Figurative Language In The Most Dangerous Game By Richard Connell

Some people claim that Richard Connell did not succeed in creating his short story compelling. The short story, “The Most Dangerous Game” is the story of a man who is left on an island. He discovers that on this island is a rich hunter who, as a result of his boredom in the ease of hunting, has begun hunting other humans. Richard Connell successfully creates a compelling piece of literature through plot, figurative language and theme.

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.

The author of “The Most Dangerous Game” is Richard Connell. Richard Connell is an American author and journalist, who wrote a lot of short stories and few novels. His short stories appeared in the Saturday Evening

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.

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 order to emphasize his recurring theme of reason versus instinct, Connell first sets the scene for the story’s setting, the setting Connell chooses for “The Most Dangerous Game” fits exceptionally well alongside both the story’s plot, as well as, its literary element of suspense. By introducing the idea of a mysterious island at the very start of the story

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.

General Zaroff’s cool headedness adds to the various textual evidence that he is not, in fact, insane. When he is introduced to the story, he praises Rainsford's hunting ability with a seemed preparedness. Rainsford observes that the General seems to read his mind at times. He is prepared for every question that Rainsford has, and even answers some that were never asked. His actions seem calculated to make Rainsford more comfortable with him, however, as a fellow hunter, Rainsford observes, “whenever he looked up from his plate he found the general studying him, appraising him narrowly.” This makes Rainsford uncomfortable, sets him on edge for the information that Zaroff is about to reveal. During the hunt, Zaroff

Both have fear in their mind, the fear of death. Our heroes are given so many chances to give up, yet they don't. "I will not lose my nerve. I will not" (Connell 19). Zaroff is toying with Rainsford, and Rainsford needs to keep calm, and not let Zaroff get in his head any more than he already is.

When Rainsford fell off the yacht he found the house that Zaroff was living in. Zaroff was holding “a long-barreled revolver” and he was aiming it directly at “Rainsford's [torso]” (Connell 23). When Rainsford got to the house and Zaroff was holding the revolver to his chest, he would have been shocked to have a radical greeting. When Zaroff figured out who it was he greeted him inside and started to talk about hunting and how Zaroff has so many heads. ...

There, off to the right! The mysterious island was noticed by the two hunters. The island was named Ship-Trap Island. Little did they know, the island was perilous and if they only knew, Rainsfords whole night was about to become The Most Dangerous Game.. The Most Dangerous Game written by Richard Connell, gives a man vs. man conflict that is very intense. Rainsford and Whitney are traveling to the Amazon by boat. As he hears strange things over by a mysterious island,he looks over and finds himself falling overboard. Whitney does not hear a thing while she is deep asleep. Rainsford swims to the island and explores around the island looking for shelter. He finds a large home where Ivan, a servant, and General Zaroff, a Russian aristocrat, live. They take Rainsford in. In the story “ The Most Dangerous Game,” Connell uses imagery to make the story more suspenseful, alarming, and descriptive.

In the short story "The Most Dangerous Game" Rainsford does not apply to the quotation, "Character is what you are in the dark." Dwight Lyman Moody. This quotation is saying that people act different when they are by themselves and that they are acting as themselves not what they think others will enjoy to be around. Rainsford is not like this what so ever, he acts as himself throughout the whole story and shares his own opinions and thoughts. When by himself he seems to act the same also. Rainsford acts the way he wants to act not caring what others think, he is very out spoken. Rainsford doesn't apply to this quote, in fact he is the opposite of this quote.

The general was telling him about all the humans he has hunted and plans on hunting. Later on Rainsford said to the general “I can’t believe you are serious, General Zaroff. This is a grisly joke.” What the general is saying to Rainsford is that he is serious. Rainsford can not believe it and most people would not. Why would Rainsford want to repeat what the general did when he has the option not to. Zaroff is evil and Rainsford knows that. Their is no way that he would want to repeat what the general

The Most Dangerous Game was written in 1924 by Richard Connell. Due to its popularity the original short story was made into a movie in 1932, produced by Ernest B. Schoedsack. Although the movie reflects some similarities such as the setting, characters and the ultimately the same conclusion. However, the movie did contain many changes to the storyline as opposed to the original short story version. There were additional characters added, the exposition and ending had also been altered.

The Most Dangerous Game, written by Richard Connell, is a thrilling story about a man whom is hunted by another man. The man, who is named Rainsford, is stuck on an island after his ship wrecks while at sea. He soon finds out that there is an inhabitant on the island known as