High Noon Compare And Contrast

“ The world is made up of two classes--the hunters and the huntees,” stated Rainsford in the famous short story, The Most Dangerous Game, by Richard Connell. Connell’s story is a fictional story about man hunting man. His piece of literature was made into a movie later on, and in the movie Rainsford made a very similar statement. However, there were changes made between the short story and movie. The similarities and differences become clear in both the plot and resolution. Although the the literary work and motion picture have much in common, they are also quite different.

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 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 two of the most well-known short stories, “The Most Dangerous Game” and “Young Goodman Brown”, there are ironic similarities portraying evil between their settings, characterization, and plot.

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.

In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” written by Richard Connell the story is mainly about richard finding out that general zaroff hunt humans. At first richard finds hunting humans a problem because he considers it murder but then close to the end rainsford wants to turn the tables and hunt General Zaroff because he has found the fun in hunting humans. This paper is being written because their was a difference in the characters in the movie and the book and this paper is going to explain those differences. For instance in the book you can tell that General Zaroff and Rainsford were way more passionate about hunting. The book even goes as far to say that Rainsford loved hunting like a sport and that all he did was hunt , but in the movie He is too worried about Eve to focus on the true issue at hand. The characters have a difference in the way the act when comparing the book and the movie. This side of the argument can be proven because there were things in the story that didn't even happen in the book. For instance in the movie there were two people that never appeared in the book. One was a female named Eva and the other was a man and nobody even knew his name. On the other hand in the book there was only the main characters , General Zaroff , Rainsford , Ivan , and Whitney. Another statement that will prove my point is that in the book Rainsford was playing the role of the fox when General Zaroff was hunting him which

Who would kill you first, a mad hunter craving enjoyment, or an outlaw who has no lawman to stop him? In the story, The Most Dangerous Game, written by Richard Connell the hunter Rainsford becomes the hunted on an desolate island. In the film High Noon, written by Carl Foreman. Even though both High Noon and The Most Dangerous Game have different settings, there are many similarities between the conflicts and their main characters. Both Will Kane and Sanger Rainsford are endanger of dying.

Human nature is not fully understood and may never be, but as what we know appears in movies and stories many similarities can be found between them. In “The Most Dangerous Game” and High Noon, the setting, protagonists, and plots show close relations.

One characteristic that they share is that they both show fear and they both admit it. They both are scared of the enemy and know they have a chance of dying. Kane admits that he's scared to Harvey in High Noon. "You scared? I guess so."(Fillmore 318). He says it when they had a fist fight that he's scared of Frank and his gang. He also shows his fear when fighting. He fights everyone one by one and making Frank last. However Rainsford shows it by only using traps instead of full on fighting with a knife. He also gets scared from the fact that Zaroff kills humans. "Rainsford stiffly"(Conell 8). This quote shows that he was stiff because of the thought of the crime scene when he first came. Finally, though, they will get to

All he knew was that he was safe from his enemy, the sea..." (Connell 5-6). This citation shows that the story takes place in a desolate jungle on a isolated island. While the setting of "The Most Dangerous Game" is a desolate jungle on an isolated island from the early 1900's, the setting of High Noon is a town in western America during the mid-late 1800's. In addition, Will Kane is familiar with his town, it has many people, and the setting takes place over 1-2 hours; however, Sanger Rainsford is unfamiliar

High Noon and “The Most Dangerous Game” are great stories to read. The setting, plot, and theme of the stories make it feel alive. They provide lots of action and suspense and detail to both of the stories. The setting, plot, and theme of High Noon and “The Most Dangerous Game” are vital to both of the stories, as they compliment it.

Throughout the movie, High Noon, and the short story, "The Most Dangerous Game", similarities and differences are displayed. Themes and different concepts are represented through actions as well as thoughts. Both storylines were easy to follow, but not boring. The similarities while comparing the two stories were equal to the differences while contrasting them. This shows that all stories have something similar within them, even if it seems that they have nothing in

Throughout their lives, people will almost always be required to display admirable traits such as acting courageous in the malevolent face of danger. High Noon, a film, written by Carl Foreman, tells the story of a lone marshal who must fight a deadly battle in a lawless town with all aspects of his life at stake. In the story, The Most Dangerous Game, written by Richard Connell, a renowned hunter is shipwrecked on an island, and forced to survive and fight for his life. Even though the conflicts are different in The Most Dangerous Game and High Noon, both the film and the story share similarities through their settings and protagonists.

E. Thesis statement- “The Lottery” and “The Most Dangerous Game” are both stories that are uniquely different by the tone and format; however, they both have conflicts that the ending results lead to death.

The setting of a story plays a vital role when considering the overall outlook to which that story has to offer. In short stories, the setting can be much more significant due to the fact time has been reduced for the reader. In “The Destructors” by Graham Greene, and “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, the setting for which each story is written are completely opposite. This paper will critique the setting of both stories and show how the setting presents the writer’s intentions.