Essay Comparing Most Dangerous Game And High Noon

Most people are connected to society. Most people talk to others on a regular basis, but some do not. Some people are completely isolated from society, just like Rainsford and General Zaroff in “The Most Dangerous Game”. Or maybe like Will Kane in an isolated city in High Noon. Although High Noon and “The Most Dangerous Game” are similar, both are different in plots, types of characters, and setting.

Both of the stories have the same idea of isolation. In “The Most Dangerous Game,” Whitney says, “The old charts call it Ship-Trap Island” (Connell 211). The island that Rainsford ends up swimming to is away from everything, and it does not even have a phone in the house. It is in the middle of the Caribbean, away from a big country. “Outskirts

of Hadleyville” (Foreman 288). Hadleyville in the story is a very secluded town. All around the town is just a flat desert with nothing around. These are two very different spots, but they are very similar if you think about it. One only has ocean around it, and the other is surrounded by a desert.
In both of these stories, you have to either kill or run to survive.

“‘If my quarry eludes me for three days, he wins the game,’ Zaroff said” (Connell 223). In “The Most Dangerous Game”, Rainsford must hide from the general for three days, which he then will essentially win the game if he does this. In the chair that Frank Miller supposedly sat in, he says, “You’ll never hang me! I’ll be back! I’ll kill you!” (Foreman 297). In High Noon, Kane must kill Frank Miller and his gang or be killed himself. These ideas are not too different from each other. In one, you must hide or be killed. In the other, you must kill or be

killed.
In both of these stories, the main characters must use their quick wits in order to do what they do.

Each character was a hunter, Will Kane, a marshal, and Rainsford, a hunter himself, but they turn into the hunted. “‘Get ready, General Zaroff’... ‘I see,’ he said. ‘Splendid! One of us is to furnish a repast for the hounds. The other will sleep in this very excellent bed. On guard, Rainsford’... He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided” (Connell 232). Rainsford was being hunted by the General for three whole days until he kills the hunter, Zaroff. Both characters turned from a hunter to the hunted. In High Noon, Kane says, “I guess you all know why I’m here. I need deputies. I’ll take as many as I can get” (Foreman 306). Kane used to hunt the criminals, now he is being hunted by the criminals and needs help. No one helps him though. In both of these stories they are very different in what the character has to do, in one the character has to do in order to survive, and in the other, the character has to kill people in order to survive. Although, both are the same in the idea of hunter to

hunted.
These stories are very different if you do not think, but if you think deeply about these stories, the ideas are very similar to each other. Both of the settings are very isolated. In “The Most Dangerous Game” it is completely away from civilization. In High Noon, it is surrounded by a desert with nothing around it. So in each, no one is able to get help. They are different in what each character has to do to survive, but a little similar. In “The Most Dangerous Game,” Rainsford has to hide from Zaroff to survive. In High Noon, Will Kane has to kill in order to survive. Both Kane and Rainsford are very smart in these stories. Rainsford hides in the smartest spots ever. Kane is very strategic when he is going up against four people. They both were a hunter, but they turn into the hunted. Both of the stories are very similar in the general ideas, but the details in each are very different from each other.