Rainsford In Richard Connell's The Most Dangerous Game

Rainsford seems more kind than Zaroff and would not kill humans for pleasure. Rainsford thinks that the world is made up of two groups, the hunters and the hunted. He does not care about how the hunted feel until he becomes the hunted. But as he realizes what it feels like to be the hunted his perspective changes. He ends up becoming a better person because of this experience. After being the hunted, he takes more though into agreeing with what Whitney said in the beginning which was that animals may actually have feelings.

In the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, readers are presented with a simple instance of role reversal between the hunter and the prey; Rainsford, a famous hunter, who is also the protagonist of the story experiences what it feels to be the prey. This switch eventually foreshadows the implied moral of the story. Contradictory to Rainsford’s initial apathy towards the game in the literary fiction “The Dangerous Game”, Rainsford from his experience with Zaroff (a fellow experienced hunter) learns to be more emphatic to his prey.

Topic sentence: In “The Most Dangerous Game,” by Richard Connell, Rainsford demonstrates his remarkable level of calmness while staring at the face of unpredictable life and death scenarios.

More than 100 million animals are reported killed by hunters each year….what if people were killed like this productively each year. In “The Most Dangerous Game”, written by Richard Connell people were killed and it wasn't good. Sanger Rainsford actions demonstrates that he is intelligent, brave and clever throughout the story.

In “ The Most Dangerous Game,” Richard Connell shows that main character was Sanger Rainsford; he was very bold and liked to take a chance at anything for a hunting trip. Rainsford shows his strength of character in the story by, “ fresh vitality he swam toward the sound. He heard it again; then it was cut short by another noise, crisp, staccato. Pistol shot,” in this quote Rainsford shows he is bold by swimming towards the danger of the gunfire and screams even though it could have been to his demise too.

KT Huber 9th ALA Beaumont Per. 2 Analysis of Rainsford’s Character In “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, the conflicts throughout the text contribute to Rainsford’s change in character.

Things get interesting when the hunter becomes the hunted. Mr. Rainsford in “The Most Dangerous Game” is a world-renowned big game hunter who has successfully hunted and killed the most dangerous of animals, declaring it a sport. He has no regard for his prey and feels superior to them, insisting they have no feelings and are worth more dead than alive. He values the entertainment of going after the kill and takes pleasure in the fear from the animals as he pursues and kills dangerous animals. However, after an encounter with another hunting enthusiast on a mysterious tropical island who forces Rainsford into becoming the prey for his hunting pleasure, Rainsford begins to appreciate the value and feelings of the prey, showing how a person’s point of view about a sport can significantly change when the roles are reversed.

In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game”, the author, Richard Connell, develops two radically different hunters who share a love for the sport, but it is the protagonist, Rainsford, who makes the story interesting because he is a dynamic character who, by the resolution, remarkably changes the story. Unlike Zaroff, who is an immoral character that thinks the idea of hunting humans is alright, Rainsford’s ideal changes keep the reader interested because they are key to making the story much more fascinating, especially by his bravery, never-give-up attitude, and wise decisions. When Rainsford ends up on “Ship-Trap Island” by falling off a yacht, he starts to get to know Zaroff, and he learns that he is not just a typical hunter. Zaroff has become a serial killer. He soon realizes that he has no choice but to play the game with Zaroff.

Literary Devices and Impact in “The Most Dangerous Game” In his short story “The Most Dangerous Game”, Richard Connell expands and builds upon the hunter versus the hunted, through subtle and effective use of literary devices. Metaphors, similes, and underlying irony create a world much like our own, with very few yet complex characters. Rainsford, our protagonist starts out with ideals expressed with statements such as “‘You’re a big game hunter, not a philosopher. Who cares how a jaguar feels?’”(40).

In the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, there is this man who is a well known author by the name of Rainsford. One day he was on a yacht with his crew and accidentally fell overboard. Rainsford swam over to an island named “ Trap-Ship” Island. There he found a huge mansion. In the mansion he met General Zaroff and his his butler Ivan, who is a russian Cossack. After finding out that Zaroff hunts humans, Rainsford realizes that he is actually a psychopath and decides to leave the island immediately. Zaroff will not let him leave. Instead he gives Rainsford two choices. One of the choices is to be hunted for three days and if he survives he is free to go. The second one is he could choose Ivan’s torture game. Rainsford

In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell the main character, Rainsford, is confronted by many difficulties prior to and throughout his stay on the feared, Ship-Trap Island. These include both physical and mental challenges, and are affected by the antagonist of the story, General Zaroff.

Rainsford… when he is telling his opinions or outlooks on life, or when he hears a peculiar sound in the distance, or when he is in normal conversation it can show the attributes of his character. In Connell’s story “The Most Dangerous Game” the main character Rainsford has can be described in many ways sometimes closed minded sometimes educated but all of these show what he is.. a hunter. As a hunter rainsford is educated while closed minded and down to earth.

In Richard Connell’s short story “The Most Dangerous Game,” the main character, Rainsford, develops from a ruthless and brutal attitude about hunting to a more sympathetic and understanding one due to the scarring experiences of being on the other end of the barrel. While on a hunting expedition to the dangerous Amazon Jungle, Rainsford, discusses with Whitney, his hunting partner, about whether or not animals, especially jaguars, have feelings. Although being a big-game hunter, Whitney suggests that their prey may have sentience, in which Rainsford retorts, “they’ve no understanding” and then goes about telling Whitney how “the world is made of two classes — the hunters and the huntees.” Whitney, being a foil character to portray Rainsford’s

In the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game,” by Richard Connell created a main character, Rainsford. Rainsford is a famous hunter who was traveling to Rio to play in the hunting games. Upon his travel there Rainsford and his friend Whitney heard three gunshots. At this moment, Rainsford ran to the railing of the boat, lost his balance, and fell into the Caribbean. He began to swim towards Ship-Trap Island.

Rainsford hides up in a tree. Zaroff lets gives him a chance to escape. Rainsford build a mealy man-catcher and it ended up damaging Zaroff. Rainsford constructs a Burmese tiger pit, and killed Zaroffs dog. Rainsford makes a Ugandan knife trap, which murdered Ivan. Zaroffs goes back home thinking he won the game. But Rainsford just dived into the sea. Rainsford confronts Zaroff in his bedroom unexpected. Rainsford sleeps in Zaroff’s bed which leads to us thinking that he has somehow of killed