The Interlopers Compare And Contrast

The setting in the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” has many similarities and differences to the setting in “The Interlopers”. Though the settings differ in many ways, for example the danger of them and their contents, they are also similar in their mystery and vitality to the plot. These two pieces of writing hold many of the same ideas, but they also are original works that portray them in their own way.
The two settings contain several cases of similar details and events occurring. “Dense jungle came down to the very edge of the cliffs,” (Connell). “The forest lands of Gradwitz were wide extent and well stocked with game,” (Saki). Both stories take place in a dense wooded area that holds many dark twists and turns, the land itself

holds some kind of secret or mysterious aspect. “it was the most jealously guarded of all it’s owner’s territorial possessions,” (Saki).
Each setting is a large part of the plot, in “The Most Dangerous Game” the deep jungle is the perfect grounds for General Zarof’s hunting game, while in “The Interlopers” the feud over that specific land is what brought them out that night. Though the two settings and plots are very different, they have many important aspects in common.
The settings in each story are similar but overall they are two different places that hold different meanings. “no crushed blade of grass, no bent twig, no mark, no matter how faint, in the moss,” (Connell). “All around them lay a thick-strewn wreckage of splintered branches and broken twigs,” (Saki). The jungle of “The Most Dangerous Game” is incredibly dense and dangerous, it is a tropical setting as opposed to the fairly average wooded area in “The Interlopers”. “avoid the big swamp in the southeast corner of the island, we call it Death Swamp. There’s quicksand there,” (Connell). “One arm lay numb beneath him, the other held almost as helplessly in a tight tangle of forked branches,” (Saki). The jungle does hold danger in it, but the main danger that Rainsford encounters is General Zaroff, unlike the other story. Ulrich and Georg do face the danger of the other man, but the harm that comes to them is purely from nature. Multiple story-defining characteristics vary from story to story.