Hunting can lead to death or death of others. In the story the most dangerous game Zaroff kills people instead of animals. He gets bored of killing animals so he starts hunting humans. He treats human as if they are animals. Rainsford the main character falls off his ship and ends up on the island. Zaroff greets Rainsford into his home but then later tells him about the game. Zaroff wants to hunt Rainsford. The short story was written by Richard Connell. Zaroff is a very good hunter who hunts humans for fun. Rainsford is a professional hunter who ends up on the island. Fear and danger can be felt by the bravest of men.
In the most dangerous game the author uses mood to make the reader feel scared for rainsford. In the middle of the story when rainsford was being chased by zaroff during the game. "I will not lose my nerve. I will not." This quote is saying that he will not freak out and will not get out of focus. In the beginning of the story rainsford fell off his ship
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while he was on his way to hunt. "One superstitious sailor can taint the whole ship's company with his fear."This quote is saying that fear can do bad things and it could maybe hurt someone. In the story in the most dangerous game the mood was scared because the reader was scared for rainsford. The author also uses tone throughout the story.
In the story this happened when Zaroff dogs found rainsford. Rainsford knew that Zaroff had a advantage with the dogs. The lights from the windows sent a flickering illumination that made grotesque patterns on the courtyard below, and Rainsford could see moving about there a dozen or so huge black shapes; as they turned toward him, their eyes glittered greenly.(9). Since Zaroff had a lot of advantages, it made rainsford work hard to survive. Rainsford had to make traps and he had to kill Ivan. At the end of the story Rainsford showed up in Zaroff's room. Rainsford slept in the bed and Zaroff slept with the hounds. Splendid! One of us is to furnish a repast for the hounds. Rainsford didn't have anything to kill with. He had nothing to survive. Zaroff had weapons and dogs. Rainsford tried but believe he couldn't win while Zaroff didn't try and believed that he will win. As the result of Rainsford surviving he won the
game. Death is sometimes caused by hunting. At the end Rainsford survived and showed up in Zaroff's bedroom. Rainsford slept in the bed and Zaroff slept with the dogs. In the most dangerous game mood is being used to make the reader feel scared for rainsford. Throughout the story the authors uses tone. If you are a hunter, you should think about how to protect yourself from being attacked.
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.
After falling off his ship and forced to swim to a mysterious island, Rainsford is faced with a challenge. General Zaroff traps him in a “game” that requires Rainsford to use his skills to survive. He is hunted for three days; where he was chased, tracked down, and shot at. General Zaroff led the hunt to try to kill Rainsford. General was equipped with more firepower and help from his henchman and dogs. But even with his much greater opponent, he was able to survive. Rainsford used his many skills to defeat and kill his enemy. He used quick wit to make traps that would slow Zaroff and kill his dogs and henchman. Then he used his intelligence to escape Zaroff by swimming away, but sneaking back into his own mansion.
In “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, Sanger Rainsford is shown as serious, cunning, and determined. Rainsford is shown to be serious in the story when he speaks
“You’re a big-game hunter, not a philosopher. Who cares how a jaguar feels?”. The story “The Most dangerous Game,” by Richard Connell introduces an adventurous type of thriller with two main characters named Sanger Rainsford and General Zaroff. Both of which are hunters who in the story play a “game” invented by General Zaroff out of pure fear of becoming bored of the hunt. General Zaroff is a big fan of the hunt and everything he says about the hunt is to be taken serious. Rainsford and General Zaroff are described to be excellent hunters through the traps Rainsford makes, all the big game Zaroff has hunted, but Zaroff is better at hunting through the fact that the hunt has began to bore and he needs more of a challenge hunting humans.
In the beginning of the story, Rainsford has a conversation with his friend, Whitney, about hunting animals. Rainford does not care about the animals that he hunts. He believes hunting is only a sport to kill innocent creatures. “‘Who cares how a jaguar feels?’” (1) Showing the reader exactly what he thinks of hunting. Rainsford does not understand that the animals he hunts are like the people that Zaroff hunts. They are innocent, and he is murdering them when he hunts them. Rainsford thinks that Zaroff is insane for murdering people, but Rainsford is also a murderer. When Zaroff hunts Rainsford, the protagonist realizes the terror and pain the jaguars must have felt when he hunted them. Now the roles are reversed, and Rainsford is the one being hunted. “The Cossack was the cat; he was the mouse. The general was saving him for another day’s sport! Then it was that Rainsford knew the full meaning of terror.” (17) Rainsford has changed his feelings about hunting animals now, and he has become a better person. He now takes into account how his prey feels. His interactions with people will also be different, because instead of being extremely overconfident, he realizes that he is not perfectly adept at hunting, and everyone has feelings that matter. In conclusion, Rainsford is now more humble and less overconfident than he was when he began his
Rainsford never really cared how the hunted felt because he was always the hunter and knew that he could kill his game he was hunting and Zaroff changed that. Rainsford was forced to play Zaroff’s game so he could be entertained and to test Rainsfords survival and hunting skills. Rainsford had the difficult choice to either play Zaroff’s game or he gets kill on the spot and is not given a chance to survive. What Rainsford learned made it much better for him to survive Zaroff’s game while being hunted in a jungle. If Rainsford never changed during his experiences he might have not even survived and would have been killed by Zaroff if he never
When Rainsford falls off of the boat, he has to try his best to stay afloat until he can find something to latch on to. He swims vigorously until he reaches Ship-Trap Island. "Jagged crags appeared to jut up into the opaqueness... dense jungle came down to the very edge of the cliffs." It is midday and he is just searching for a place to rest when he runs into Ivan, the astonishingly large guard of the island. Zaroff, the owner of the island, joins in on their conversation about hunting. The conversation is interesting to say the least. Zaroff says, "You'll find this game worth playing…your brain against mine. Your woodcraft against mine. Your strength and stamina against mine. Outdoor chess! And the stake is not without value, eh?" Zaroff is trying to point out that he finds interest in hunting humans, and he wants to know if Rainsford will rise to the challenge. Rainsford is left with a choice to make; will he fight Zaroff, or will he decline and get killed by Ivan. The choice in this situation is pretty self- evident.
