The Most Dangerous Game Conflict Analysis

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. Perhaps, instead of hunting humans, Zaroff decides to open a hunting camp to share his passion for the sport with others. Obviously, his boredom is caused by the island's isolation from society. So, Zaroff could have built homes and started a community or decide to leave the island altogether. Then, the course of this story would have taken a completely different path. Maybe, Zaroff finds a wife, they have children and live happily ever after. If only he was able to overcome his dark side instead of letting it consume him.

First, he used a Malay Mancatcher, he then made a Burmese Tiger Pit, and finally made a native trick from his travels in Uganda. Rainsford’s first trap was of a Malay Mancatcher from Malacca. He made it trigger whenever any physical contact touched it. The trap was successful, but because of Zaroff’s reflexes, he only managed to injure his shoulder. Congratulating Rainsford he states, “I must congratulate you, for not many men know how to make a Malay Mancatcher” (Connell), Zaroff then recedes back to heal his shoulder.

This shows that Zaroff is not giving up on trying to find Rainsford and Eve. Another trap that is different is the Burmese Tiger Pit. In the story, Rainsford digs a hole in the ground that is so deep it reaches his shoulders and plants sharp stakes in the bottom. Then, he covers the hole with a rough woven carpet of weeds and hides behind a tree. Zaroff does not fall into the hole, but one of his best dogs does. In contrast, Rainsford and Eve find an existing hole and cover it with leaves and grass in the film. General Zaroff sees the hole and simply hops over it. Zaroff is also a hunter, so he knows all the traps there are and easily sees the hole with no trouble. Zaroff also does not have a dog with him to fall in the hole like in the story. There is also a difference with the construction of the Uganda Knife Trick. The story describes how Rainsford creates the knife trick as: “He caught hold of a springy young sapling and to it he fastened his hunting knife with the blade pointing down the trail; with a bit of wild grapevine he tied back the sapling” on page eighty-two, that is completely different from the

In the story “The Most Dangerous Game” man versus man is one of the biggest conflicts. In the story it is Rainsford versus General Zaroff. Zaroff challenges Rainsford to a game, a hunting game. General Zaroff will try and hunt Rainsford. Zaroff use to hunt animals but he got bored of it, so he moved on to hunt humans. Zaroff lived on a island and it was surrounded by rocks. He put two lights on the two largest rocks indicating that was a safe way to go for ships because there were no rocks in between them, but it was a trap, in between the the two large rocks where more rocks. So the ships would sink and the sailors would swim to the island where Zaroff would hunt them. When Rainsford found out about this he was disgusted. Rainsford says to General Zaroff, “‘Hunting? Great guns, General Zaroff what you speak of is murder’”(7). But Rainsford had to either pick Zaroff’s hunting game or be tortured by Ivan. Rainsford chose to play the game with General Zaroff and the General was very happy because Rainsford was also a hunter so it was a challenge for him. While Rainsford was being hunted he made traps, the traps never managed to kill Zaroff, they killed his best hunting dog and Ivan. The man vs man conflict gives this

After a care reading of “The most dangerous game”,by Richard Connell, it is clear that the theme for this story is determination is needed when facing a difficult task ; this is achieved by the authors use of conflict. Authors use the element of conflict in order to describe the main problem in the story and get the reader hooked. Throughout the text, the element of conflict is present, yet it is most clear when the general gives Rainsford the choice to be haunted by him and if he wins he gets to leave but if he loses he dies or if he does not play then Ivan will kill him. One instance of conflict is seen when the general states (the choice is yours #35).What is happening right now is that the general is giving him a chance to survive or to die

“The Most Dangerous Game” is a story written by Richard Connell that explains the different aspect of hunting between 3 characters. It shows the relationship between hunters and the hunted through a fictional story. Rainsford, a skilled hunter, Whitney, Rainsford’s friend who is also a hunter, and Zaroff, a murderer on an island, each have their own views on what hunting is and how it should be done. They have similarities and differences about this topic. The story starts with Rainsford and Whitney talking about their views on hunting.

