Most Dangerous Game Short Story

He does this rather than being killed on the spot because he refused to be hunted. Rainsford does not want to simply be killed because he disagreed on General Zaroffs opinion on the object he hunts. Finding the idea absurd, Rainsford reluctantly agrees to be hunted after learning about the terms. This does not automatically make him go insane or change him but rather introduces what he will become. Rainsford sets off running away from General Zaroff trying to remain calm. Rainsford makes his way to a tree and climbs it. A couple hours later when he reaches the top branch of the tree he hears Zaroff coming after him and has to constantly remind himself to remain idle in the tree so he won't be caught. One would see this when Rainsford is travelling through the bushes reciting to himself, "I must keep my nerve, I must keep my nerve, I must keep my nerve" (Connell 229). Rainsford thinks he has a chance at leaving the island but this confidence diminishes when he realizes that he may not make it

Rainsford is challenged with the conflict of man versus nature while he is lost somewhere in the Caribbean Sea. After Rainsford falls off the ship and into the ocean, he believes he cannot swim

The short story, “The Most Dangerous Game” written by Richard Connell is about a man named Sanger Rainsford who finds himself being hunted by a notorious villain. Connell utilizes setting to create a thrilling yet dismal and somber story. For example, “The old charts call it Ship-Trap Island... sailors have a curious dread of the place”(Connell 17). Already in the beginning there is a mystery that arouses the reader’s interest and creates suspense.

“So it was you who killed my father? You know what this means right Mr.Rainsford? I’ll have to finish what my father couldn’t. I’ll give you approximately three days to leave this island. At the end of the three days, I’ll come search for you, and if I find you I’ll kill you. So let the hunt begin.”

“Due to being the only reigning champion of your sick twisted games Zaroff, I believe I should be given the reward of turning the tables.” Rainsford’s heart was still racing as the adrenaline of coming face to face with his captor coursed through his veins. Rainsford knew it was one of the worst options for him to return to the island after making such a jump. He should’ve attempted to swim far, far away although that may have just resulted in his death.

Rainsford becomes the new general of Ship Trap island because he becomes more violent over the course of the story. In the middle of the story when

The man asks Rainsford why he is out in this island all Rainsford says is he’s out hunting and heard the crash. Rainsford tells Jack about the mansion and as soon as they arrive there he’ll fix him up and take care of him. Jack has no idea what is wrong with Rainsford but something is not right about him. Two hours later they arrive at the mansion.

Rainsford finally stopped running when he reached a tall tree that he could hide in. He climbed up as far as he could and hid out there for the

Rainsfords justs want to get off the island and go home, and does not want to

“He knew his pursuer was coming; he heard the padding sound of feet on the soft earth… (Connell 32)” The Most Dangerous Game is a story full of adventures and seems to always have the reader on edge. Richard Connell’s story is filled with the theme of ‘will.’ This book is also full of plot twists and makes one mesmerized page by page wanting to know what happens to Rainsford. It also lets the reader to question what happens at the end and it allows the reader to make connections with real life, archetypes, and other literature. The Most Dangerous Game is a compelling hunt full of violence, action, and the theme of ‘will’ in the hunt of a man by a man.

Connell uses imagery when Rainsford is on the island. The author wrote “He saw no sign of a trail through the closely knit web of weeds and trees; it was easier to go

In the action packed short story, The Most Dangerous Game, Richard Connell writes about a lost hunter’s journey. But, through his use of analogies and irony, Connell is able to convey some messages with much deeper meanings. There are two main characters in the short story, Rainsford, the sailor and hunter whose yacht was shipwrecked, and General Zaroff, who owned his own island that he used for “The Hunt”. Throughout the text, Connell uses analogies to justify the General’s morals.

Rainsford is on the island being hunted by Zaroff and has no one to help him. "The best sport in the world" agreed Rainsford. "For the hunter," amended Whitney. "Not for the jaguar," (Connell). Rainsford goes from the hunter to the hunted. Kane asked everyone in town to help but they refused to help. "[ Metrick looks up at the wall clock. It is seven minutes to eleven,]" (Foreman).

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 Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell is an action-packed story about an eerie survival game. In the beginning of the text, a hunter named Sanger Rainsford is aboard his yacht when he falls into the ocean and swims to an island nearby. He spots a house in the middle of the woods and goes to it to find shelter, food, clothes, and a place to rest. At the house, Rainsford meets General Zaroff, who tells Rainsford that he has brought big game onto the island to hunt. Rainsford soon realizes that the game is human. Zaroff wants Rainsford to hunt humans with him, but Rainsford refuses because he thinks of it as murder. Zaroff makes a deal with Rainsford,which states for him to leave the island he has to be hunted for three days. If Rainsford