemy that is what Rainsford goes through in this book.

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.

Readers would have mixed feelings about General Zaroff since he was shown as both a very eccentric and a very high-maintenance man. However, as the story moves forward, they start finding Rainsford as an obvious protagonist and Zaroff as an obvious antagonist. Zaroff’s method of catching prey, indicating a false channel with false lights so that ships destroy themselves on jagged rocks, is inhumane and would set a reader alert and uncomfortable. Furthermore, Zaroff says that he got bored of hunting other animals and how his perfect prey must have “courage, cunning, and, above all, it must be able to reason.” By implying that he hunts humans to pass time, Zaroff is saying that he is a psychopath. Even Rainsford, a fellow hunter, was absolutely appalled by the thought of killing another human in cold blood. General Zaroff’s true nature, an amoral embodiment of savagery, shines through his façade of excellence.

Fear is one of the most powerful killers. Fear is a strong emotion, from the thought of danger or pain. In the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game”, by Richard Connell, fear is demonstrated in 3 different ways throughout the story. Rainsford has to fight against his lack of sleep and anxiety in order to beat general Zaroff. Along with fighting himself, Rainsford must compete against Zaroff to stay alive through the strange game. Without the setup of Zaroff’s island, beating Rainsford would be nearly impossible. Therefore, Rainsford has more than just Zaroff to fight off in this story. Without the three major conflicts of man versus nature, man versus man , and man versus himself, this story would not be possible.