Rainsford In The Most Dangerous Game, By Richard Connell

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Survival skills can take over when in a life or death situation. The protagonist, Rainsford, in the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell is a clear example of this. While on the way to hunting expedition Rainsford is thrown overboard his ship and swims to the nearby shore of Ship Trap Island. He explores the island and finds a chateau. He is invited in by the owner, General Zarroff, and they begin to converse. Here Rainsford learns something dark about this man that will lead to him being on the run for his life. He is forced to let his survival skills, resourcefulness, thinking on his feet, and his good eye, take center stage in the fight for his life.
In the story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell the protagonist, Sanger Rainsford, is a very resourceful person. When Rainsford is thrown overboard his ship he finds himself in a rather odd predicament. He meets a man who he discovers hunts humans for sport. He quickly learns that he will be the next quarry of this man. While on the run he must use his survival skills to stay alive. “With fingers flying he wove a rough carpet of weeds and branches and then he covered the mouth of the pit” (Connell 56). Rainsford is able to use his hunting and wilderness knowledge by creating a trap for his hunter. This example shows that Rainsford is able use what's around him to stay …show more content…

He was resourceful when creating a trap for his hunter out of the nature around him. Rainsford could think on his feet when he made the quick decision to jump off the cliff and into the ocean. Finally, he used his good eye to tell what happened in the forest when he first arrived on Ship Trap Island. When Rainsford went into survival mode he was able to use these traits and many more to stay alive. This shows that when put into a life or death situation the body will use it survival skills to keep itself

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