Argumentative Essay: Will Rainsford Ever Hunt Again?

Rainsford will hunt again because hunting is all he has ever done, so he will never stop. Hunting is Rainsford’s career, and he writes books about his experiences to tell people what happens on the hunts like his “book on hunting snow leopards in Tibet”(Connell 23). Rainsford is passionate about hunting, he calls it the “[b]est sport in the world”(Connell 19). Rainsford tells Whitney “you're a big game hunter, not a philosopher” (Connell 19). Rainsford is a hunter, and he doesn't understand opinions against hunting. Rainsford tells Whitney that they “ should have some good hunting up in the amazon” (Connell 19). Rainsford enjoys hunting and he looks forward to more hunting trips, for example, the amazon.

One source of the most significant characteristic of any survivor is Selfish. Rainsford said “I'm a hunter not a murderer, Thank You”. He also said “I will not lose my nerve i will not”. Rainsford is explaining to the general in a very rude way because he doesn't trust the general, he is refusing to hunt a “new animal” aka the man.

He went through a traumatizing thing but he still stayed strong. He never quit. He persevered and stayed strong. He found a way to calm himself down. He calms himself down by promising to never touch a gun again. And when he found out he killed his brother he showed determination by promising not to touch a gun. And he also showed enthusiasm, because he really felt like that decision to not touch a gun was the right thing. So he had passion for what he was doing. He supported himself and that is how he got through his adversity. In “The Most Dangerous Game” it states that, “Rainsford knew he could do one of two things. He could stay where he was and wait. That was suicide. He could flee. That was postponing the inevitable. For a moment he stood there, thinking. An idea that held a wild chance came to him, and, tightening his belt, he headed away from the swamp” (Connell 21). It also says “They would be on him any minute now. His mind worked frantically. He thought of a native trick he had learned in Uganda. He slid down the tree. He caught hold of a springy young sapling and to it he fastened his hunting knife, with the blade pointing down the trail; with a bit of wild grapevine he tied back the sapling. Then he ran for his life. The hounds raised their voices as they hit the fresh scent. Rainsford knew now how an animal at bay feels. He had to stop to get his breath. The baying of the hounds stopped abruptly, and Rainsford's heart stopped too. They must have reached

If Rainsford stays on Ship-Trap Island, he will not have to search for food or find shelter. Rainsford knows there is food on the island because of knowing there is men on the island with him. Rainsford knows “where there are pistol shots, there are men” and if there is men there is food (Connell 22). When he ends up on the island, you know Rainsford is clever by knowing there is men and food somewhere by hearing the gunshots. It is ironic when he ends up on the island because originally he thought it was abandoned but there is actually people on there. After he hears the gun,

He says that quote because he knows how animals get hunted so he would be talking in fear. He says that because he won and he knows how animals really feel when they get hunt so he is talking in completely the challenge. The first quote is “ it sent a shudder of cold horror through his whole being,” (12). The second quote is “I am still a beast at bay,”(15). Rainsford is better person because he how a animals is when it is getting hunted and we won the competition against Zaroff he is a good person because he did not work together with Zaroff for killing people. Rainsford starts to care about animals after he is put in there foot steps for getting hunted the island is still scary nothing change about that and he is a good

When Rainsford first arrives on the island, General Zaroff asks him to hunt and explains the unusual nature of his prey. Rainsford agrees to hunting with Zaroff. Rainsford really likes hunting and he knows what to do so he doesn’t need Zaroffs help. The reason why Rainsford doesn’t need Zaroffs help is because Rainsford knows more about hunting then Zaroff does, that’s probably why Zaroff is asking for Rainsfords help. Zaroff likes hunting for human, but there isn’t a lot of human on that island most of the things on the island are animals. Rainsford only agreed to help Zaroff because that’s the only way off the island and Rainsford doesn’t want to stay on the island. He wants to get off. Well another way he can get off of the island is by

Using what you know is useful to life because you had to learn to look both ways before you cross a street. Well, that's how Rainford feels in Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game.” The issue in this story is that Zaroff (hunter) likes to play a game where he kills people. Rainsford ( hunted), on the other hand, is just a guy who was sleeping and fell off board and went to an island called ship trap island. That's the place where Zaroff kills people. One important lesson readers can learn from Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game” is use what you know to survive.

to be hunted but if you look at things closer you see that Rainsford had some experiences with

