Power In Richard Connell's The Most Dangerous Game

Earlier Zaroff, took an enormous blow, he almost fell over, but due to his almost ape like agility dodged the bullet. He proves his arrogance when he says that his wound is only a slight one, when really it would put a normal person out for several days. Zaroff is hunting Rainsford once again. Rainsford uses his intelligence and builds a burmese tiger pit, the General loses his nest dog because of it, but Zaroff isn't harmed. “ You’ve done well Rainsford, the voice of the general called.

He was ravenous! Rainsford looked around happily because of the gunshots he had heard the night before. Rainsford thought astutely that if there are people on the island, there also is to be access to food. Rainsford got up and looked around at his surroundings, checking for anything that would be useful. He found the footprints of hunting boots along the path, and proceeded to follow them back to a gigantic building. Rainsford knocked on the door of the building and an immense creature had answered it. Rainsford introduced himself to the creature and a man came to the door. The man introduced himself as general Zaroff and introduced the large creature as Ivan. Ivan was a deaf creature, therefore he did not answer when Rainsford introduced himself and said hello. General Zaroff then invited Rainsford into his house. He was fond of that idea, and so he entered. Zaroff then has Ivan show Rainsford to a room where he can dress for dinner with him. Rainsford had noticed that the halls were all filled with heads as trophies of the animals he has killed. At dinner, Zaroff explains how he now hunts far more dangerous prey so he can have a more “fun” game. At first, Rainsford was very confused. Soon, Rainsfords confusion turned to horror as he realized that Zaroff was talking about humans. Yes, general Zaroff now hunts humans for a better thrill. The next day, Rainsford demands to leave the island at once but general Zaroff refused to let him

It had been a week since Rainsford managed to kill the nefarious General Zaroff. The challenging part was almost over or so it seemed. There was not a clear way for Rainsford to escape. As days passed, Rainsford tried to escape. He tried making a boat from driftwood that he found, he tried swimming, he even tried sending a signal by using a flashlight. Rainsford had become so desperate that he even tried some ridiculous plans like trying to pole vault across the ocean. As a result, Rainsford ended up having huge gashes in his left leg ,which got infected, and he had to amputate it. As days turned into weeks, and weeks into months, Rainsford had lost hope and became bitter.

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.

While Rainsford tries to get comfortable with the place of Zaroff . He expresses about his feelings and hunting experiences. The General explains that “hunting was beginning to bore him,” and

Although, the only way Zaroff allowed was to take part in his game or get turned over to Ivan. Rainsford prepares for the hunt and on the following day they set out into the jungle. During the hunt, he makes many traps such as false trails, a Malayan mancatcher, a covered pit of wooden stakes, and a knife tied to a sapling. Throughout the hunt, Rainsford becomes creative of using his resources and figures out how to trick the mind of others. For the trail, Zaroff found Rainsford pretty quickly but wanted to enjoy the hunt so he lets him go. The Malay mancatcher only injures Zaroff’s shoulder but usually kills, which made the hunt harder. The wooden stakes trap kills one of Zaroff's best dogs, impressing Zaroff of Rainsford’s skills but makes sure he needs to improve ending Rainsford because that dog was really important to him. The knife tied to the sapling kills Ivan however, Zaroff’s has little to no care of losing his guard rather than losing his best hunting tool. During the hunt, Rainsford and Zaroff trade places of who is the hunter and the huntees. Rainsford fully experiences the fear of being hunted when being held at the edge of the cliff by dogs. He pants ”Nerve, nerve, nerve” ( Connell 14 par. 7) struggling trying not to get killed. Rainsford finally jumps off the cliff and swims around the island to get back to the chateau because it was quicker than walking through. When Zaroff

Being lost in an island, hungry, and tired is not an everyday thing. So Rainsford being in that situation, had no other choice than except Zaroff’s generosity. Zaroff gave Rainsford clothes, food and, a place to sleep. Zaroff tells Rainsford to join him for dinner, and Rainsford went to the dinner room as told. Sitting down eating there meal. The two men’s starts a conversation and starts to talk about their lives. Zaroff learns a lot of things about Rainsford and so does Rainsford. Rainsford learns that Zaroff is a smart man and a hunter just like him, but Zaroff him hunting people is part of things that he hunts for. Zaroff on another hand learns that Rainsford is a pretty smart, educated man and lastly a hunter.4

Rainsford made three successful traps during the hunt which took out his right hand man and preeminent dog. The third trap just hurt Zaroff’s shoulder. In the end, Rainsford jumped off of a cliff into the sea deep below and later swam to the castle. There, Rainsford and his ruthless predator had one last fight with Rainsford ultimately coming out victorious.

