This essay is comparing and contrasting Rainford and Eckles.Mostly on what what they will do to survive, what ways will they complete that and in what state of mind are they in while trying to save themselves.Rainsford is from The Most Dangerous Game and Eckles is from The Sound of Thunder.The Most Dangerous Game is written by Richard Connell while The Sound of Thunder is written by Ray Bradbury. Who is Eckles and Rainsford?Eckles and Rainsford are both hunters.What is happening during The Sound of Thunder is Eckles is hunting a T Rex while in The Most Dangerous Game, Rainsford is getting hunted by the General.The main difference between Eckles and Rainsford is that Eckles is very panicky and Rainsford is able to keep a calm head.Eckles panicking because he just say the T Rex.“We are fools to come.This is impossible. ”(Bradbury 41).This shows that he panics when his live is in danger.Rainsford reacts differently when General decided to save him for another day. “I will not lose my nerve.I will not”(Connell 70).This shows that Rainsford is able to keep a calm head even after being hunted.Both of the Quotes show how both of the characters react in unsafe …show more content…
conditions.Eckles begins to become panicky and only cares about saving his life but Rainsford stays calm while being hunted and makes smart decisions.Eckles also just panics even after everyone trying to calm him down but Rainsford stops himself from panicking.Eckles does not even try to calm himself down but he just panics and makes everyone else in danger. The similarity between Eckles and Rainsford is that they both will do anything in their power to keep themselves alive.“Eckles,not looking back, walked blindly to the edge of the Path,his gun limp in his arms,stepped off the path, and walked,not knowing it, in the jungle”(Bradbury 42).Eckles saved himself and stepped off the path than rather get potentially eaten by a T rex.It says that he not knowing walks into the jungle but he is still stepping away from the danger.Also by walking off the path he could have changed history which could have killed millions of people but he chose to go off the path to save himself rather than not change the future.Rainsford also had a time where he make fate decide what was going to happen.“Rainsford heard the hounds.Then he leaped far out into the sea”(Connell 74).This shows that rainsford even taking the risk that he would crash into a rock before he would have definitely die.They both did risk that could have killed them rather than knowing that they will die.They both decided to try to survive and hope they would rather than get definitely killed.Eckles while trying to save himself was in a panic so he was not in the right state of mind like Rainsford which he was in a panic but not as much as eckles and also made a decision to save his life without making everyone else in danger.
Eckles and Rainsford are very different in many ways.They are different that Eckles can’t make himself calm and Rainsford is able to stay calm and keep things under control.A thing that they both have in common is that both will do anything to keep themselves alive.This essay was on what what they will do to survive, what ways will they complete that and in what state of mind are they in while trying to save themselves.Rainsford and eckles both take a risk that could have hurt them/ kill them in the end just to make sure that they will survive through the experience.The reason to compare rainsford and eckles is to show how the characters are and show more of their personalities.It also shows how both of them react to a hard situation, what state of mind are they in and what are they willing to do to survive.
While reading The Monkey Wrench Gang, many images appear in one?s mind. The uses of Edward Abbey?s skill of developing characters through language, appearance, actions and opinions make this novel more enjoyable to read. The shaping of each character persuades the reader to believe that, "Oh my desert, yours is the only death I cannot bear."
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.
I found in the three short stories that I read “The Foghorn”, “Sound of Thunder” and “All in a Summer Day” had three common “similarities”. First each of the stories I read had a sense of fear. In the sound of thunder story Eckles saw the tyrannosaurs and he experienced fear because he was so scared of the dinosaur. Also in the fog horn the characters turned the fog horn off and the monster had thought it was its friend and was being betrayed and attacked which scared the characters because they thought it would kill them. And in the last story I read all in a summer day the little girl was scared that the sun might not come and it would continue to rain for the next seven years. Next the stories each had a life lesson that helps to give us advice in the future. First in sound of thunder the theme was don’t mess with time and everything you do affects your future because
The setting in the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” has many similarities and differences to the setting in “The Interlopers”. Though the settings differ in many ways, for example the danger of them and their contents, they are also similar in their mystery and vitality to the plot. These two pieces of writing hold many of the same ideas, but they also are original works that portray them in their own way.
of how John Steinbeck uses extraordinary circumstances to create appeal and realism to the reader.
