“The Destructors” by Graham Greene and “The Most Dangerous” Game by Richard Connell reveal similarities in both conflict, and brilliant use of suspense in a ploy to keep the reader engaged. The two short stories both hold interesting titles and take place in realistic environments under unrealistic circumstances. Nonetheless both stories relay vague similarities that create a proactive willingness to further explore the stories beyond the first few seconds of reading.
The conflict in both short stories was the main characters ability to make a life-altering decision that would dictate their immediate future. Blackee was faced with the ultimate decision as to if he would allow Trevor otherwise known as T. to lead the group without his presence therefore electing to flee unexpected. Choosing to stay would be succumbing to his belief in the act being one to serious to carryout and leaving would mean abandoning his crew and involuntarily giving T. control over the direction of the Gangs dealings. Since Blackee ultimately decided to stay and adhere to T.’s malevolent plan to literally destroy Old Misery, The Wormsley Common Carpark Gang succeeded in doing just that. His crew wasn’t abandoned; ironically, they rendered a middle-of-the-road interest in whether or not Blackee took part in their endeavors. It seemed to be a shame that he made a decision somewhat based off the welfare of the crew and they disregarded him but even more pity to the man who lost his home and everything he owned. Blackee contributed to the destroying of old Misery causing an already old miserable man even more misery that in the end was only laughed at.
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...d if they were the source of the evenings previous gunshots. The Ultimate anticipation was in if Rainsford after choosing to be hunted could actually survive the hunt and if so would The General hold up his end of the bargain and allow Rainsford the gallantry of being unconstrained. It would have been interesting to know if Rainsford had actually been freed and if so had he spoke of his travels to authorities or any one in fact.
In Summary, both stories were interesting enough to hold the attentiveness of a devout reader. Though they weren’t identical in every element, they both held similarities that contributed to the reader becoming engulfed with eagerness to continue reading. “The Destructors” by Graham Greene and “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell reveal similarities in both conflict, and brilliant use of suspense in a ploy to keep the reader engaged.
In Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game”, he uses several literary devices to keep the reader interested. During Rainsfords journey to and through the island of General Zaroff he partakes in an adventurous journey filled with mystery, suspense, and dilemma. These devices are used to keep the reader interested throughout the story.
The author of “The Most Dangerous Game” is Richard Connell. Richard Connell is an American author and journalist, who wrote a lot of short stories and few novels. His short stories appeared in the Saturday Evening Post and Collier's Weekly. While he was still in high school, Richard Connell was hired as the city editor for sixteen dollars a week. He studied college at Georgetown University, while working as a secretary for his father, who had been elected to Congress. After his father’s death, he moved to Harvard, and started writing for two college newspapers. After graduating, he transferred to New York, but he also left a brief stint in the army during World War |. After that, he moved to Los Angeles and began to write screenplays for major Hollywood movie studios. Richard Connell’s most famous story is “The Most Dangerous Game”, which is still widely read, even nowadays. It has inspired many movies and it’s probably the most frequently anthologized American story.
Throughout our lives, it seems when we have no one else to help us, our most challenging problems occur leaving ourselves to use our wit and emotion to persevere. People can have test or a big game where we have teachers and coaches to help us prepare and succeed. However, in the movie, High Noon, a Marshall named Will Kane is faced with a challenge of an arriving Frank Miller looking to kill. In the short story, "The Most Dangerous Game", a hunger named Rainsford is deserted on a island after he fell off his yacht, and he would soon find out a sociopath with the unique taste for hunting down humans was out for him. With the two characters in these suspense-building products somewhat trapped we can take out many lessons and ideas from the action packed movie and short story. The movie, High Noon, and the short story, "The Most Dangerous Game, are alike and at the same time very different.
As the characters are dropped into dangerous settings, so dangerous that it is between life and death. In the stories “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, “American Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty, and “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut. As the stories are similar they are also different in many ways, such as Setting, Mood, and Conflict. (both internal and external)
The setting of “The Most Dangerous Game” is an indubitable feature that lets the reader get an idea of where this is all taking place and gives the feeling as to what the story should feel like.
The conflict of good and evil presents itself in “The Most Dangerous Game” and “The Child by Tiger” in two completely different ways. One story being commercial fiction and the other being literary fiction, there are many ways of viewing variables such as good versus evil, realistic versus unrealistic stories and moral significance. The stories have different voices and are meant for different audiences, but in viewing the overall moral importance of both fictional works, the story with a greater moral significance is “The Child by Tiger”.
“Rainsford did not smile, I am still a beast at bay,” he said, in a low hoarse voice. “Get ready, General Zaroff.” The General made one of his deepest bows. “I see, splendid! One of us is to furnish a repast for the hounds. The other will sleep in this very excellent bed. On Guard. Rainsford…” [page 76]
Also known as “The Hounds of Zaroff”, “The Most Dangerous Game” is the ultimate showdown between instinct and reason. In this thrilling exploration into the minds of two equally deadly adversaries, Rainsford, our American-born protagonist, fights to save his life in the midst of
“The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell was published in 1924, 6 years after WW1. He served in WW1 and was a writer and editor before that. Around 1924 there were big events that might have caused him to write this story. WW1 ended, the Russian Revolution was happening, and big game hunting in Europe was popular. This story is a modernism piece because a modernism story it has no clear conclusion or just capturing the moments in detail. Connell’s story had an untrustworthy authority figures, movement away from moral goodness, an allegory, and an ambiguous ending. Those are all characteristics of a modernist story.
Rainsford overcomes many obstacles, and in return he receives that special feeling of satisfaction in his body. To start, he overcomes the thought of him being weak. Furthermore, he conquers learning the value of even an animal’s life. Not to mention, he defeats becoming the hunted, when he is the hunter. In the short story Sanger Rainsford outwits General Zaroff in the battle of “The Most Dangerous
The most dangerous game began as a sport for one man. His name is Sanger Rainsford. In Richard Connell’s story “The Most Dangerous Game,” Sanger Rainsford, an avid hunter, is lost at sea, stranded on “Ship-Trap” Island-every sailor’s worst nightmare. Rainsford goes through a series of events that prove to be life-altering. Even though Sanger Rainsford went through many trials and tribulations, he never lost his intelligence, composure, or his bravery.
Kippen, David. "The Most Dangerous Game." Short Stories for Students. Ed. Kathleen Wilson. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 1997. 155-169. Short Stories for Students. Gale. Web. 20 Jan. 2010.
I believe these two stories can be compared because they are both dealing with young black people trying to figure out why they are being discriminated just because of their skin color. They both feel like they should be just as free or equal as white people and not judged so harshly for being born black. They both are attending school during a rough time for colored people. They both just want to make a difference and make people realize that they are not bad people and that they are just as smart as white people. I would say that they both were very unlucky to be born colored during this time period because of the hatred but at the same time they are the ones who could have the biggest impact on changing lives and making it better for colored
“The Most Dangerous Game” is an adventure story, written by Richard Connell. Rainsford, the protagonist of the book, is caught in an ironic situation throughout the story. Richard uses irony in this story to give it dramatic emphasis. Irony is when the reader expects one thing, but in reality, it is not what it seems to be. There are two main types of irony in this story, which causes the reader to pause and revaluate what he has read.
The theme of The destructors are very meaningful, While adult are trying to rebuild the city after the war. Little kids who grownups from war and destruction, are taught by the war which is to destroy. Everything is easy to rebuild after the war, but one's mind that is set and shaped is hard to change. Human are like the youth gangs, they are not lack at intelligence or creative imaginations. But in moral and ethical aspects, people are still in the infant stage of ignorance and are very blind to distinguish between right and wrong.