As Rainsford and General Zaroff are in a battle. On page 801 Zaroff says “Your strength and stamina is mine.” After Rainsford refuses Zaroff's present to hunt him as human prey, the two men agree that if Rainsford can survive long enough, he can leave the island. Sanger Rainsfords whole life has been committed to hunting. Now he is the prey, and he is the hunted. When Rainsford was becoming the hunted it most likely gave him a whole new point of view of all living things lives. His views on the jaguar made him think about it and become a lot more equal with the jaguar. This change to Rainsford makes him realize that everything is alike and they all have lives. The change to him made him think every living thing are equal especially the

In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, Sanger Rainsford falls off his boat, and ends up on General Zaroff’s island, known as Ship-Trap Island, and is expected to hunt with him. While at first Zaroff is a fan and becomes a friend of Rainsford’s, they both find out that they have many similarities such as their beliefs, what they have experienced in their lives, and their love for hunting which also has a difference which leads to Zaroff’s misfortune. Both Rainsford and Zaroff will try to get all the fun out of hunting, not knowing or thinking about how an animal, or in Zaroff’s case a person, feels to be hunted. On Rainsford’s yacht, Rainsford discusses with his good friend Whitney who also loves hunting, about how

In the beginning of when Rainsford first met General Zaroff, Mr. Rainsford could not go to sleep because of how general Zaroff said that he hunted his own kind. Own kind meaning that General Zaroff hunts human beings. Mr. Rainsford thought that General Zaroff was crazy for hunting people when General Zaroff said that it wasn’t murder when it is. Rainsford reaction to his first day on Shop Trap Island is that he gets the creeps and has an eerie feeling once he sees the creepy old Island, then he heard a sound that startled him. That sound was a gunshot that was shot three times then he lost his balance and fell off the ship causing him to freak out and try to survive swimming towards the shore. So you can tell that he was scared to death when

Rainsford clearly has shown that he is terrified by the General. While Rainsford is hiding in a tree after the General spots him and then leaves Rainsford realizes that “the cossack was the cat, he was the mouse. Then it was that Rainsford knew the full meaning of terror” (Connell 36). Rainsford realizes that the general is the cat and he is the mouse, also that Zaroff is the hunter, and he is the hunted, and for the first time in his life, Rainsford is generally terrified. Rainsford is very scared of the general but also wants to survive, that is why he decides to have revenge, and kill the General. Before Rainsford was being hunted, General Zaroff told him about the game that he played Rainsford decides right at that moment that it is wrong, he realizes this when he declares ‘“did not make me condone cold blooded murder”, finished Rainsford stiffly”’ (Connell 30). Right from the moment the General tells Rainsford that he hunts humans for fun, Rainsford is very freaked out, he wants to leave the island. Rainsford is very opposed to the game he believes it is murder. At this point in the story I believe that he will not enjoy hunting the same way as he did before after he undergoes this experience. While Rainsford is in the jungle, he realizes that the General is a very scary person, the narrator states “Rainsfords second thought was even more

He walks to the front door of an enormous mansion that produced the light. He knocks and is greeted by an eight foot man pointing a revolver to his heart who also doesn't understand english. Then General Zaroff comer to the door and tells the giant to put the gun down, Zaroff recognizes Rainsford from his books on hunting. So, the general invites rains ford in for dinner and to stay the night. They then continue their conversation at dinner and Zaroff tells Rainsford that there is big game on the island that he impost.

Rainsford experienced another side of hunting, where he was the prey and Zaroff was the predator. Rainsford ended up on the uninhabited island, and hunter inside told him to search for people, or a safe place. It led him in the jungle where he found his savior, general Zaroff, who by a coincidence was a hunter as well. One thing he didn’t know was that the help provided was going to be used against him; Rainsford quickly changed his mind about Zaroff’s place being safe when general offered hunting: “Tonight...we will hunt” (Connell 30). The suggestion of hunting didn’t bother Rainsford much until Zaroff his unusual hobby. Although he didn’t completely understand at first, later Rainsford figured out that he will not participate in doing hunting,

The first plot event that helps develop the theme would be when the burmese tiger pit claimed one of Zaroff's finest dogs. Rainsford used his resources to create this trap. He used quicksand and sapling as stacks to hold up a leaf to make it look like nothing was there. Connell uses mood/tone by killing the dog and Zaroff not getting mad or upset his finest dog just did. This reveals that Zaroff doesn't have feelings for his own animals. in the story Zaroff had to say was that “You’ve done well Rainsford....again you score but I’ll see what you can do against my whole pack” (Connell 19). Then he went back to his house for the night. This illustrates that even though he was not the strongest and did not have that many resources, he still scored another point.