Hunters In The Snow Literary Analysis

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The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell and Hunters in the Snow by Tobias Wolff share many similarities as well as differences. The Most Dangerous Game leans more on the commercial side of fiction. Hunters in the Snow, however, leads on the literary side of fiction. Both stories involve conflict with man, man’s self, and nature.
The conflict with man is quite noticeable in both of the stories. However, The Most Dangerous Game is commercial fiction so the plot is more straightforward. Throughout the story, the protagonist, Rainsford, is ruthlessly hunted by the antagonist: General Zaroff. Rainsford has to continually hide from General Zaroff. There even comes a point in the story when Rainsford has to kill General Zaroff’s henchman, Ivan,

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