Compare And Contrast Most Dangerous Game And High Noon

In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” the author, Richard Connell, does an outstanding job of portraying the bizarre adventure of an insane, however experienced hunter, General Zaroff. The protagonist, Rainsford, another experienced hunter from New York City, appears on General Zaroff’s island, explores, and eventually encounters with Zaroff. They introduce themselves, settle down, and begin to talk. During the talk with the general, Rainsford soon learns that the General was not only a hunter; but a murderer as well. Zaroff has lured and ceased many sailors to his island to play a game. Although, they did not hunt with the General, the General hunted them! Zaroff claimed that hunting “had become too easy”, therefore, hunting began

What’s scarier? Learning that the murder previously put in jail is returning to your town, or that you’re trapped on an island where the only other people hunt men for sport? High Noon, written by Carl Foreman, is a film about a marshal who has to protect his town from a gang of criminals. “The Most Dangerous Game,” written by Richard Connell, is a story about two hunters, one who hunts animals, and one who hunts men. High Noon and “The Most Dangerous Game” are two very different stories, including differences between the themes; but there are similarities as well, including the setting and characters.

The Most Dangerous Game was a story made by Richard Connell in 1924, and had a movie adaptation in 1932. The short story tells about a man stranded on an island by the name of Rainsford. He finds Zaroff, a general with a great lust for hunting, who hunts people and Rainsford himself going to be hunted. He then attempts to outwit the general and ends up possibly taking his place. The film tries to encapsulate the excitement and story of the original version with more enticing visual effects and mostly succeeds. Although the film shares many themes and characteristics as the story, it has also changed many key factors.

High Noon, which is an old western type of movie, is about a sheriff named Will Kane that has to fight to save his town. "The Most Dangerous Game", which is a short story about a man named Rainsford who has to fight for his survival. High Noon and "The Most Dangerous Game" have similar main characters and similar story patterns, but have a different overall theme.

Imagine a world where people hunt other people as a sport and the hunters become the prey in a fight to survive. In the short story, “The most Dangerous Game,” by Richard Connell there is a rich hunter named Sanger Rainsford and he is on his yacht in the middle of the Caribbean. After hearing a gunshot he leans over the side of the yacht and he swims to a strange island. On that Island he meets General Zaroff. During a dinner Zaroff tells Rainsford about the hunts he likes to go on and after much convincing Rainsford reluctantly agrees to go on the hunt. Rainsford spends the next few days in a fight for his survival and ends up winning “the game.” In “The Most Dangerous Game” Richard Connell creates suspense by using two elements: foreshadowing and dangerous action.

Whenever people go to the movies or read a book, they long for an interesting story to be entertained by. Whether it is action filled or suspenseful, they want a stimulating plot that makes them feel good. In 1952, Carl Foreman wrote the screenplay for a movie called High Noon; a classic tale of when the hunter becomes the hunted. Then in 1924, Richard Connell wrote another classic, called "The Most Dangerous Game". Although both stories demonstrate similar examples of the setting and conflict, the main characters react very differently to the unusual situations they find themselves stuck in.

In the storyline of High Noon and The Most Dangerous Game, the two protagonists learn to feel fear when fighting the antagonists. Carl Foreman wrote the film, High Noon, it is based off a marshal who is retiring, has to fight to protect his town from criminals. The Most Dangerous Game written by Richard Connell, is about two experienced hunters who hunt one another to one's death. In the film, High Noon, and the book, The Most Dangerous Game, both have they're differences between their settings and conflicts, but they also have similarities between their two main characters. Will Kane and Sanger Rainsford share similar traits that affect both storylines.

High Noon and The Most Dangerous Game are exciting stories that will keep you on the edge of your seat. These stories are about a main character that almost loses their life facing a mighty enemy. The stories are filled with irony for example in “High Noon” the sheriff that usually hunts down criminals is now hiding from them, or how in “The Most Dangerous Game” Rainsford, the hunter, is now being hunted down like an animal. Although the main characters in High Noon and The Most Dangerous Game have many similarities there are also many differences especially in the battles they had to fight.

