Liturgy Analysis: The Most Dangerous Game By Richard Connell

Hunter vs. the hunted is one of the main points in Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game.” Sanger Rainsford swims to Ship-Trap Island after falling off the ship on which he was traveling. On the island, Rainsford finds food and lodging with its sole human inhabitants, General Zaroff and Ivan. Zaroff reveals that he intends to hunt Rainsford, since he finds hunting humans most exciting. Rainsford manages to out-smart Zaroff and is waiting in the General’s bedroom when he returns. The authors’ use of characters: Sanger Rainsford, General Zaroff, Whitney, and Ivan, setting: ship, jungle, and island, and symbolism: the island and jungle, help to develop the theme, one who hunts will someday become the hunted.

Hunting has been considered as an evil and uncivilized sport to many in our society. Many people are fine with eating hunted animals, but are not okay with people hunting animals. There have been many debates on which situations of hunting are ethical or not. In the story, “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, it talks about a man named General Zaroff who thinks it is okay to hunt animals and humans. He keeps his humans as prisoners but still takes care of them until they are ready to be hunted. Despite the fact that he feeds and shelters his humans, General Zaroff is uncivilized because he thinks that it is fair to kill other humans for his own pleasure.

Richard Connell's "The Most Dangerous Game" is a very exciting story of a manhunt. This story made me think about the morality of hunting: Humans are the cleverest creatures on earth, but does it give them a license to kill the other animals and even human beings weaker than themselves? I give below a short summary of the story to set the scene and then I will explore the ethics involved in hunting as a sport. "The Most Dangerous Game" presents the story of a hunter, General Zaroff, who finds hunting human beings as the most dangerous and fascinating sport.

This quote shows that Rainsford is insane because during this part, he is saying that he wants to hunt something that can reason with him, and only one animal can do that. That animal is a human. During the story, General Zaroff is also competitive. He shows that he is competitive when he fights to win the game over the humans. He always believes he will win. “If my quarry eludes me for three whole days, he wins the game. If I find him”... “he loses.” (Connell

One source of the most significant characteristic of any survivor is Selfish. Rainsford said “I'm a hunter not a murderer, Thank You”. He also said “I will not lose my nerve i will not”. Rainsford is explaining to the general in a very rude way because he doesn't trust the general, he is refusing to hunt a “new animal” aka the man.

Where do you draw the line in hunting? Is it at the point where you feel pity for your prey? Is it the fact your prey feels pain? Or is it just that you’re stronger and they’re weaker so it doesn’t matter. The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell is a story about learning and experience, how the hunter becomes the hunted and moralities tested and learning the hard way. The main protagonist Rainsford is a well established hunter who has slaughtered many animals with great joy. He views his prey as aggressive creatures that are lower that lack any reason to live other than hunting. Through the story Rainsford ends washed up on a mysterious island where his ideals about hunting are pit against those of an eccentric Cossack General. Through

The protagonist in the story, Rainsford is a hypocrite. First of all, in the beginning Rainsford says to his colleague that there are “two people in the world, the hunters, and the huntees, and luckily for us, we are the hunters.” He believes that he has authority over the animals and he may kill them for game as he pleases. However, when he arrives on Ship Trap Island and meets General Zaroff, his perspective changes. General Zaroff reveals that he hunts humans in “the most dangerous game” and Rainsford believes that it’s brutal and savage as he believes that all humans are equal. However, he still feels no guilt killing animals, as he believes that he is superior to them. Secondly, he believes that humans are very different from

Rainsford, from the beginning, reveals his arrogance to the readers. “This hot weather is making you soft, Whitney. Be a realist. The world is made up of two classes - the hunters and the huntees. Luckily, you and I are the hunters.” (Connell 63). The context is that Rainsford is speaking with Whitney and he believes that the animals have a sense of understanding and fear, but Rainsford does not. Rainsford is impudent towards his friend by criticizing his beliefs. He is moreover conceited when he places himself in the higher class of society. The protagonist is being insensitive to Whitney and to the living, fearful animals, commencing the separation from morality, shown throughout this short story. The antagonist, General Zaroff, numerously illustrates his hubristic personality.

Most people like to hunt animals, but humans? However in the short story, General Zaroff likes to hunt humans. The story is called “The Most Dangerous Game” was written by Richard Connell. One night when Rainsfords stayed outside smoking, and he heard some gunshots, looked around if he seen anything. When he looks straight for and fell over board.

In the beginning, Rainsford doesn’t believe in the killing or murdering of humans. When Rainsford found out the Zaroff hunted humans he wanted to get off the island very quickly. Zaroff knew that the prey must need all traits and “it must be able to reason. ’”(Connell 27). Rainsford thought Zaroff was talking about an animal but he knew that animals couldn’t reason like humans could.

When the story begins Rainsford acts to be selfish and very arrogant, you can tell by the way he acts when he talks to fellow hunters and people. While reading on page 789 in the beginning Rainsford says “Who cares how jaguars feel.” To another hunter named Whitney who has a different view of animal life. So Rainsford obviously doesn’t feel that jaguars and other living things are equal to humans. Later on, in the story in Rainsfords hunts particularly or even him

In the story General Zaroff said, “’ Why should I not be serious? I am speaking of hunting”’ (Connell 23). When he said this it was because Rainsford was saying things along the lives of, you have to be kidding; that is Murder. He has to hunt humans because animals don’t have minds like we do. He said animals got boring hunting so I needed something much smarter so Rainsford is going to play the game for three

In the story ¨The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell Rainsford is the most dynamic character because at the beginning he believes that you are either a hunter or a huntee.

The short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell describes an adventurous hunt between Mr. Rainsford the hunted, and General Zaroff the hunter; A battle between man and nature. Main character Rainsford, after learning Zaroff’s true intentions, becomes a human tied to nature, while Zaroff becomes an animal in human clothes. Although the general appears to be a wealthy Russian aristocrat, below the surface, he is actually a vile beast who hunts for sport in the sense of bloodlust. He becomes animalistic because he is unethical, vicious, and illogical.

So, Rainsford is civilized in many ways. Ways including this quote, “Thank you, I’m a hunter, not a murderer.” Said by General Zaroff. He in fact does hunt. But that doesn’t mean he just hunts animals. It makes you think. But, think about it, I mean it is still called hunting and he is civilized because of that fact. Some supporting details would include how Rainsford refused to kill another person. Not including the fact that he had killed Zaroff. But at the beginning of the story or around the middle it shows how Rainsford refuses to kill another actual human being. Also, even though Rainsford will kill animals, he still has a slight sense of humanity because he doesn’t want to take another man’s life unless he felt as if he needed too. And, in this case he did need too because of he didn’t kill General Zaroff he would have