“You’re a big-game hunter, not a philosopher. Who cares how a jaguar feels?”. The story “The Most dangerous Game,” by Richard Connell introduces an adventurous type of thriller with two main characters named Sanger Rainsford and General Zaroff. Both of which are hunters who in the story play a “game” invented by General Zaroff out of pure fear of becoming bored of the hunt. General Zaroff is a big fan of the hunt and everything he says about the hunt is to be taken serious. Rainsford and General Zaroff are described to be excellent hunters through the traps Rainsford makes, all the big game Zaroff has hunted, but Zaroff is better at hunting through the fact that the hunt has began to bore and he needs more of a challenge hunting humans.
Rainsford may not be the better hunter but his traps throughout the game are impressive. The first
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trap he made is called a Malay mancatcher. This trap consists of a dead tree, leaning precariously on a smaller tree. During this processes “....Rainsford took his knife from its sheath and began to work with all his energy”. This trap had a victim the dead log nearly fell on General Zaroff but the general was quick enough. “His foot touched the protruding bough that was the trigger. Even as he touched it, the general sensed his danger and leaped back with the agility of an ape. But he was not quite quick enough; the dead tree delicately adjusted to rest on the cut living one, crashed down and struck the general a glancing blow on the shoulder as it fell...” Rainsford second trap was the Burmese tiger pit. The trap’s first victim was General’s best dog. The Burmese tiger pit is a pit with stakes at the bottom and is camouflaged so the victim will not be able to distinguish it from the ground. The third trap is a native trick that Rainsford leaned in Uganda (uganda knife trick). This trap is described to be a springy sapling tied back with a knife on it and is supposed to swing toward a trail of where the victim is traveling in order to harm it. The trap’s victim was Ivan, official knouter to the Great White Czar. The traps of Rainsford made him an excellent hunter but the many game that General Zaroff hunted showed his excellence in the hunt. General Zaroff has hunted many game but most impressively he has hunted the Cape Buffalo as well as other animals. Zaroff also hunted jaguars in the amazon because he was told they were cunning, they weren’t. “I was bitterly disappointed.” That disappointment didn’t last very long once the General started living at the ‘inhabitable” island, he hunts the most dangerous game. “ Here in my preserve on this island,” He said in the same slow tone, “ I hunt more dangerous game.” Both of the aspects that showed the characters excellence in the hunt were great but General Zaroff is the better hunter.
General Zaroff is the better hunter because of the fact that there are no other animals that are challenging, hunting was becoming boring. “I was lying in my tent with a splitting headache one night when a terrible thought pushed its way into my mind. Hunting was beginning to bore me! And hunting, remember, had been my life.” Cause of this thought he needed an new animal that can reason and be a greater challenge. Rainsford can not relate because he has not hunted as much as General Zaroff and is much younger. Hunting to Zaroff become too easy. “There is no greater bore than perfection.” The new animal Zaroff has invented to hunt are, men. “ No other hunting compares with it for an instant. Every day I hunt, and I never grow bored now, for I have a quarry with which i can match my wits.” Rainsford knows there are no animal that can reason and figures out that he’s hunting men on his island and asks is this a joke, but knowing General Zaroff everything he says about the hunt is to be taken
serious. In conclusion, both characters can be excellent hunters in the way Rainsford makes his traps, the many animals Zaroff has hunted but Zaroff is the more superior hunter between both because he needs an animal to match his wits. Both of the characters played a game that general Zaroff has made on this island where it is apparently habitable when it was thought it wasn’t. The game was invented because General Zaroff was no longer being amused of the hunt. Rainsford made 3 traps in total, which each had a victim. General Zaroff was one of those victims. There is no bigger or dangerous game then the one that is one Zaroff’s island, that he does hunt everyday, men.
In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” Rainsford was justified in killing General Zaroff. Rainsford is a hunter. He was on a yacht that crashed and he was the only survivor. The island that he swam to was named “Ship Trap Island.” This where General Zaroff lived. He is also a hunter. He has hunted anything you can think of. Even… people. He has the survivors from the ship wrecks “play” his “game.” The survivors go out into the jungle and General Zaroff goes out and finds them. They have three days to survive. If they don’t get caught in those three days, they win. If they lose… they are killed. This happened to Rainsford. Rainsford, thankfully, won the “game.” He shot General Zaroff after his win.
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.
