Civilized In Richard Connell's The Most Dangerous Game

The readers would think that he is civilized when he says, "We try to be civilized here." (226) However, the purpose of Zaroff<Spelling errors> saying this was to try to make readers think that Zaroff<Spelling errors> is civilized. Zaroff<Spelling errors> wanted the readers to believe that he took good care of his guests, but in actuality, he did not. Zaroff<Spelling errors> says, "Life is for the strong, and if need be, taken by the strong. The weak of the world were put here to give the strong pleasure." (225) On the other hand, readers may believe that Sanger<Spelling errors> Rainsford is civilized. This may be argued to the point that Rainsford is a hunter who kills animals in the uncivilized wilderness, but Rainsford states, "Thank you, I am a hunter, not a murderer," (225)The<Spelling errors> quote proves that Rainsford has good morals, and he is polite because he thinks of other people, proving that Rainsford is

We try to be civilized here’”(Connell 75).He considers electricity a sign of civilization even though he uses it to lure ships to the rocks so he may capture the sailors. His idea of civilization may not match a more normal person’s ideas. When Rainsford objects, Zaroff protests.“ ‘[…]That would be barbarous. I treat these visitors with every consideration. They get plenty of good food and exercise[…]splendid physical condition’” (Connell 76).Zaroff uses a euphemism to describe his prisoners and claims that treating them well is a mark of a civilized man. He treats them well so that they will be healthy, well trained, and more challenging to hunt. Zaroff claims to be civilized, but the reality is quite different from Zaroff’s assertions.

Zaroff considers himself civilized because of what he says like if Ivan is a savage, then, by contrast, Zaroff must see himself as more civilized. Zaroff specifically states that he is trying to emulate the finger points of civilization despite the fact that the island is so far removed from it. He is also serving champagne, a very upper class beverage. Zaroff will accept only the best for himself in many areas-even including the cigarettes that he smokes with silver tips. Only a person from the civilized upper class would be able to afford such expensive things. Zaroff has the ability to (mostly)

In “Primitive,” Mark Antliff and Patricia Leighten argue that in various topics, “primitive” can either have positive or negative connotations. They also specify that the term is not a classification but rather a comparison to its inverse: “civilized.” Antliff and Leighten explicitly discuss its use in the fields of time and space, gender, race and class to support their argument.

Who would you rather face in the middle of the night? A murder that kills people for fun, or a crazy man that buries people alive and screams in their face because he is crazy. In the story The Most Dangerous Game By Richard Connell, is based on an island where this man lives and he hunts animals. But he gets bored hunting animals, so he starts hunting humans. Ranisford just so happen to be one of those people. The second story The Cask Of Amontillado is about a man whose wants to get revenge on someone so he takes him into the catacombs, and he buries him alive by filling the room with mortar and brick. The one that I think that is the most Disturbing is The Worlds Most Dangerous Game

All stories have at least one of three different kinds of conflict, man versus man, man versus nature, and man versus himself. Some stories, like Richard Connell's “"The Most Dangerous Game"”, use all three conflicts uniquely and clearly. When each conflict is put to a test of strength in the story, man vs man is the strongest. The weakest is man vs himself. And the final conflict is man vs nature. The three conflicts are used evenly so they end up being as significant as each other.

General Zaroff is uncivilized because he thinks that it is fair and ordinary to kill other humans for his own pleasure. The text shows that he is uncivilized when he replies to Rainsford’s comment about murder and says, “Life is for the strong, and if needs be, taken by the strong” (Connell 14). When Zaroff says that life is for the strong, it reveals that he is a very selfish person who doesn’t care about others. It reveals his perspective on the world. It also shows that General Zaroff is a very one-sided person. Another example that proves that General Zaroff is uncivilized is when he comments

One of the famous short stories that Richard Edward Connell wrote remains “The Most Dangerous Game”; it was published in 1925. His short story had become popular in 1932, they made a movie called The Most Dangerous Game and The Hounds of Zaroff. Connells nature of violence, cruelty, and the ethics of hunting for sport supported his writing style and made his writing extraordinary (“Dangerous game”). Analyzing “The Most Dangerous Game” displays a hunt that is between two men, every twist and turn through a gruesome tale.

Have you ever been hunted down by a psychopath war general, rabid pack of dogs, and a giant mute knouter named Ivan, and escaped? “The Most Dangerous Game,” by Richard Connell, is about a man named Rainsford who gets stranded on an island with an insane head honcho on a small, isolated island in the Caribbean sea. Behind every work of literature, are literary elements that make it successful. “The Most Dangerous Game” is successful due to descriptive imagery, suspenseful plot, and ability to get to the point.

Sometimes pride can be a fatal game. “The Most Dangerous Game” is a short story where two men battle with egotism. Each one believes that he is the prime hunter and that nothing could stop either one of them. The protagonist, Rainsford, and antagonist, General Zaroff, are active huntsmen who use their vigorous and intelligent mind to each survive the dangers of Ship-Trap Island and be a successful hunter. Richard Connell's story of the deadly game evokes the theme of competent, prideful men who detach from morality.

In the story, “The Most Dangerous Game” it portrays how enlightened individuals will turn uncouth if life relies upon it. First off, civilized is being educated more and being a good person who understands and respects others and themselves. Individuals in the story begin civilized, at that point end up plainly savage, particularly if life relies upon it. But being savage doesn’t necessarily mean that you aren’t civilized. Not all civilized people are nice, kind, and you know, civil. They have a bad side. Everyone does. Some people just may not notice it.Rainsford thinks of himself as civilized because he doesn’t murder he hunts and I agree with him.

First, evidence from the story shows that Zaroff considers himself civilized. According to the story on (pg.50) it says “oh yes,...I have electricity. We try to be civilized here.”

In the film “The Gods Must Be Crazy” by Jamie Uys, there is a contrast between the primitive and the civilized society. The civilized society has come a long way since its primitive days. Its hard to imagine that there are still people in this world that live without the advantages and developments of a civilized society. Those living in a civilized society would must likely believe that their society is better than that of a primitive society, but like wise a primitive society would think their society is better. In this essay, a comparison will be made between the different traits that make up these two different societies.

In the “Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America” Benjamin Franklin writes about the Native American people and their way of life. In Benjamin Franklin’s essay he shows that the Native American people are far from savages. He explains how they are indeed civilized people. He says “perhaps, if we examine the manners of different nations with the impartiality, we should find no people so rude, as not to have some remains of rudeness.” The reason the Native Americans were called “savages” was because their rules of common civility, religion, laws and culture were different from the American culture and being that we were just socializing we did not understand their way of life.

The question of civilization is central to the conflict between the Igbo and the British. The idea that the British were responsible for "civilizing" the tribe because they were “savages” (according to the colonizers) was because the Igbo people had a very different society from the British. This catalyzed the colonization of the Igbo. Since Igbo societies were structured on paganistic beliefs instead of monotheistic beliefs, they functioned differently from societies in Europe. Because of this, they were deemed as uncivilized. The definition of the civilized is a place or a group of people that have social, cultural, and moral development in their society. By the definition of civilized, the Igbo people are civilized because they