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Most Dangerous Game Vs High Noon Essay

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Have you ever heard of the movie High Noon or have you read the story "The Most Dangerous Game?" The movie High Noon was about a sheriff being hunted by a man who had a grudge with him. In the story "The Most Dangerous Game" we follow an expert hunter and how he has become the hunted. Both of these stories have an abundant amount of similarities, but not so many differences. High Noon and "The Most Dangerous Game" have similar characters and plots, but different patterns.

Both the main protagonists have to use their brains to overcome a obstacle. For Rainsford it was defeating General Zaroff, and of Kane it was killing Frank Miller. Kane was persistent to stay even though his wife begged him to leave with her. Rainsford is a hunter who has …show more content…

"[ Int. Marshals office. Kane signs his name to what he has written. Fold six then writes about it: To Be Opened In The Event Of My Death,]" (Foreman). "The Most Dangerous Game" took 3 days. "I wanted the ideal animal to hunt, explained the general. So I said, `What are the attributes of an ideal quarry?' And the answer was, of course, `It must have courage, cunning, and, above all, it must be able to reason," (Connell). Both of the stories had a lot of action at the beginning and not anywhere else.

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).

High Noon and "The Most Dangerous Game" are very similar with a couple differences. Rainsford and Kane are very similar because they are both being hunted. The plots are different because High Noon goes minute by minute and "The Most Dangerous Game" went along 3 days. High Noon has a pattern where they always look at the clock, and Rainsford went from hunter to hunted. All in all High Noon and "The Most Dangerous Game" are very similar

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