In the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game”, Rainsford was justified in killing General Zaroff. Rainsford is a hunter. He was on a yacht until he fell off the boat. He swam all the way to shore because Rainsford heard three gun shots. He walked upon a gigantic mansion. This house was for a man named General Zaroff. He was an hunter just like Rainsford in a hunt , but hunted humans instead of animals. General Zaroff wanted to kill Rainsford in a hunt with the General. Also, the General threaten Rainsford if he doesn’t hunt with him; he will be sent with Ivan.
In the short story “the most dangerous game”, Rainsford was justified in killing General Zaroff.
A skilled hunter sprints desperately through the woods, realizing the futility of hiding from his greatest foe: his own kind. Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game” is the story of a hunter that becomes the hunted. The story explores the sense of extreme terror the protagonist feels being pursued by a psychopath living on a mysterious island. This protagonist, Rainsford, has many traits that aid him in his battle with the general. By demonstrating his cunning, sly, and remorseful traits, Rainsford shows the story’s theme of “walking a mile in someone else’s shoes”.
First off, General Zaroff is an expert hunter who has hunted many dangerous game. Unlike average people, General Zaroff is hunting game just for sport; he has no intentions to use any of the animal that he has killed. He’s hunting just to kill. Not to mention that he has killed a lot of animals.
Hunting big game animals for sport was a popular pastime with the wealthy classes following World War I. The morality of killing for sport was not questioned in reality, but in this short story the author does question it by taking it a step further and having the protagonist, Sangor Rainsford, hunted by the antagonist, General Zaroff.In a short story full of irony, one of the greatest ironies of Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game” is that General Zaroff repeatedly tells Rainsford that he maintains a sense of civilization on his island.
In Richard Connell’s The Most Dangerous Game Rainsford’s motivations changed from wanting to be a great hunter to trying to stay alive. As Whitney and Rainsford are headed to Rio to hunt they are talking about the great sport itself, hunting. Rainsford agrees with Whitney and says that hunting is, “The best sport in the world” (Connell 1). This shows he enjoys hunting by saying that it’s is the best and most enjoyable sport in the world. If you are passionate about something it can motivate you to try new things and in his case, hunting new animals. After Rainsford falls off the yacht and wanders to the island he then finds a home and knocks on the door. Ivan answers and General Zaroff soon approached Rainsford and saluted him. After allowing
All around it was quiet. [ADM2]The birds were chirping and the leaves were blowing. Suddenly, a man fled from the brush, holding only a knife in his right hand. After the fleeing man had ran some distance, another man came out of the brush holding a revolver. This man walked calmly after the fleeing man not worried that the he would escape. The old, erect man stopped, and loaded his revolver. He then took aim, shot a round and hit the fleeing man just as he turned around. The man dropped as he died instantly. The old man then walked over to the game he had just killed, grabbed the body by the shirt, and dragged the body into the brush. Richard Connell's The Most Dangerous Game is a story based on a man who thrives for hunting humans[ADM3]. The way Connell wrote this short story reveals some characteristics about him. The Most Dangerous Game is a psychological story about the author facing and overcoming fear.
Rainsford is talking with the general about the best game to hunt and is astonished by what he is hunting now.
In the story, Zaroff and Rainsford are both enjoy hunting, and are both excellent and skillful hunters
The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell tells the classic tale of the "hunter becoming the hunted" but poses its ' own twist onto it. The story
In the story The Most Dangerous Game a character named General Zaroff has a passion for hunting. He has been hunting since he was born. He has hunted every animal known to man, but, then he gets tried of hunting the same animal over and over. So he discovers a new animal human flesh. General Zaroff is person of bad character because he is cruel, cowardly, and untrustworthy.
To Mr. Rainsford, hunting is like football to a NFL player. Hunting plays a huge role in his li...
When I hear the word hunting I think of a man in the woods shooting animal, but I've never thought of a man hunting a man. In the story "The Most Dangerous Game", Rainsford is washed up on a mysterious island. He sees nothing but a dark house, so he goes up to the door and immediately is welcomed in by a man named Zaroff. They're having a good dinner until Zaroff explains that he's a hunter. He is not like most hunters though. He hunts humans. As soon as Rainsford realizes this, he wants to get out the island, but it won't be that easy. Zaroff makes Rainsford hide in the woods, if he can make it three days without being hunted he can leave. In the movie we watched, called "high Noon", a murder named Frank Miller is coming to town to get revenge. Frank Miller is back to kill the main character Will Kane. In both stories the men are alone and must fight for their life.