Brief Summary: The Most Dangerous Game By Richard Connell

Hunter vs. the hunted is one of the main points in Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game.” Sanger Rainsford swims to Ship-Trap Island after falling off the ship on which he was traveling. On the island, Rainsford finds food and lodging with its sole human inhabitants, General Zaroff and Ivan. Zaroff reveals that he intends to hunt Rainsford, since he finds hunting humans most exciting. Rainsford manages to out-smart Zaroff and is waiting in the General’s bedroom when he returns. The authors’ use of characters: Sanger Rainsford, General Zaroff, Whitney, and Ivan, setting: ship, jungle, and island, and symbolism: the island and jungle, help to develop the theme, one who hunts will someday become the hunted.

“I can’t believe you are serious, General Zaroff. This is a grisly joke.” The Most Dangerous Game is a short story by Richard Connel. In the story, a famous hunter named Rainsford tragically falls off his yacht and has to swim to an infamous island known as Ship-Trap Island. During the rest of the story, Rainsford meets a crazy hunter, finds out the secrets of the island, and has to use his hunting skills to stay alive. I believe that Zaroff’s and Rainsford’s conflicting views on the ethics of hunting will cause tension between them and make the story more exciting and full of action.

Underestimation and cruel actions lead to many things. In “The Most Dangerous Game,” author Richard Connell reveals a conflict between the main characters, General Zaroff and Rainsford. Rainsford was to play the most dangerous game created by Zaroff, because the only way to survive, is to win it, otherwise death is the only other option. As demonstrated through the use of personification, symbolism, and repetition in the story, it conveys that one should understand to never underestimate another person and remember that there will always be a consequence for the wicked things that one has done.

Zaroff is purely unconscious, and has no compassion or remorse for his actions. His demented mind forces him to believe that it is moral to hunt all living creatures, when in reality he is actually murdering a human soul. The general is sadistic as well as arrogant. He is mentally unstable, insane, and he denies the fact that he is committing something as bad as what he is doing. According to General Zaroff, hunting for him has been consumed by boredom and he no longer sees hunting as a challenge. Consequently, he chooses to hunt a certain “creature” with a higher mental stability of the creatures he has hunted before.(Connell 21) As Zaroff became comfortable with Rainsford, he

The first device he assembled was a Malay mancatcher; this is a dead tree that is propped up against a living one, and when the trigger is activated, the dead tree falls and hits the target. “Even as he touched it, the general sensed his danger and leaped back with the agility of an ape. But he was not quite quick enough; the dead tree, delicately adjusted to rest on the cut living on, crashed down and struck the general a glancing blow on the shoulder as it fell (pg. 26).” But that didn’t stop Zaroff, for he is a strong hunter that has been through an excessive amount of pain in his lifetime; with this pain comes experience, and with this experience he realized that Rainsford was different than most of the sailors that played his game, for he said, “ ‘You are providing interesting Mr. Rainsford,’ ” and after that, “ ‘I am going now to have my wound dressed; it’s only a slight one. But I shall be back. I shall be back’ (pg. 26) .” This trap proved effective, for it slowed Zaroff down a small amount when he went to have his shoulder mended, but the next proved adequate as well.

When Rainsfords finds out that General Zaroff likes to hunt humans, he feels very shocked. Rainsfords what's to get off the island before he gets killed

Whenever you hear the word evil or immoral, what pops up into your head? The character General Zaroff from a story called “The Most Dangerous Game” written by Richard Connell pops up into my head. General Zaroff is a man who lives on an island called Ship-Trap Island. Zaroff proves his immorally so many ways in the story. He lures sailors onto this island by using a bright light to trap them into a fake cannel, kidnaps the sailors, and then hunts them. Zaroff is an evil person who kills humans for the fun of it. Zaroff considers killing humans a sport, does not think it is murder, and forced the main character, Rainsford, in the book to be hunted.

In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, Sanger Rainsford falls off his boat, and ends up on General Zaroff’s island, known as Ship-Trap Island, and is expected to hunt with him. While at first Zaroff is a fan and becomes a friend of Rainsford’s, they both find out that they have many similarities such as their beliefs, what they have experienced in their lives, and their love for hunting which also has a difference which leads to Zaroff’s misfortune. Both Rainsford and Zaroff will try to get all the fun out of hunting, not knowing or thinking about how an animal, or in Zaroff’s case a person, feels to be hunted. On Rainsford’s yacht, Rainsford discusses with his good friend Whitney who also loves hunting, about how

He is the one who will be hunting Rainsford for 3 days until one, he finds and kills him or two does not find him and let’s him go safely. One of the most popular quotes Zaroff ever says is, “God makes some men poets. Some he makes kings, some beggars. Me He made a hunter. My hand was made for the trigger my father said… My whole life has been one prolonged hunt” (17). This was so significant because maybe this was why Zaroff was the way he was, did his father teach him to hunt people? Well if his father did, he definitely did not teach his son to lose, but will this be his first

I think that General Zaroff hurt himself when he follows the tracks without deviation and gives Rainsford the advantage of knowing where he is coming from. After Rainsford knew where Zaroff was going to be and could set up traps or hide in a certain spot. Which would help Rainsford greatly in evading capture for the three days to win the game.

As Zaroff is hunting his victims, he remains calm. When he is hunting Rainsford, he gets hurt by one of Rainsford’s traps called the Malayan Mancatcher. When Zaroff gets hurt, he congratulates Rainsford by saying “If you are within the sound of my voice, as I suppose you are, let me congratulate

A story with no plot, is a story with no guideline. A plot without conflict, results in a dull and obnoxious story. For example, in the novel, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, the story would eventually bore the reader if there is no fighting, death or rivalry. “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell is most certainly not a dull story. An interesting plot needs action and conflict. For instance, Rainsford struggles not to drown when he is thrown overboard. He also reassures himself repeatedly in order to not give in to his negative thoughts. Furthermore, Rainsford participates in the hunt with General Zaroff to fight for his life. The three major conflicts, man against nature, man against man, and man against himself are needed for the story.

Richard Connell, the author of “The Most Dangerous Game,” used the setting in different functions through perseverance in his short story.

5. General Zaroff presents himself to Rainsford as a gentlemen with a civilized lifestyle. But his real personality and morals contrast to his appearance that Rainsford first perceives. The way Rainsford respond to this difference shows that he values human life, honesty, and fairness. Rainsford’s morals of human life vary from Zaroff’s morals of preserving the thrill of the hunt, clash together. Rainsford’s morals of human life go against what Zaroff was doing with his “quarry.” This contrast in appearance, reality. and morals is what creates the conflict of “The Most Dangerous Game.”

In the story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell is a story about a man who tumbles off a boat and swims too an island with man that is a human hunter. Firstly, Rainsford is on a boat with another person named Whitney. They are sailing a boat together. Whitney goes to rest and Rainsford stays up to go to the afterdeck. He then hears three abrupt gunshots and sits to the edge of the ship.