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Rainsford & Eckels the similarities
The most dangerous game by Richard Connell and The sound of thunder by Ray Bradbury have two main characters that are very similar. The the similarities between Rainsford and Eckels are more than abundant for comparing. The biggest similarity between Rainsford and Eckels are hunting.
In the sound of thunder Eckels goes on a safari to hunt for a tyrannosaurus rex. This means he is most like likely to be a big game hunter for his own enjoyment. In the most dangerous game Rainsford is a big game hunter and is traveling around the world to find the most dangerous creatures of the world. Eckels and Rainsford are both thrown into an unknown situation where they are tested in their own tactics. They both do an
excellent job at surviving the climatic part of their story but in the end get to go home at the end of the day. In conclusion both Rainsford and Eckels have many similarities which if they met then they would get along amazingly. The most dangerous game and the sound of thunder are both amazing short stories.
In the book and movie of “The Westing Game” there are many similarities. Turtle wins the game. She also kicks people. Sam still wants to punish Crow. He also plays four people. The will is
There are many similarities and differences between the story “The Most Dangerous Game” and the episode of Gilligan's Island that we watched. Some similarities include: someone is being hunted, the setting is similar, and both victims get away in the end. Some differences include: the moods of the stories, the strategies that are used by the huntees, and how the hunter got to the island.
The most dangerous game began as a sport for one man. His name is Sanger Rainsford. In Richard Connell’s story “The Most Dangerous Game,” Sanger Rainsford, an avid hunter, is lost at sea, stranded on “Ship-Trap” Island-every sailor’s worst nightmare. Rainsford goes through a series of events that prove to be life-altering. Even though Sanger Rainsford went through many trials and tribulations, he never lost his intelligence, composure, or his bravery.
In both books they share some traits, even though they may not look anything alike they are. both of these novels are dystopian novels and many characters share similarity’s.
The two story High Noon and "The Most Dangerous Game" are alike in some ways, but very different in many other ways also. High Noon is a story about an honest man named will khan; Who is a Marshall that has sent a prisoner to jail named frank Miller. Who has now come out of jail to get revenge on will. When will needs the towns people of hadleyville for help to defeat frank when he comes after will no one helps. In the other hand "The Most Dangerous Game" is about two very skilled hunter between Rainsford who get trapped on Ship-Trap island by Zaroff who owns the island. When Rainsford realizes what Zaroff hunts in his island he must leave as soon as possible. Zaroff tells Rainsford he could either hunt with him or against him.
Who is Eckles and Rainsford?Eckles and Rainsford are both hunters.What is happening during The Sound of Thunder is Eckles is hunting a T Rex while in The Most Dangerous Game, Rainsford is getting hunted by the General.The main difference between Eckles and Rainsford is that Eckles is very panicky and Rainsford is able to keep a calm head.Eckles panicking because he just say the T Rex.“We are fools to come.This is impossible. ”(Bradbury 41).This shows that he panics when his live is in danger.Rainsford reacts differently when General decided to save him for another day. “I will not lose my nerve.I will not”(Connell 70).This shows that Rainsford is able to keep a calm head even after being hunted.Both of the Quotes show how both of the characters react in unsafe
In both books, these two gangs decide to have a rumble, a fight with all the members of the two gangs. This is one similarity between these books.
In Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game”, he uses several literary devices to keep the reader interested. During Rainsfords journey to and through the island of General Zaroff he partakes in an adventurous journey filled with mystery, suspense, and dilemma. These devices are used to keep the reader interested throughout the story.
I found in the three short stories that I read “The Foghorn”, “Sound of Thunder” and “All in a Summer Day” had three common “similarities”. First each of the stories I read had a sense of fear. In the sound of thunder story Eckles saw the tyrannosaurs and he experienced fear because he was so scared of the dinosaur. Also in the fog horn the characters turned the fog horn off and the monster had thought it was its friend and was being betrayed and attacked which scared the characters because they thought it would kill them. And in the last story I read all in a summer day the little girl was scared that the sun might not come and it would continue to rain for the next seven years. Next the stories each had a life lesson that helps to give us advice in the future. First in sound of thunder the theme was don’t mess with time and everything you do affects your future because
As the characters are dropped into dangerous settings, so dangerous that it is between life and death. In the stories “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, “American Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty, and “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut. As the stories are similar they are also different in many ways, such as Setting, Mood, and Conflict. (both internal and external)
In “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, the protagonist (Rainsford) struggled with the actions of the antagonist (General Zaroff) throughout his adventure. The images used to describe the island, deadly swamp, and castle show that it is inhabited and a dangerous place with the use of setting, imagery, and the tone Connell shows Rainsford’s difficulties, persistence, and triumph to the audience. By using these key aspects, Connell makes important connections to the theme while alluding to hunting as the main concept of this whole adventure.
The plot in “The Most Dangerous Game” is simple, obvious and unrealistic. There is a “good guy” trying to escape from the “bad guy” who lives on Ship-Trap Island. Rainsford clumsily tumbles off of his yacht into the “blood-warm waters” (59), starting the game. His belief that animals are unable to feel and understand fear makes him the perfect, unsuspecting prey in the irony of the story. The miraculous return of Rainsford to slaughter Zaroff is the most straightforward example to the unrealistic manner of this piece. In “The Child by Tiger” there is greater artistic unity in the series of events. Dick, a handyman to the Sheppertons, is a role model to the boys in the story and they look up to him because he is fun to be around and he teaches them good morals. The resignment of the cook and Dick’s pent-up feelings he keeps inside spark something in him to kill people. During Dick’s rampage, he kills not only white men but black men, too. He is not racist like the white people are—any person standing in his way gets shot. His act of murder is artistic and swift, he kills people with one, clean blow and moves on expressionless.
The leaves crunch under your feet. Wind is blowing through the trees and through your hair.Your heart leaps every time you hear or see something move. You are hunting. This is something both Rainsford, from “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, and Travis, from “A Sound of Thunder” by Ray Bradbury, love to do. In “The Most Dangerous Game,” Rainsford gets stranded on an unkempt island and has to, as a game, try to outsmart the man who owns the island without getting killed. In “A Sound of Thunder,” Travis goes back in time with a group of people to kill a t-rex. Travis and Rainsford are both similar because hunting is a big part in both of their day-to-day lives, and it’s something they both love a lot. As I said earlier, Rainsford and
“The Most Dangerous Game” gives a reader a sense that there is a fun game being played, that might be dangerous to the people who play it. In the story, it turns out that the game is not a fun game, but it turns out to be a game between life and death. General Zaroff tells Rainsford, “[y]ou’ll find this game worth playing…the stake is not without value” (18). By saying this, the value that is at stake is the life of the individual that it involves. Anything that involves risking a life is not a game to most people, which makes it ironic how Zaroff calls it simply a game. Also, the word game is used to describe the size of an animal that is being hunted. Richard Connell titles the game in this story as “The Most Dangerous” (8). Richard uses verbal irony when he writes this title. If someone is hunting the most dangerous game, then that hunter’s life is in the most danger when he hunts that
Even though these two books may seem very different, they also share many similarities. Though they are not related through their plots, they definitely share some very important themes and resemblance of characters. Through these similarities, two different stories in completely different time frames and locations can be brought together in many instances.