“Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws” (Plato). Plato’s quote resembles “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, by showing how Rainsford didn’t approach the General’s house to steal anything else he isn’t allowed to have. Instead, he goes along with the game. He believes in himself to win the game. General Zaroff finds a way around the law by cheating. He does so by making himself the exception to the laws. Rainsford doesn’t find a way to cheat, but to outsmart the General. “The Most Dangerous Game” by Connell, portrays how civilization in people will turn into savagery when necessary for survival, and how mindsets change when faced with a challenge.
General Zaroff has his own ways on his island, and to him they’re seen as “civilized” (26). For example, he hunts people for sport and says that there are the hunter and the huntees of the world (25). His sport gives him ecstasy, giving him the urge to keep playing. His addiction, makes him feel imperious as if he is the best hunter created. In addition, when Ivan is killed by Rainsford’s native trick, the General didn’t mind (34). He is apathetic for
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others. This trait goes great paired with the sport of killing others which is why he does it. General Zaroff is a savage in reality when he is in his own world. Rainsford’s witts came to sense when the General challenges Rainsford to see who is the better hunter.
For example, Rainsford decides to jump into the sea and go into the General’s home (34). He is nimble. His mind can expand on ideas immediately. Such as, figuring out a way to beat the creator at its game. In addition, when he is running from the General, he remembers a native trick and utilizes it (33-34). He reiterates ideas he’s been taught, and puts them into play. He’s trying to impede the General before the General can catch him. Furthermore, he tries to make the General obscure about his position (22). He’s trying to be in the mindset of hunters. He’s underestimating the General, but he soon finds out that it’s going to be vice versa. Rainsford subdues problems he is faced
with. Most human don’t live up to their name. Being humane is to be benevolent. If humans are humane to each other, the world can be at ease. “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell shows that there are different kinds of people that interpret morality differently. General Zaroff is not tolerant of his species one whole, like all the fish in the pond. The two characters both see each other as different people. The General sees Rainsford as the prey, as Rainsford sees the General as a fellow hunter. The story shows how people change when they’re given a transformative situation. Megan Cao Cao 1 Connell, Richard. Universal Access: Holt Interactive Reader. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Print.
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 Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, General Zaroff is shown as crazy, Fearless, and Playful. General Zaroff is shown to be crazy in the story when he traps people on his island and then hunt them. “No animal had a chance with me anymore”(. This quote shows that Rainsford is crazy because during this part, he is hunting real living humans. During the story, General Zaroff is also Fearless. He shows that he is when he is hunting Rainsford and he knows he is in the tree but doesn't kill him because he wants a better fight. “His eyes stopped before they got to the limb where Rainsford laid and he smiled”. General Zaroff shows that he is fearless during this scene because he could get killed if he lets him live for a better fight but
In “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, Gen. Zaroff is shown as insane, intelligent and competitive. Zaroff is shown to be insane in the story when he explains who he hunts. “So I said: ‘What are the attributes of an ideal quarry?’ and the answer was of course ‘It must have courage, cunning, and be able to reason… My dear fellow, there is one that can… Why should I not be serious, I am speaking of hunting” (Connell 69-70). This quote shows that Gen. Zaroff demented is because during this part, he is hunting humans for fun. During the
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.
Madame Defarge tries to kill and hurt everyone who opposes her in Tale of Two Cities. Her only hobby is knitting, and she knits as a way to show anger and bring fear to her enemies. She knits a list of people who die in the revolution. The essay shows how Madame Defarge has motives for her killings, her allies, and if the behavior is justified.
Another fear erected from this novel is the power of seduction over feebleminded women. Evident in a passage from Zofloya, Victoria was swooned even by the sound of his voice, ‘Oh, Flattery, like heavenly dew upon the earth, gratefully dost thou descend upon the ear of woman! Indescribable pleasure dilated the bosom of Victoria, as she listened to the honied accents of the delicate Moor’ (Dacre 156). This villain had a hold over her making it easier to push her towards evil deeds. He promised her security after committing the crimes she wished, ‘…you shall see your desire fulfilled, and I will preserve you from every danger and suspicion’ (Dacre 181). Victoria had wished Berenza dead and Lilla out of the way but required the extra push from Zofloya.