Rainsford remarks, “The world is made up of two classes-- the hunters and the huntees,” (1). Where Zaroff believes, “Life is for the strong, to be lived by the the strong, and, if needs be, taken by the strong,” (9). Zaroff hunts humans because, “Hunting had ceased to be what you call ‘a sporting proposition,’ (7) . He seeks and creates a new challenge by hunting innocent sailors. The men’s ideology is central to the story because Zaroff turns on Rainsford and makes him the hunted. Their fight to the death begins as soon as Rainsford demands to be taken off of Ship-Trap Island. Zaroff becomes disappointed in Rainsford not wishing to engage in hunting humans. He no longer considers Rainsford a strong hunter, but rather one of the weak of the world. Rainsford and Zaroff both have extensive hunting knowledge due to their travels around the world. Since both of the men have equal hunting knowledge they attempt to outsmart each other during the deadly game. For example, Rainsford creates a long and complex trail that would hopefully confuse
Facing hardships, problems, or obstacles shouldn’t discourage one from completing their task or job. Many of authors usually put their characters through tough complications to show the reader that no matter what happens; anyone could pull through. In the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connel, the main character Mr. Rainsford gets stranded on an eerie island with a bad reputation. He meets General Zaroff and gets thrown into a huge hunting game, where his life is on the line. In the end, he wins the game and will continue to hunt animals, but not people, as the general once did. He will continue to hunt because one, hunting means everything to him. Two, he will not continue the general’s crazy ways, and resort back to the legal and non-dangerous to other humans sport. Third, he feels powerful when he becomes the hunter and not the hunted. Giving up hunting would be like giving up his life, so just because of a minor block he had to overcome, he will not give up hunting.
“Rainsford did not smile, I am still a beast at bay,” he said, in a low hoarse voice. “Get ready, General Zaroff.” The General made one of his deepest bows. “I see, splendid! One of us is to furnish a repast for the hounds. The other will sleep in this very excellent bed. On Guard. Rainsford…” [page 76]
Rainsford overcomes many obstacles, and in return he receives that special feeling of satisfaction in his body. To start, he overcomes the thought of him being weak. Furthermore, he conquers learning the value of even an animal’s life. Not to mention, he defeats becoming the hunted, when he is the hunter. In the short story Sanger Rainsford outwits General Zaroff in the battle of “The Most Dangerous
In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, Sanger Rainsford is a skilled, widely known hunter from New York City. When he falls off his yacht, he swims to Ship-Trap Island where he meets the owner of the island, General Zaroff, who is also a hunter. Rainsford soon discovers that Zaroff plans a dangerous game in which he traps ships, so he can hunt and kill those on board. The protagonist Sanger Rainsford, and the antagonist, General Zaroff share common beliefs about hunting, but when they are pitted against each other in Zaroff’s inhumane game their truly different personalities, attitudes, and morals conflict, resulting in Rainsford killing Zaroff for the greater good. In different ways, Rainsford and Zaroff each divide the world into two classes. On the
This story consists of two main characters, Rainsford and General Zaroff. Rainsford is an experienced hunter who enjoys the sport and has written a book upon the subject. He hunts because he enjoys it. General Zaroff has been hunting his entire life. Hunting has become dull and he needs something new to hunt. He has hunted the largest most difficult game and still is not challenged. Zaroff then decides to hunt man.
In the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game”, Rainsford is a believable character because he has no ability to comprehend what his prey feels. As Rainsford states, “Who cares how a jaguar feels?” His partner, Whitney, replies with “Perhaps the jaguar does.” (Connell 60) Rainsford could not care less about the creatures that he kills. He is in
He needs to keep himself calm, when his conscious is telling him otherwise. Rainsford kept telling himself: “‘I must keep my nerve. I must keep my nerve.’” (11) He was being hunted down, and it put a lot of stress on him, so he had to stay calm and not lose his nerve. He does a great job of it, and it works in his favor. He stays calm and is able to function properly. Rainsford also needs to make himself realize that animals actually do feel fear. He needs to do this so he can work like an animal does. After being hunted himself, he realizes that animals do get very scared. Rainsford especially needs to make himself block out all his fear. He needs to keep a clear mind so he can think better and so he can make proper choices. He overcomes his fear and beats