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Through this essay I plan to analyse 3 short stories from Tim Winton’s book ‘The Turning’. The 3 short stories I have chosen are long, clear view, Immunity and damaged goods, through these short stories I will be focusing on the themes for each of them and seeing if these stories in some way link together through theme or story.
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Throughout the short story, man versus man conflict is delineated. One segment which man versus man is shown is when Rainsford swam the waters of the Amazon, to General Zaroff’s chateau and feuds with General Zaroff. “‘One of us is to furnish a repast for the hounds. The other will sleep in this very excellent bed’”(23). Rainsford and General Zaroff fighting are a demonstration of man versus man conflict because Rainsford is the protagonist and goes up against the antagonist, General Zaroff. Also, the hunt represents how Rainsford in an absolute antithesis to General Zaroff and how they are on contradicting sides. General Zaroff’s and Rainsford’s fight is the main fragment of man versus man conflict in the short story.
This wouldn’t have the same seriousness if it took place at any other location but a thick dark jungle. The first good piece of imagery is when the sea is described as “blood warm”. It puts a picture in your mind of a sea of blood which is an unhappy dark thought but is a link to what is to come and how gruesome it will be. The jungle is so well described in this story because it represents so many parts of the story. Its thickness is described in detail to give you a understanding of what the odds were going against Rainsford. The darkness and light described in the story are key elements to showing what Rainsford feels inside. The darkness is described and gives a sense of enveloping terror and a dis advantage to him. The light on the other hand is talked about in glimpses and is a hopeful
The short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell contains elements of fantasy that helps it to be categorized. These elements include an imaginary setting, an improbable and surprising plot, and a good vs. evil theme. These elements help the author create a story that removes readers from the stress of everyday
The protagonist, Rainsford, in the short story “The Most Dangerous Game”, by Richard Connell is characterized to make an effective protagonist. The characteristics that make Rainsford an effective protagonist are how he is brave, intelligent, and a resourceful character. Rainsford is a brave character as he never lets his panic consume him and he learns to calm himself. Rainsford ponders, ‘“I will not lose my nerve. I will not.” He slid down from the tree, and struck off again into the woods. His face was set and he forced the machinery of his mind to function”’. When Rainsford is on the first day of the hunt he calms himself down and sets his mind on the task at hand, demonstrating his bravery to not give up, a benefit to being an effective
In the “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell and “The Child by Tiger” by Thomas Wolfe, General Zaroff and Dick Prossner both battle internally to overcome their weaknesses that the ultimately succumb to in the end. “The Most Dangerous Game” is cited as a piece of escape literature due to the questioned ending that is perceived by the reader; “The Child by Tiger” serves as a piece of interpretive literature as the reader is left with a feeling of after-shock in the aftermath as the climax is reached. In the “The Most Dangerous Game” and “The Child by Tiger,” two men are portrayed outwardly as normal, kind-hearted individuals. The benign manner demonstrated by these men in the beginning of each story drifts like a fading starlight as the story progresses. As the dingy, opposing sides of Zaroff and Prossner are unveiled, the personalities revealed evidently show how internally kind-hearted individuals struggle in contrast to each other.
Jane Austen’s novel, Emma, can be construed as a novel about games; the characters that love to play them and their pitfalls. The importance of games in Emma may not be as intelligible when first reading the novel, like games, their role may appear trivial. On the contrary, scenes in which the characters take part in various games and riddles are some of the more didactic scenes in the text. It is often the case that there is a game played by the characters, within the game or riddle presented in the scene. In Emma, Austen uses games, both physical and mental, as vehicles to expose the flaws and subtext of characters, as well as a means to drive the plot in this dialogue heavy tale. Furthermore, through analysis of the scenes involving Mr. Elton’s riddle, the word game at Donwell Abbey and the conundrum at Box Hill, it can be argued the games and riddles are representative of the mental games played by the characters.
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