The Most Dangerous Game External Conflict

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.

A man gets hunted by another man on the deserted Ship-Trap Island in the middle of the Caribbean. Rainsford, the protagonist in “The Most Dangerous Game”, a short story written by Richard Connell, gets hunted by General Zaroff. Rainsford abounds with fear, making him crazy. General Zaroff’s arrogance causes him to feel that he possesses the right to hunt the people he captures. His arrogance causes him to commit gruesome things; in this case, murder. Prior to becoming another man’s prey, Rainsford feels that animals have no feelings, but he sympathizes for animals being hunted after he himself becomes prey. His feelings and opinions transform after this experience. “The Most Dangerous Game” consists of three central themes: fear makes an individual crazy, arrogance causes hurtful actions, and some experiences have the potential to alter an individual’s opinion.

In the story The Most Dangerous Game one conflict is man vs nature. Rainsford is fighting nature because he is on a ship and he came across an island. Rainsford falls overboard and has to swim for safety. “All he knew was that he was safe from his enemy, the sea and the other was weariness on him”. In order to survive rainsford hast to swim to the island and find shelter. In the conflict man vs nature this shows Rainsford bravery.

“The Most Dangerous Game”, a short story by Richard Connell, is about a man named Sanger Rainsford that falls overboard on a ship and ends up on a mysterious island. From there he finds civilization and he meets the thrill-seeking General Zaroff that hunts humans to fix his craving for an adrenaline rush. Overtime, the general insists to compete with Rainsford by hunting each other and in the end he got the best of General Zaroff. Sanger Rainsford is a major character that greatly advanced the plot with his dynamic personality and his meaningful actions. From his intelligence and bravery he is able to conquer General Zaroff and prevent anybody else getting hunted by the evil and inhumane General.

In this story “The Most Dangerous Game” By Richard Connell there is a General named Zaroff who was a hunter. Zaroff thought the the most dangerous game was hunting people. The man that was being hunted was named Rainsford. He had fallen off his ship, and swam to the island, and then found Zaroff. There are many parts in this story, and I wanted to tell you about it. Zaroff has done this “hunting” thing for many years. Now there is one man that is going to stop him.

“The Most Dangerous Game” is a suspense filled, nail-biting, edge of your seat kind of short story. Rainsford learns of an island called “Ship-Trap Island” while sailing. Zaroff is introduced to the storyline after Rainsford falls off of the boat. Zaroff is a man with some strange tastes in his quarry that he hunts. Rainsford is a passionate hunter as well, but loves to hunt only animals. Zaroff loves to hunt dangerous game, but when he no longer fears any animal, he sets his sights on hunting human beings. Rainsford finally understands why Zaroff wants to go hunting with him. Zaroff plans to actually hunt Rainsford. During the hunt Rainsford wins the duel by killing Zaroff.

In any story, there must be problems that leave the main character in a predicament. That is the case in the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell. There are three main types of conflicts. One conflict in man versus nature because even though Rainsford is a sailor, he is most hated by the sea. Another, conflict found in the story is man versus himself considering Rainsford must face the toughest challenge of all; himself. Most importantly, the last conflict is man versus man since Rainsford is forced to go head-to-head with General Zaroff. It is crucial that “The Most Dangerous Game” has these three main issues to make the story exciting.

Rainsford in ‘The Most Dangerous Game,’ Della in ‘The Gift of the Magi,’ and Lizabeth in ‘Marigolds,’ are all faced with adversity in different ways. However, all three characters demonstrate that the very best way to handle adversity is by remaining valiant. In ‘The Most Dangerous Game’ Rainsford is faced with adversity when he is launched off a ship. “The cry was pinched off short as the blood-warm waters of the Caribbean Sea dosed over his head. He struggled up to the surface and tried to cry out, but the wash from the speeding yacht slapped him in the face and the salt water in his open mouth made him gag and strangle” (Connell). In ‘The Gift of the Magi’ Della faces adversity when she does not possess enough money to buy her husband a

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.

It had been a week since Rainsford managed to kill the nefarious General Zaroff. The challenging part was almost over or so it seemed. There was not a clear way for Rainsford to escape. As days passed, Rainsford tried to escape. He tried making a boat from driftwood that he found, he tried swimming, he even tried sending a signal by using a flashlight. Rainsford had become so desperate that he even tried some ridiculous plans like trying to pole vault across the ocean. As a result, Rainsford ended up having huge gashes in his left leg ,which got infected, and he had to amputate it. As days turned into weeks, and weeks into months, Rainsford had lost hope and became bitter.

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.

Have you ever been hunted down by a psychopath war general, rabid pack of dogs, and a giant mute knouter named Ivan, and escaped? “The Most Dangerous Game,” by Richard Connell, is about a man named Rainsford who gets stranded on an island with an insane head honcho on a small, isolated island in the Caribbean sea. Behind every work of literature, are literary elements that make it successful. “The Most Dangerous Game” is successful due to descriptive imagery, suspenseful plot, and ability to get to the point.

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