Perhaps the fear of imminent death is mankind's greatest fear; the film High Noon, directed by Fred Zinneman, and the short story "The Most Dangerous Game," written by Richard Connell, both present this great fear as the stories' central conflict. High Noon, an old western, shows a marshal named Will Kane who is trying to face a criminal by the name of Frank and his gang by himself as no one in his town offers to help him. The short story "The Most Dangerous Game" tells of a renowned hunter named Sanger Rainsford stranded on desolate island named "Ship-Trap"; on this island he meets General Zaroff who later hunts Rainsford as part of his "most dangerous game. " Even though these literary works have quite different settings, they share many

“If you have a beautiful story, it has to have conflict. If you don’t have conflict, it can’t be a good story” (Donald Miller, BrainyQuote.com). Sanger Rainsford must battle with each of the three central conflicts utilized in ¨The Most Dangerous Game¨ by Richard Connell. Throughout the story General Zaroff hunts Rainsford through the jungle in which the general has made his home and prison. Zaroff proves to be Rainsford's most deadly opponent and creates the element of man versus man conflict.. As he is being hunted, Rainsford experiences great fatigue and exhaustion, but he knows he must continue.

The short story by , “The Most Dangerous Game”, by Richard Connell deals with many external conflicts. While on a ship in the Caribbean Sea, Rainsford goes overboard after his pipe. When Rainsford is in the water he has to decide whether he is going to swim after his ship or swim to the nearby island, Ship Trap Island. After Rainsford decides to swim to the island, he “fights” his way through the jungle to come across a château who’s owner is General Zaroff who is also a hunter like Rainsford however, Zaroff hunts the most dangerous game, men. Rainsford is then given a choice to play Zaroff’s game or deal with the torturer, Ivan. During Rainsford’s experience on the island he has to deal with an external conflict while playing Zaroff’s “game”.

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.

In the fiction story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, the author talks about character traits and how they relate to the conflict. The conflicts reveal many traits that the characters have through various ways. The author uses conflicts in the story to reveal character traits by their response to different disputes, trials, and decisions.

Resourcefulness is being able to overcome difficulties quickly and in a clever way. Resourcefulness can also be using one’s surroundings for his/her benefit with prior knowledge and experience. In Richard Connell’s short story “The Most Dangerous Game” the main character Rainsford shows these skills of resourcefulness as he tries to survive the hunt. Rainsford is an experienced big game hunter that is trapped on a tropical jungle covered island with another big game hunter, General Zaroff. Zaroff has gained so much experience in hunting, due to this he has lost interest in hunting animals and now enjoys the hunt of humans. Rainsford is put in the position to be torched or participate in a game of hunting. When Rainsford is challenged to this game of hunting he is forced to try and survive. Rainsford is able to survive the hunt because he uses his resources and prior knowledge to weaken Zaroff helping him win the hunt.

Some stories do not have many different conflicts in the story. For example, in “Little Red Riding Hood” there is only one conflict which is Man vs Wolf or Man vs Man, but in some stories like “The Most Dangerous Game” there are all three conflicts throughout the book. Having more conflicts gives the story a bigger theme of suspense. In “Little Red Riding Hood”, the only conflict is getting to her grandma’s house where in “The Most Dangerous Game” there are many different conflicts that give the story more suspense and make it more interesting. Furthermore, there are many examples of conflicts in the short story.

Not many men know how to make a Malay Man catcher. Luckily for me, too have hunted in Malacca. You are proving interesting, Mr Rainsford, I am going now to have my wond taken care of. It’s only a slight one. But I shall be back. I shall be back!” (Connell pg 17) Zaroff said with frustration. Rainsford thought to himself “I will not lose my nerve.” ( Connell pg 17) Rainsford was trying to get off the island because Zaroff was trying to kill him, but Zaroff made him hunt with him and Rainsford eventually realized that he was the game, so he had to fight back. Fight against Zaroff and fight along with nature not against.

Conflict is very meaningful to a story because without it there is no story. In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, there are three types of conflict that make the story interesting. The conflicts occur when Rainsford falls off of his private yacht and climbs onto General Zaroff’s island where he only has a 99% chance of living. One type of conflict in the story is Man vs. Nature. Another conflict constantly used the the story is Man vs. Self. Most importantly, the conflict used to create the problem in the story is Man vs. Man. The point that Richard Connell makes in “The Most Dangerous Game” is not to judge something unless you are in that position.