Rainsford In The Most Dangerous Game By Richard Connell

Being able to overcome something in life is a great feeling. When you want to give up, but your inner body says no. The ability to overcome that feeling, although your mind and physical ability tells you no, is special. In Richard Connel's short story "The Most Dangerous Game," big game as Sanger Rainsford is tested in the following ways: strong versus the weak, the value of life, and becoming what he fears. Next, we will go into great detail about how Rainsford handles his weakness.

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.

     Rainsford is an intelligent man. Early in the story, “Rainsford remembered the shots. They had come from the right, and he doggedly swam in that direction” (34). Rainsford had just fallen in the water,

A man gets hunted by another man on the deserted Ship-Trap Island in the middle of the Caribbean. Rainsford, the protagonist in “The Most Dangerous Game”, a short story written by Richard Connell, gets hunted by General Zaroff. Rainsford abounds with fear, making him crazy. General Zaroff’s arrogance causes him to feel that he possesses the right to hunt the people he captures. His arrogance causes him to commit gruesome things; in this case, murder. Prior to becoming another man’s prey, Rainsford feels that animals have no feelings, but he sympathizes for animals being hunted after he himself becomes prey. His feelings and opinions transform after this experience. “The Most Dangerous Game” consists of three central themes: fear makes an individual crazy, arrogance causes hurtful actions, and some experiences have the potential to alter an individual’s opinion.

As the short story progresses, the author uses irony to portray a change in Rainsford’s personality. “ ‘...Great sport, hunting.’... ‘For the hunter,’ amended Whitney. ‘Not for the jaguar.’ ‘Don’t talk rot, Whitney,’ said Rainsford. ‘You’re a big game hunter, not a philosopher. Who cares how a jaguar feels?’ ”(12). At the beginning of the story, Connell establishes that Rainsford believes the world consists of just hunters and huntees. Furthermore, when his close friend, Whitney, brings up the topic of how an animal feels while being hunted, Rainsford immediately shuts him down and calls him soft. From this, the reader can infer that Rainsford is close-minded, as well as arrogant. “Rainsford’s second thought was even more terrible. It sent a shudder of cold horror through his whole being.”(24). In

In the story The Most Dangerous Game there are three characters who all have a passion for hunting even though all three hunters share different and similar viewpoints on the sport.

He says that quote because he knows how animals get hunted so he would be talking in fear. He says that because he won and he knows how animals really feel when they get hunt so he is talking in completely the challenge. The first quote is “ it sent a shudder of cold horror through his whole being,” (12). The second quote is “I am still a beast at bay,”(15). Rainsford is better person because he how a animals is when it is getting hunted and we won the competition against Zaroff he is a good person because he did not work together with Zaroff for killing people. Rainsford starts to care about animals after he is put in there foot steps for getting hunted the island is still scary nothing change about that and he is a good

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.

Rainsford shows this when he was in Zarrof's game. By the end Rainsford has changed and has much more respect towards hunting. Early on in the story Rinsford is a very inconsiderate person. This character trait is demonstrated by the way that Rainsford expresses himself when talking to Whitney about the way that they are going to hunt the Jaguars. "You're a big-game hunter, not a philosopher.

In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” written by Richard Connell, Sanger Rainsford is a world wide big game hunter that is intelligent and experienced when, it comes to defeating General Zaroff. (17) The second character is General Zaroff. Zaroff ,”is a tall man, past middle age and, his hair is vivid white and he has thick eyebrows, and a pointed military moustache.” (17) The third character is Ivan and he is a gigantic deaf-mute servant. (17)

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

Survival Essay In, “The Most Dangerous Game,” Rainsford was going on a hunting trip and was on the top of his yacht when he lost his footing and fell off into the ocean. To survive this mistake he had to use previous experience, instinct, and perseverance to survive. When he fell off the yacht he used instinct when he took off his shoes so it would make it easier for him to survive. He persevered being stranded in the ocean when he remembered where he heard a gunshot and swam to where that was because he knew there would be someone there. Later when he made it to an island, he met someone who eventually tried and hunt him.

Rainsford starts as the hunter, but ends as the hunted. In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connel Rainsford is a rich man who falls off a ship. When he gets to the island “Ship Trap Island” he perceive a gun shot. Once he gets to the gunfire he gets to play a game or die of course he chose the game. Rainsford is very well educated as well as cold hearted and also, very aware about his surroundings.

The title of the story is called, “The Most Dangerous Game.” The authors name is Richard Connell. A man named Sanger Rainsfold was on a ship and fell overboard into the sea. He swims to a Caribbean island that he saw. The island was owned by a man named General Zaroff who is a hunter, he admires it so much he plays a game which causes life or death for people who come to his island. Zaroff greets Rainsfold and tells him more about himself and how this game works. Zaroff offers Rainsfold a place to stay and dinner for Rainsfold prepare himself for the most dangerous game. It’s the morning, the game starts and Rainsfold is giving some time to adjust and run away from the General. With the experience that Rainsfold has, he sets up a Malay man