Comparing The Destructors And The Most Dangerous Game

In the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game,” Connell uses similes and metaphors to compare two concepts and create a more detailed description. The use of these literary devices suggest that Connell wanted to convey an eerie setting that shows its more descriptive surrounding.

The purpose of this paper will be the comparing and contrasting of two short stories previously read and interpreted by the writer. The two stories chosen were “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, and “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell. These two stories seem to have nothing in common, as they have two separate meanings in two separate eras. However, the moral of each story draws similarity, the author’s paints a picture to keep the audience open minded therefore connecting them in distinct ways.

Imagery and personification are some of the most powerful literary devices because they can bring the story to life and capture the reader's attention with just a few words. “The Most Dangerous Game” has both of these devices used effectively, and it makes the story better than most of its type. The author, Richard Connell, used imagery and personification in a way that connects with the reader very well, and makes the story a more enjoyable read, because it paints a clear picture of what is happening in the story.

In the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game,” author Richard Connell expertly exploits foreshadowing and vivid imagery to emphasize danger and suspense. Many authors attempt to do this, but only a small few succeed. Everyone who has stayed up past their bedtime reading a book will tell you, they stayed awake because the book they were reading was filled with suspense. It is suspense that separates the great stories from the good stories. And “The Most Dangerous Game” is definately a great one. By using foreshadowing and utilizing his characters five senses, Connell keeps readers at the edge of their seats, eagerly waiting to find out what comes next.

In Richard Connell's short story, "The Most Dangerous Game';, the use of literary devices, found blended with other literary devices, gives the story an inner meaning. The blending of literary devices effectively expresses the intentions of Connell to present contrast between the antagonist and protagonist points of view. As a result, the reader can gain insight on the good and evil sides of the story to enhance the purpose of his interpretation. "The Most Dangerous Game'; by Richard Connell presents literary devices such as foreshadowing, setting, and irony which reveal the underlying meaning of the story.

In the short stories, “The Destructors” by Graham Greene and “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, these stories though have drastically different settings and time frames, the character’s deal with similar inner turmoil from their exterior circumstances. Each short story seems to reveal an interesting outcome and turn of events as the character’s personalities unfold. Not only does one see the personalities of the characters unfold, but the settings are revealed, to set the stage for what drives the plot.

In “The Most Dangerous Game,” Richard Connell correlates three common literary devices especially well: setting, suspense, and plot. Connell makes use of an appropriate setting, the literary element of suspense, and an interesting plot in order to strengthen the story’s recurring theme of reason versus instinct within humans, and to blur that line between reason and instinct.

In “The Most Dangerous Game”, author Richard Connell uses a variety of literary device to depict the theme. He uses the main character, Rainsford, to be the character which unfolds the theme as he goes through the experience of being treated like a wild animal and becoming the prey of another human for sport. Connell uses three literary devices frequently including foreshadowing, irony and symbolism in order to support the main theme, put yourself in the shoes of the animals you hunt.

Ship-Trap Island Has Some Pretty Crazy Things Going On. Rainsford is being told that he is going to be hunted. He is on an island with no way to get off. Zaroff Got to A Point Where He Trapped Rainsford In A Tree But Let Him Escape. Rainsford builds a Ugandan knife trap that mistakenly kills Ivan. Rainsford slept in Zaroff bedroom so we can infer he some hoe killed

Rainsford had arrived on the shore of Ship-Trap Island after falling off a yacht. According to the narrator, “Bleak darkness was blacking out the sea and jungle when Rainsford sighted the lights” (Connell 45). The island Rainsford arrived on was filled with darkness, with light only coming from Zaroff’s château. The use of setting signifies the importance of where the story is taking place. In the beginning of the story, the island was described as dark, giving a feeling of indistinction.This setting first overwhelmed Rainsford, for he did not know what to do. The setting of the jungle is described as a location of being constrictive because it did not allow Rainsford to return back home. Rainsford used his instinct to navigate though the unknowns of Ship-Trap Island. Zaroff had the confidence of navigating the island’s challenges, so he distrusted his instinct. While setting helped reveal the message of the story, characterization also supported the author’s argument.

The story starts off with Sanger Rainsford an accomplished hunter talking to his dear friend Whitney, Rainsford and Whitney are having a conversation about the jaguars they will be hunting can’t feel anything- except fear. “The fear of pain and the fear of death” (Whitney24). When Rainsford falls overboard of the yacht he swims up to the jagged shoreline of the ship- trap island, where once there he finds General Zaroff’s palatial chateau. The island itself has a dreary feel with jagged rocks, mangled trees, with the name ship-trap island. He does not exact revenge on someone, however, he plays a cruel game. The prisoners of his island get three days if in those three days he kills them they lose, but if they survive they are allowed off the island. No one has ever made it off the island. Zaroff does this because he believes he is a superior hunter, able to hunt any animal in the world because they can’t reason to escape or show any emotion of being hunted (Rainsford24). Hunting people give him a thrill like no other, they can reason and problem solve, most likely out of fear but reason nonetheless. Rainsford is the only person to ever outsmart General Zaroff and escape the island. What General Zaroff does is malicious and is not condoned but he is upfront and not afraid to admit what he does to Rainsford. General Zaroff does not have anything planned out, what happens is just

n this story you will learn about a manhunt. The hunt is on an island called Ship Trap. You will meet several men and they are named, Sanger Rainsford, Zaroff and, Ivan.

Stories have attained people’s attention by being classified as a comedy, romance, suspense, etc., but what hustles readers to the end is the reason why they picked a story that is more commercial fiction or literary fiction. Commercial fiction drives readers away from the real world, while literary fiction deepens the reader’s awareness of life. “The Destructors” by Graham Greene is a short story that stresses the tension between social classes following the aftermath of World War II. This realistic fiction grasps historical context to reveal the purpose of the destruction of a house. The Wormsley Common Gang’s new recruit, Trevor “T.” proposes to destroy Old Misery’s house during the time Old Misery is out for Bank Holiday. As soon as the gang agrees with T.’s proposal, the action takes place, but before it is completely destroyed Old Misery comes back. Old Misery’s unexpected arrival leads to some slight changes. At the end a truck driver destroys the house by driving his truck from the car lot. “The Destructors” is a piece of literary fiction because it utilizes a complex character, develops suspense with the character’s actions, and conveys a serious theme through the use of symbolism.

Shaylyn Davis Ms. Van Dam 10th Academic English 6 October 2017 Literary Fiction in The Destructors After reviewing the distinguishing characteristics of literary and commercial fiction, it is clear that the short story, The Destructors, is more of a literary work of fiction rather than that of a commercial fiction. Literary fiction does not focus solely on the reader’s satisfactory, but instead the enhanced understanding of life that a reader may attain from the insight that a literary story provides. A literary fiction also “plunges us more deeply into the real world enabling us to understand life’s difficulties and to emphasize with others” (Johnson, Arp 57).

Both Greene’s “The Destructors” and Lawrence’s “The Rocking-Horse Winner”, particularly the climax of each story, illustrate a powerful preoccupation with the ruining of lives because of a desire to control the material world.