When you watch the movie High Noon, and read the story "Most Dangerous Game" you may not see many similarities and difference when you first read, or watch. But you might start to put the puzzle together when you watch a second time to think about what's the same, and different about the two. Some of the main similarities and differences are, in both stories the main characters are outnumber by their enemies. In High Noon, four bad guys coming to town to take their revenge on Will Kane. In "The Most Dangerous Game" Rainsford is hunted by Ivan, general Zaroff, and his pack of dogs. Another similarity I spotted was when both characters needed help the most there was either no one there to help them, or there was no one brave enough to help them. And my last one is a similarity and a

In the story The Most Dangerous Game Rainsford’s is going to the Amazon, but ends up falling off a boat near the caribbean. From there he swims the the nearest island. After he reaches the island, he meets General Zaroff. General Zaroff is a hunter. However he enjoys a different type of hunting, he enjoys hunting humans. In the end I think that Richard Connell used foreshadowing very effectively.

A rather obvious conflict being that all odds seem to favor the villains, not to mention the fact that the main characters face their problems all alone. Will Kane must fend off Frank and his lawless gang on his own. Sanger Rainsford has to survive against one of the best hunters in the world, a man yielding a pistol and hounds, in a jungle with barely anything to help him. Another major problem would be the value of time. In High Noon, when Amy attempted to plead with Kane, he answered, “What’s an hour?... What’s a hundred miles, even?... They’d come after us. We’d have to run again. Long as we live” (Foreman 296). Will already knew what would happen if he ran, and he had already accepted the challenge. He had an hour — 60 minuets — to find deputies and prepare for the threat, the very real threat of Frank Miller’s revenge. General Zaroff explains his game to Rainsford saying, “If my quarry eludes me for three whole days, he wins the game. If I find him he loses” (Connell 14). Here, the General explains that Rainsford merely has three days to outsmart possibly the smartest sportsman of his time. The conflicts of time and advantage serve as the greatest trial in both

“Sure, we paid this man, and he was the best marshal this town ever had,” (Foreman 314). The marshal, Will Kane, has the advantage of knowing the antagonist and his surroundings while Rainsford does not. Although they are both set apart from civilization, Kane chooses to be secluded over getting on the train. Rainsford can’t choose to go elsewhere; he is stuck on the eerie Ship-Trap Island. Zaroff says, "It is a very great pleasure and honor to welcome Mr. Sanger Rainsford, the celebrated hunter, to my home," (Connell 216). Rainsford is also unaware of the threat that Zaroff poses as, but Kane knew exactly who he was dealing with. In the end, Rainsford and Kane defeat their antagonists and acquire freedom from knowing that they are safe. They were intelligent men faced with difficult

“The Most Dangerous Game,” centered around Sanger Rainsford, an American hunter, separates characters through distinct views and symbolism. Richard Connell inscribes the mind and thoughts of Rainsford as he fights against a seemingly invincible opponent. While illustrating Rainsford’s feelings, Connell describes the characteristics of various personalities such as Whitney, Rainsford’s hunting friend, and General Zaroff, the antagonist. The remainder of this essay will outline the differences between the characters Connell introduces in a short story,

In “The Most Dangerous Game” Connell uses characterization to depict the easily corruptible nature of mankind through Rainsford. Connell Embodies the drastic change in Rainsford's character by displaying Rainsford’s character before he loses his ability to fear with the dialogue from their Ransford and Zaroff’s first conversation, “‘Why would I not be serious? I am speaking of hunting.’

‘“We should make it in a few days. I hope the jaguars guns have come. We’ll have good hunting up the amazon’”(Connell 212). “Rainsford sores knew now how an animal at bay feels(Connell 232). The first quotes says that he can’t wait to go hunt the jaguars in the Amazon but in the second quote he says he now knows what it feels to be an animal at bay. So he has to survive the hunt and fight back as Zaroff tries to hunt him. “You’ll never hang me! I’ll be back! I’ll kill you Kane! I swear it, I’ll kill you(Foreman 297). When people hear frank was coming back he knew he was after Kane so he was basically hunting Kane. In both of the stories it has something to do with their enemy hunting them down. Except for High Noon it was multiple people and for “The Most Dangerous Game” one person hunts the protagonist down. The plot of both stories are very