Later in the story, Rainsford talks to the General about hunting. It begins as a simple conversation, they are both very educated in the subject, and both men seem to be enjoying themselves. Rainsford starts to get uncomfortable when General Zaroff mentions creating a new animal. When he questions it he is horrified by the General’s answer. “The General smiled the quiet smile of one who has faced an obstacle and surmounted it with success. ‘I had to invent a new animal to hunt,’ he said. ‘A new animal? You’re joking.’ ‘Not at all,’ … ‘So I said: ‘What are the attributes of an ideal quarry?’ … ‘It must have courage, cunning, and, above all, it must be able to reason.’ ‘ ‘But no animal can reason,’ objected Rainsford. … ‘there is one that can,’ ‘But you can’t mean--’ ‘And why not?... I am speaking of hunting.’ … ‘What you are speaking of is murder.’ “(24/25). The rest of the story is filled with Rainsford realizing more and more that being hunted does hurt and he connects with the animals he has killed in the

In The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell, Sanger Rainsford has multiple internal conflicts. One of the internal conflicts is Rainsford vs. being the hunted. Rainsford is used to always being the hunter but when he becomes the hunted he doesn’t know how to react. In the end this internal conflict is resolved. The internal conflict is resolved because the text says “An apprehensive night crawled slowly by like a mounded snake, and sleep did not visit Rainsford” The text later on says “He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided.”

Rainsford over came a lot of obstacles in this story, such as Zaroff, Ivan, and the island. He did this by using his instents, intelligence, and his physical strength. Rainsford was lost, hunted, and now he has a island all to himself. He was very smart to be able to take down a skilled hunter like Zaroff. Does rainsford stay on the island or does he

This actions shows that he isn't afraid of the General even though he was a murderer. Since he had this confidence, he won the fight without being found or even hunted. This scene is significant because just when he swam up to Zaroff, Rainsford knew he won and that the general had not found him and gave up so Rainsford was brave enough to swim to show the general he had won. The author crafts when the general how surprised he was to see Rainsford swim to him and that he had not of found him, during the dangerous game. The story states, “Rainsford” screamed the general. “How did you get

‘But no animal can reason’ objected Rainsford.” In both of these situations Rainsford shouldn’t have overlooked the events. he should’ve realized sailors call it Ship-Trap Island for a reason, however Rainsford only looked at the light of situation. Rainsford also should’ve not overlooked what Zaroff said about the ultimate prey and realized what it was― - a human. If Rainsford didn’t overlook these things and only looked at the light then he might have swam to a different island and not gone through the horrendous

The main character which is Rainsford is a big-game hunter, Rainsford doesn’t care about his prey. All he wants is to kill and hunt. Now from that point of view, readers can see the little bit of insanity in Rainsford by all that aggressive hunting stuff that he does. Rainsford was on a yacht and fell off of it, he ended up swimming to a rocky shore which was called Ship-Trap Island. This island was all about hunting which basically what Rainsford is, a hunter. Before Rainsford fell from the yacht he was with his friend name Whitney, saw an island which was the Ship- Trap Island, this island was a bad and unlucky place for many thing that happened. As Rainsford and Whitney were passing the island, Rainsford said, “I hold the jaguar guns have come from Prudey’s. We should have some good hunting up the Amazon. Great sport, hunting” (Connell, 1). Throughout the part when Rainsford is on the island he saw the general and his name was Zaroff. Zaroff was those types of general that always wants to win, Zaroff read Rainsford’s hunting book and told him “ I’ve read your book about hunting snow leopards in Tibet, you see”(4). As for Rainsford all he wants is for him winning the game. The only thing that could make Rainsford escape is to hunt and try to win, when actually Zaroff wants him to lose. As days passed by, the insanity of

“At daybreak Rainsford, lying near the swamp, was awakened by a sound that made him know that he had new things to learn about fear. It was a distant sound, faint and wavering, but he knew it”(13). From the beginning to the end of the story, nature has a great impact on Sanger Rainsford and the overall plot. The conflict man versus man is what propels the plot forward, making Rainsford a dynamic character and changing his views. Once Rainsford grasps what is happening to him, he is near to losing his head, dueling with his own instincts and mind to keep himself rational. In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game,” by Richard Connell, the conflicts man versus man, nature, and himself are shown and are what progress the story.