Rainsford In The Most Dangerous Game By Richard Connell

All in all the author, Richard Connell, uses conflicts in the story “The Most Dangerous Game” to reveal the traits of characters and to show how they relate to the different types disputes and decisions. Rainsford battled both external and internal conflicts throughout the story but manages to make the best out of them. Rainsford also goes through many trials and decisions which show his many characteristics

Have you ever been hunted down by a psychopath war general, rabid pack of dogs, and a giant mute knouter named Ivan, and escaped? “The Most Dangerous Game,” by Richard Connell, is about a man named Rainsford who gets stranded on an island with an insane head honcho on a small, isolated island in the Caribbean sea. Behind every work of literature, are literary elements that make it successful. “The Most Dangerous Game” is successful due to descriptive imagery, suspenseful plot, and ability to get to the point.

Fear is a driving factor that humanity must overcome to succeed. On his way to the Amazon, Rainsford hears gunshots in the distance, and on his way to the side of the boat to try to find the source of the noise, he falls off his boat where “He struggled to the surface and tried to cry out, but the wash from the speeding yacht slapped him in the face, and the salt water in his mouth made him gag and strangle,”(Connell 2). If Rainsford doesn't keep his cool and decides to freak out, he could possibly drown. Furthermore, If he calms himself down, which he does, then he could recall where he heard the gunshots, and swim towards the noise, hopefully where civilization is. After swimming to shore, Rainsford finds himself on an island

All stories must have a conflict in them. Some have only one but the narrator and author of the short story “ The Most Dangerous Game’’ by Richard Connell has not only one but three to give the story a little rage . Man vs man, man vs himself and man vs nature are all included in the story. They all exist in the story and these are some of the examples the author puts on the story when writing it.

As self-defense has taken place, Rainsford has taken action to place punishment towards crime. General Zaroff and Rainsford are having a conversation. General Zaroff and Rainsford share meals together as both get to know each other. While talking together, Rainsford has found out that he and General Zaroff both hunt. As normal humans hunt small, easy prey, General Zaroff hunt for bigger prey. Once General Zaroff told Rainsford that he hunts bigger prey, Rainsford thought General Zaroff hunted big games like a bear or cheetah. General Zaroff’s big games were hunting humans and not animals. As General Zaroff told Rainsford that he hunted humans, Rainsford told the truth

Sanger Rainsford is a world-renowned hunter that was on his way to go hunt jaguars when his ship crashed. While he was swimming to shore he heard a gunshot blast in the distance. He thought if he followed it, it would lead him to a cabin or house so that he could have somewhere to sleep and eat. When “His eyes made out the shadowy outlines of a palatial chateau; it was set on a high

Then he leaped far out into the sea. . . .” Rainsford had a moment’s notice to decide, and with this decision comes Rainsford’s ability to kill General

Rainsford, a big game hunter, falls overboard on his boat and falls into the Caribbean Sea. He struggles to keep his head up but he manages to make it to the closest island shore. Rainsford soon discovers that he is on shipwreck island, a island that most people don’t escape. While he explores the island he runs into many life threatening encounters. In order to escape he will have to come up with good skills to keep him alive while he participates in General Zaroff’s game. In order to win this game he will have to hide in the jungle for three nights and to not get seen or caught, and if he does then General Zaroff, another hunter, gets to kill him. Many survival traits are developed throughout the story that keeps Rainsford alive. In the “Most

The short story “The Most Dangerous Game” is written by Richard Connell and is about a hunter that hunts a new species. The story is about Rainsford that is sailing on a yacht in the Caribbean Sea, and it crashes near Ship- Trap Island. Rainsford and he swims there and find out he either can hunt with General Zaroff or be hunted; Rainsford chose to be hunted and he won “the game”. The reader should learn from the story that even sometimes the best don’t succeed.

In the dire situation of being thrown into the hunt, when most would have reacted irrationally in blind panic, Rainsford regains his calm quickly and immediately sets out to create a complex trail, telling himself repeatedly “I must keep my nerve.” (6) Moreover, it is clear from the conversation between Zaroff and Rainsford regarding the general’s new, disturbing hunting sensation that Rainsford has strong morals and values human life. Rainsford’s scruples give him the bravery to heavily imply that Zaroff is a murderer and to question the general’s claims of being civilized, even as Zaroff becomes increasingly annoyed (4). However, Rainsford’s hunting career made him, above all, a survivor, and it seems that his morals are conditional to his own survival. This is shown most clearly at the frankly shocking events that unfolded at the end of the story, when Rainsford leaps off the cliff and finds his way back to the château to lurk in Zaroff’s room, and upon the general’s return, they dueled to the death (8). A darker aspect of Rainsford’s character is revealed in the last three paragraphs, and he even refers to himself as a cornered animal

While on the yacht to Rio for a hunt, it is established that Rainsford has no sympathy for the hunted. “‘Who cares how a Jaguar feels?’ said Rainsford” (40, col. 1). This idea eventually transforms into a conflict between Rainsford and himself when he himself eventually becomes the prey. Once Rainsford falls off the yacht, he must fight against the water to survive; “For a seemingly endless time, Rainsford fought the sea” (42, col. 1) and this helps increase his confidence in his abilities. Rainsford eventually finds himself on Ship Trap Island, and discovers a

“The Most Dangerous Game”, a short story by Richard Connell, is about a man named Sanger Rainsford that falls overboard on a ship and ends up on a mysterious island. From there he finds civilization and he meets the thrill-seeking General Zaroff that hunts humans to fix his craving for an adrenaline rush. Overtime, the general insists to compete with Rainsford by hunting each other and in the end he got the best of General Zaroff. Sanger Rainsford is a major character that greatly advanced the plot with his dynamic personality and his meaningful actions. From his intelligence and bravery he is able to conquer General Zaroff and prevent anybody else getting hunted by the evil and inhumane General.

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.

Mentally, Rainsford had to switch his mentality from the hunter to the hunted. He discussed this topic with his friend, Whitney, on the yacht before his arrival on the island. He said, “Be a realist. The world is made up of two classes-- the hunters and the hunters. Luckily you and I are the hunters.” This shows Rainsford’s arrogance and selfishness to his perspective and only his perspective of the world. This was critical to his survival

In “The Most Dangerous Game,” by Richard Connell, the characters encounter many life-changing problems. This fictional, but suspenseful, piece contained a variation of conflicts for each character. Whether it was a character vs. character, nature, or himself each one shows the person’s true colors, and shapes them to be who they are. From the start Rainsford believed hunting was completely justifiable. However, once he had that experience with Zaroff his opinions changed. Rainsford encounters many conflicts and because of that, many aspects of his feelings and thoughts toward a variety of subjects is revealed.