The Crucible, a play written in the 1950’s by American playwright, Arthur Miller, is based on the chaotic witch hysteria in Salem, Massachusetts during the 1600’s. Abigail, a sinful protagonist in the play, is the root to the myriad problems that conspire throughout the play. She is to blame for the executions of innocent citizens, and for acts of lechery between marriages. An important reappearing theme throughout the play is one’s reputation and the extremes the characters would take in order to preserve their name. The characters in The Crucible, particularly, Parris, John Proctor, and Judge Danforth, use the sanctity of their names to prioritize how they will look in the public eye, rather than what is beneficial to them individually.
... only shows his rational thinking but also his capability to work situations to his advantages.By killing the hunter, he not only escapes death but overpowers his instincts to kill. He transforms into a superior individual with more chances to live a better life. Therefore, Harrison and Rainsford both desire free life but attain different results because of their temperaments.
Do you know the definition of a serial killer? Maybe you have your own definition, such as: a person that mass murders people in the grocery store. Or: a crazy human being that kills people more than once. According to Dictionary.com, a serial killer is defined as “a person who carries out a series of murders, often with no apparent motive and typically following a characteristic, predictable behavior pattern.” General Zaroff from the story The Most Dangerous Game fits almost exactly into that definition. He makes the worst decisions over all of our short stories because he takes innocent lives with great intention, he takes immense pleasure in doing so, and he does it repeatedly.
Media makes celebrities seem as if they live life facing no problems or hardships. In reality, they do not live a perfect life, but that characteristic of celebrities' life tends to go unseen. In Charles Dickens’s, A Tale of Two Cities, Dickens develops Mr. Lorry into a character where business engulfes his life. Mr. Lorry continually tries to suppress his emotions using many different strategies. Even though business is always Mr. Lorry’s top priority, he always has a special place in his heart for the people he cares about, the Manette’s. Through the use of characterization and dialogue, Charles Dickens uses Mr. Lorry to promote how humanity overrides one’s business side no matter how hard they try to suppress it.
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.
Jack Wilson lives in a small town in Ipswich with his wife, Samantha. Jack is an amateur when it comes to soccer even though he has regional championships. However, he has to give up being a professional football because he needs to take up a job to feed his family. Soccer never left him, he dreams of the day when he will sire a son who will bring a cup for Australia. Unfortunately, his wife gives birth to two daughters; who are Kate and Sareen. Jack’s brother also lives with him. He has a son who is the same age as Kate and Sarah. One day when Jack and his wife return from the market, some villagers bitterly complain to him about how their sons have been beaten up. Jack assumes that his nephew has beaten up those boys. However, he soon realizes that it is his older
Ulrich Von Gradwitz and General Zaroff got some similarities but they have differences too these two are from two different stories Ulrich Von Gradwitz Is from the story of the interlopers and General Zaroff is from the most dangerous game story. General Zaroff lives in a mansion on an island. He has a messed up mind. He likes to hunt, but he doesn't like the same hunting as others he likes different type of hunting, he really likes challenges. He likes stuff to challenge his mind, and also will shoot boats out of sea. He welcomes people into his home clothes and feed them. But there is a twist to it, he will not call for help. He likes to keep them as prisoners. If it's pleasing to him he will give them a knife and sets them off to the forest
In the most dangerous game i will be talking about how rainsford shows perseverance in several ways.one paragraph where perseverance in shown is paragraph 197 “then he leaped out to sea”.another part where he shows perseverance is in paragraph 187 “rainsford i'll see what you can do against my whaleback.another part where he shows perseverance is in paragraph 206 “he had never slept in a better bed rainsford decided”and finally the last paragraph of perseverance is in