High Noon And The Most Dangerous Game Comparison Essay

People disagree with each other, it is a fact of life. No matter if it is about how water is or is not wet or whether you put the milk or the cereal in the bowl first, people will always disagree. Everyone has minor conflicts, never the less they always share similarities. Everyone has different opinions based on their perspective and their beliefs. In the movie High Noon and the story “The Most Dangerous Game”, there are characters who have different voices because of what their environment is. In both stories, the characters have enemies that fight against them, making them retaliate. In High Noon and “The Most Dangerous Game”, the tables have turned and the protagonists learn what it feels like to have been hunted, through many difficult

situations that compare and contrast in both stories.
In every story the main character confronts their opponent.

In High Noon, the antagonist is Frank Miller, who comes back for revenge for being prosecuted for murder by Will Kane. Will Kane states “I sent a man up five years ago for murder. He was supposed to hang, but up north they committed it to life. Now he’s free—I don’t know how. Anyway, it looks like he’s coming back’” (Foreman 295). Will Kane is not the type of character to run away from his problems, and he is not about to start now, so instead of going on his honeymoon, he went looking for trouble. In “The Most Dangerous Game”, General Zeroff is the type of person that acts superior to everybody, and he has the best of the best when it comes down to food, clothing, or even residency. He has different intentions than Miller though, he says in the beginning of the story “ Life is for the strong, to be lived by the strong and if need be taken by the strong. The weak of the world were put here to give the strong pleasure. I am strong. Why should I not use my gift? If I wish to hunt, why should I not?” (Connell 222). General Zeroff shows that he does not intend to get revenge on people, he wants to show that he is strong and that he is here for a reason. The difference between the movie and the story, is that Frank Miller wants revenge, but General Zeroff wants to prove that he is strong and put here for a

reason.
In everyday life, there are things that surround you, things that make a difference and contribute to the way you act or survive.

An example would be of someone that lives in the mountains, they would adapt to cold weather better than someone who lives in Miami. The same thing happens in High Noon and “The Most Dangerous Game”, depending on where the story takes place, different parts contribute to how the story plays out. “[Ext—From KANE’s point of view. It is completely deserted CAMERA PANS to other extreme of the street. It, too, is empty.]” (Foreman 326). Many people refused to help Kane because they were afraid of what the other towns would think if the isolated townspeople helped Kane out. While Kane was fighting the battle, the townspeople were hiding, refusing to help someone who has helped them more than once. “His eyes made out the shadowy outlines of a palatial chateau; it was set on a high bluff, and on three sides of it cliffs dived down to where the sea licked greedy lips in the shadows” (Connell 215). In “The Most Dangerous Game” the isolated island helps contribute to the story because if the island was not isolated, then nothing would take place there and its reputation would cease to exist. The setting in both stories are very similar because they are both isolated, which means there is no one there to help the struggling main

characters.
Every story has a main character in it, without the main characters actions, there would be no story. In High Noon and “The Most Dangerous Game”, the main characters are Will Kane and Sanger Rainsford. They were both put in situations that changed their point of view on everything. In High Noon, Will Kane says, “You risk your skin catching killers and the juries let them go so they can come back and shoot at you again” (Foreman 307). In this situation, Kane is being forced to hide, which is changing him from a hunter to hunted. “‘For the hunter,’ amended Whitney. ‘Not for the jaguar.’ ‘Don’t talk rot, Whitney,’ said Rainsford. ‘You’re a big-game hunter, not a philosopher. Who cares how a jaguar feels?” (Connell 212). When Rainsford says this, he does not realize how the game will change and he will be hunted by General Zeroff. Once Rainsford was in this position, he used his head and fought back by setting traps, instead of attacking Zeroff like some of the other “visitors”. Will Kane and Sanger Rainsford were both put in challenging situations that changed them from the hunters to the hunted.
In High Noon and “The Most Dangerous Game”, Will Kane and Sanger Rainsford learn what it feels like to be hunted, when they were put in serious situations. There is a small difference in these two stories, but they also have similarities that help the stories to produce similar results. Such as the antagonists, Frank Miller and General Zeroff, they had different reasons for being “the hunter”, one was for revenge and the other to prove a trait. One of the main components that made the stories similar was the setting, they both took place in an isolated place and did not have help from anyone. In addition to setting, a key similarity between High Noon and “The Most Dangerous Game” is how both of the main characters went from hunters to being hunted. Between the movie and the story, there were differences and similarities that made an impact on how High Noon and “The Most Dangerous Game” resulted in the end.