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Lawlessness, no matter the location, is and will always be a danger. In the story, The Most Dangerous Game, written by Richard Connell, Sanger Rainsford, a professional hunter, falls of a yacht and into the arms of a man-hunting General named Zaroff. In a similar storyline, but in a form of a film, High Noon, written by Carl Foreman, is about a Marshal named William Kane who struggles between two major decisions: staying back in the city and watching the clock tick by till it whistles at noon, or fulfilling the duty of being a good husband to a Quaker named Amy. Both of the brilliant texts have many disparities such as the characters, yet, they share many similitudes such as the setting and the conflict. Both the settings of the well done storylines contribute to the movie by being lawless and isolated. "He was in a picture with a frame of water, and his operations, clearly, must take place within that frame" (Connell 18). This …show more content…

"No. That's what I've been thinking. They're making me run. I never run from anybody before" (Foreman 58). This dialogue exhibits the character of Kane as a very courageous person. "Won't be here till tomorrow. Seems to me I've got to stay a while. (He reaches for his star) Anyway, I'm the same man--with or without this...(he pins it on)" (Foreman 62). Through this quote, Foreman is trying to show two decisions Kane is stuck between. It shows that he is responsible for the town, and now that he is married, he also has a responsibility towards his wife, Amy. Wearing the badge of a responsible Marshal, Kane puts the town over his marriage. On the other hand, Rainsford isn't really responsible for anything so important and major. He is much younger and is still single. To sum it up, Rainsford only has to watch out for himself while Kane has to watch out for himself, his wife, and the rest of the

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