Rainsford's Escape From 'The Most Dangerous Game'

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.

After jumping into the water, Rainsford entered the castle where he surprised Zaroff; “Rainsford! How in God’s name did you get in here?”(Connell 16). Being caught off guard left Zaroff exposed. This, ultimately lead to his demise. After Rainsford and Zaroff fight, Rainsford wins, as seen from the quote “He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided,”(Connell 16). By using fear to initially scare Zaroff, Rainsford was able to displace Zaroff mentally. In the end, this led to Rainsford to win the fight and sleeping in a nice, comfy

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.

The use of self-defense is to defend against danger. The short story, “The Most Dangerous Game,” written by Richard Connell, is about a male named Sanger Rainsford. He is the main prey throughout the short story. Rainsford was relaxing on top of his boat. As he falls into the water, no one was able to rescue him. He finds a mysterious island to stay, and finds out that a hunter named General Zaroff, who hunts humans, is going to be his next prey. Rainsford has taken action to place punishment towards crime. Rainsford does not want to be General Zaroff’s next prey. Rainsford defend himself by threatening General Zaroff and killing Ivan. As General Zaroff plays the most dangerous game with Rainsford, he kills General Zaroff to defend himself. Rainsford uses self-defense to defend himself against General Zaroff.

Zaroff is much more committed to hunting than Rainsford ( Zaroff explains that hunting is his life, but Rainsford says that he enjoys hunting as the best sport in the world) Rainsford believes that the idea of hunting men is considered murder while ,Zaroff believes that he is morally allowed to do it : in the end, Rainsford wins the game while zaroff loses.

In the story, The Most Dangerous Game, Rainsford gets trapped on Ship-trap Island and has no way to get out so he needs a food source to survive. He needs to hunt for food, he can't only eat plants the whole time he is there. Before Rainsford fell off the boat, he was talking to his friend about how “the hunter had his nerve with him to tackle [the animal] with a light gun” (Connell 22). Rainsford knows when a gun is too small to hunt an animal, it seems that Rainsford clearly knows a lot about hunting, considering he has been hunting his whole life. As Rainsford has been walking around for awhile, he comes across this huge mansion, he is invited inside and as he is walking “the hall [there] were mounted heads of many animals-- lions, tigers,

People in society change based on their experiences. In many stories authors use dynamic characters. In the short story "The Most Dangerous Game", Connel uses Rainsford as a protagonist and charismatic character. The short story "The Most Dangerous Game" is about General Zarrof and Rainsford on an Island competing against each other for survival. For example, in the beginning of the short story, Rainsford had said to his colleague on the yacht in the ocean, going to a world wide hunter competition, passing an Island many sailors had feared " You're a big-game hunter, not a philosopher, who cares how a jaguar feels?" (Connel 60). Rainsford's character in the beginning was careless, thoughtless and ignorant about how he had viewed not only jaguars but many other animals in general.

Rainsford does not want to loose so he wants to slow general Zaroff to slow down. He accomplishes this by setting up a trap. According to the text, “But he was not quite quick enough; the dead tree, delicately adjusted to rest on the cut living one, crashed and struck the general a glancing blow on the shoulder as it fell but for his alertness, he must have been smashed beneath it” (29). General Zaroff falls for the trick and gets injured. The idea of slowing down was accomplished which causes him to go home and take care of his wound. While Rainsford finally gets time alone during the night he thinks up another plan. According to the story, “ He stepped back from the quicksand a dozen feet or so, and like some huge prehistoric beaver, he began to dig”(30). This quote shows that he is developing more survival traits because he is figuring out how he can make certain traps with using natural resources around

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

Thesis: In the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, Rainsford is a decorated hunter and war veteran who always has the instinct to hunt and kill, but when being hunted by another human for sport, Rainsford finally starts to feel fear itself. CD: Acquainted with the life of a hunter, Rainsford exhibits little to no sympathy for animals at all, “Don't talk rot, Whitney," said Rainsford. "You're a big-game hunter, not a philosopher. Who cares how a jaguar feels?” (Connell 1). CM: Ignorance is clearly bliss, especially with hunting, one simply does not experience being hunted rather visa-versa. Clearly, Rainsford undermines the fact of life and how every animal including him deserves to live, but when put through hardship, Rainsford sees the light. . CD: When being hunted by general Zaroff, Rainsford’s ignorance changes from bliss turns to pain and suffering ,“Rainsford did not want to believe what his reason told him was true, but the truth was as evident as the sun that had by now pushed through the morning mists. The general was playing with him! The general was saving him for another day's

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

Rainsford falls off a boat and fell asleep after he swam to Ship-Trap island. The next morning he wakes up, and follows a path that lead him to a massive building. General Zaroff opens the door and is pointing a gun at him. Rainsford told him not to be alarmed, as the mood calmed down general Zaroff let him inside. As they talk about hunting, the general said “Hunting tigers ceased to interest me years ago” he has a new animal. Rainsford said he will not condone

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.

When in a complicated situation, it can get you to be a better problem solver. This idea is demonstrated by the protagonist and very well developed hunter, Rainsford, in the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell that being stuck on Ship Trap Island to fight for survival against the antagonist, General Zaroff, is difficult if you don't think deep and clear. This is demonstrated in a part in the story, for example, towards the end of the story when Rainsford is in a situation where General Zaroff was getting closer to finding him, causing him to think really deeply about his past experiences and think deep within him. Rainsford proves throughout the story that he is an intelligent, confident, and a curious type of man.