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Richard Connell's The Most Dangerous Game

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The Historical context includes when this short story was written, which was around the time of the 1917 Russian Revolution. The Russian Revolution of 1917 had many Mercenary Soldiers, there are also some interesting facts about Richard Connell like when he was born, when he died, how many awards he won, and who his parents were; but that is not all on Richard Connell so you will have to read the paper to find out more. For the Biblical perspective there are a couple of Bible passages that back up the do not murder commandment and the, “You shall not take the name of God in vain.” The Most Dangerous Game is a fictional book based on the historical events of the Cossacks actions during the 1917 Russian Revolution killing people for sport, which …show more content…

His mother was Marrie Miller Connell and his father was Richard Edward Connell Sr. He died on November 22, 1949 at the age of 56 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California from a heart attack. When Connell Jr. was starting his writing career, off he would cover baseball games for his father’s newspaper at the age of ten; he started editing the paper at the age of sixteen. When he wasn’t writing he served in the 1st World War and lived in many European Countries. After Connell got back from World War 1 He met and married Louise Herrick Fox in 1919. Richard Connell won the O. Henry Memorial Prize twice for his short stories “A Friend of Napoleon” and “The Most Dangerous Game”. He was also nominated for an Academy Award for the best original story in 1942 for the film “Meet John Doe”. Richard Connell Jr. was remembered best by his short story “The Most Dangerous Game”. He wrote many short stories like “Centenarian” which he wrote in July of 1916, “Once a Sloganeer” which he wrote in 1922, “A friend of Napoleon” which he wrote in 1923, “The Most Dangerous Game” which he wrote on January 19 of 1924, and “The Umps” which he wrote in 1924; these are only four out of the twenty that he wrote. Richard Connell Jr. had written many Screen Plays also which includes “The Milky Way” which he wrote in 1936, “Love on toast” which he wrote in 1937, “The Cowboy and the Lady” which he wrote in 1938, and “Two Girls and a Sailor” which he wrote in 1944; these are only four out of thirteen that he had written. He also wrote some Novels including “The Mad Love” which he wrote in 1927, “Murder at Sea” which he wrote in 1929, “Playboy” which he wrote in 1936, and “What Ho!” which he wrote in 1937; these are the only Novels that Richard Connell had written. The Most Dangerous Game, even though it was written in 1917 it wasn’t published until 1924. Richard Connell probably wrote about the

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