Where does the line of sport and murder intersect in hunting? Is it when the species being hunted is able to reason? Or is it when the species being hunted looks just like the hunter? In both movie and film, we see a man fight for his life and another going against all codes of ethics. While Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game” and Ernest B. Schoedsack’s film adaptation both have several similarities, the difference are also apparent in each respective media.
TMDG is a gothic tale of a famous hunter, who had an accident at sea, named Rainsford. He swims his way to the shores of an island that is populated by another hunter, by the name of Zaroff, and his henchmen, Ivan. Rainsford is greeted with five star hotel hospitality until Zaroff brags
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In both film and story, Rainsford expresses his lack of sympathy for his prey. Similar to the story, Rainsford meets Ivan first and can’t get through to him and then, he’s greeted by Zaroff. In the film, Zaroff knows that Rainsford is a famous hunter and has read his books, just like in the story. Moreover, Zaroff reveals that a cape buffalo gave him the scar on his head. In the same manner, Zaroff tells Rainsford how he stocks his island with human prey. Just as the film showed Zaroff has a room filled with human heads, and that’s also mentioned in the story. Furthermore, Rainsford uses the same traps (Malay Mancatcher, Burmese Tiger Pit, and a native Uganda Trick) in the film as he did in the story. In addition, Rainsford kills Ivan with the same native Uganda trick. Both film and movie, unveils that Rainsford kills …show more content…
He’s alive and has stopped Zaroff from his hunting of a “new animal” but, does man really have a say in who’s life is valuable over the other? Rainsford was against killing man at the beginning but ended up murdering or… “hunting” two at the end of his journey. So, where does the line of sport and murder really
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.
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 beginning of the story, Rainsford has a conversation with his friend, Whitney, about hunting animals. Rainford does not care about the animals that he hunts. He believes hunting is only a sport to kill innocent creatures. “‘Who cares how a jaguar feels?’” (1) Showing the reader exactly what he thinks of hunting. Rainsford does not understand that the animals he hunts are like the people that Zaroff hunts. They are innocent, and he is murdering them when he hunts them. Rainsford thinks that Zaroff is insane for murdering people, but Rainsford is also a murderer. When Zaroff hunts Rainsford, the protagonist realizes the terror and pain the jaguars must have felt when he hunted them. Now the roles are reversed, and Rainsford is the one being hunted. “The Cossack was the cat; he was the mouse. The general was saving him for another day’s sport! Then it was that Rainsford knew the full meaning of terror.” (17) Rainsford has changed his feelings about hunting animals now, and he has become a better person. He now takes into account how his prey feels. His interactions with people will also be different, because instead of being extremely overconfident, he realizes that he is not perfectly adept at hunting, and everyone has feelings that matter. In conclusion, Rainsford is now more humble and less overconfident than he was when he began his
With Rainsford meeting Zaroff on an exotic location, it is apparent that their experiences have taken them all over the globe and put them into a variety of diverse, yet similar, situations. Upon their first encounter, Rainsford's book on hunting snow leopards is mentioned and the reader can imply that he has hunted in arctic areas that a normal hunter would not dare to go. However, the confidence Zaroff displays throughout the conversation dismisses any initial impressions on who the better hunter ...
“An abrupt sound startled Rainsford. Off to the right he heard it, and his ears, expert in such matters, could not be mistaken. Again he heard the sound, and again. Somewhere, off in the blackness, someone had fired a gun three times.” (2). This abrupt sound is what lead Rainsford to the island and got him into multiple conflicts including, man versus man, man versus himself, and man versus nature. For example, the conflicts Rainsford faces consists of man versus nature , man versus man, and finally man versus himself.
In the story, Zaroff and Rainsford are both enjoy hunting, and are both excellent and skillful hunters
There are many stories and movies that you are able to be compared and contrasted because of there similar and different ideas. High Noon and The Most Dangerous Game have many differences and similarities that you can compare and contrast. An example would be how the characters take place in similar situations such as being hunted down. Both stories take place in the early 1900's such as 1924 and 1952. Both of these stories have differences such us the plot which brings each story to their differences. Another situation which both of the stories are similar in is the setting. The setting is set with isolation and in the middle of nowhere which gives these stories something to compare about and the events that take place. Overall each story
At the beginning of this short story, on the yacht, Rainsford states to his friend Whitney, “The world is made up of two classes-the hunters and the hunted.” (Connell 40). This quotation sets a path for the rest of the story, as almost everything from this story reflects upon this idea. From Rainsford’s point of view his life is all about hunting. He has only stood on the side of a hunter, and he observes everything else as the hunted, which is a very narrow interpretation of the world. This is ironic, as he becomes the hunted while playing the dangerous game with General Zaroff, which he was not expecting. This quotation also foreshadows that there is going to be a dangerous game/a hunt, which ...
In the short story "The Most Dangerous Game" Rainsford was guilty of cold-blooded murder when he killed General Zaroff. In the short story "The Most Dangerous Game" Rainsford is is a hunter and a well known book writer and general Zaroff is a military leader and a hunter as well. So, general Zaroff can hunt every game there is, and he got bored of them and started to hunt humans, then he bought an island and people started to call it "Ship Trap Island". So, Rainsford fell off his boat or ship and had to swim to the island where he heard gunshots. Then Rainsford met General Zaroff and had a conflict with him. Then Rainsford was being hunted and won the game then killed General Zaroff.
Hunting is the practice of pursuing any living thing, usually wildlife or feral animals, by humans for food and survival (“Hunting”, 2011). Hunting has been traced back to the beginning of man. In American culture, hunting has always been a way of life. The Native Americans and early American settlers hunted to survive, that is so they did not die of starvation, just in case that is in any way confusing. Today however, puny-minded individuals see it not as a way of life, but as a thirst for blood and murder. In order to survive, men had to hunt to provide food for their families and communities, and if unsuccessful, they would go hungry. Their survival depended upon what they hunted and killed, leaving nothing to waste. Every part of the animal was used from the bones to the meat to the pelt, to satisfy the needs of survival. Men had to be creative to outsmart these cunning animals; therefore, a wide variety of weapons were use...
In the game, General Zaroff arms everyone on that crew with a knife and a pack of food and each and gives them a three-hour head start. When three hours has passed, General Zaroff hunts them down with a pistol of the smallest bullet size and range, and if someone who is being hunted stays alive for three days, they win. If a person who is supposed to be hunted refuses to play, they are whipped. If they are close to winning, General Zaroff brings out his pack of vicious and ruthless dogs, and because of the general’s unfair method of this cruel game, he has not lost one game after playing this for countless years. When General Zaroff explains to Rainsford that he will hunt again the next day and he wants Rainsford to hunt alongside him, Rainsford cannot bring himself to participate. Since Rainsford is not hunting, he ends up being hunted, and he wins. This short story applies to the first interpretation of “Character is what you are in the
“I hunt more dangerous game….” Similarities and differences can appear anywhere, especially in the short story and the movie called The Most Dangerous Game. They have similar, yet different expositions, characters, and plots with conflicts. Many people say that books or short stories are better than movies because of the similarities and differences that are found. Books or short stories are usually more descriptive, informative, and do not stray too far from the central idea or main theme, while movies only fall into one or two of these categories. Movies hardly ever fall into all three categories, however if they do the movies become better. This is not the case with The Most Dangerous Game. One place where movies and short stories have major similarities and differences is at the beginning of the story or the exposition.
A good thing to learn about rainsfords choice was that in total he did more right than wrong, Rainsford killed Zaroff because he knows that he will fight back and possibly kill Rainsford and more innocent humans. Rainsford did not only think about himself, he thought about what damage Zaroff has already done and what Zaroff can still do. Our society struggles to make sure that people are using their moral and ethical compasses correctly like for example, the Dakota Access Pipeline vs Standing Rock Sioux event. Some people don't care about the Native American’s water supply and think its ok to possibly contaminate the water in the future for the cause of oil, but as of now the US is saying that they will try and reroute the pipeline so it won't be able to contaminate the water supply. That decision was made by people that used their ethical and moral
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G. Zaroff is a cruel person because instead of hunting animals, he hunts humans and does not care for the value of life. He displays this quality when he tells Rainsford “I refuse to believe that so modern and civilized a young man as you seem to be harbors romantic ideas about value of human life. In this quote he shows his cruelness because he doesn’t care about humans but himself. He also doesn’t care for the value of human life.