Summary: Manhunt

A man hunting humans because he is bored with hunting animals! On Ship-Trap Island humans are being hunted by another human. General Zaroff is one of the main characters in “The Most Dangerous Game” written by Richard Connell. Zaroff encounters a surprise when he notices that Rainsford has appeared on his island. General Zaroff is a self-centered, psychotic and cruel man which ends up leading to his death.

Humans have been hunting for over 1.8 million years. Early humans were omnivores and hunted large animals. Not much has changed, as we still hunt today. In this story, it is a whole different game though...they hunt human beings. A main character, General Zaroff, is one of those people that hunts humans. He hunts Rainsford the other main character and is killed. The General’s place is taken by Rainsford. Rainsford becomes the new general of Ship Trap island. There are many theories to explain why this is true like he is more violent throughout the story and he is very similar to General Zaroff.

Both of these war poems tell us about the side effects of war, however I personally believe that ‘The Manhunt’ presents human suffering in a much more effective manner due to the fact that in ‘The Manhunt’, the soldiers own wife is trying to help him out, therefore this makes ‘The Manhunt’ much more personal, therefore it is much more effective.

Perplexed, he rushed out the mansion onto the beach and frantically searched for help, a way off the island, anything! To his displeasure, he perceived nothing that seemed useful for escape and when Rainsford spotted a vacant, lonely dock, he knew the transport ships were long gone and were not an option of escape. Although he was somewhat disheartened to learn about the ships, he was pleased to take in the refreshing wave of beauty that the view provided. Beyond the thriving, swaying trees, the sea was calm, like a slumbering, tranquil baby, and the sky was absent of any clouds. The soft breeze brought a sweet tropical scent that aroused his senses and reinvigorated his thinking. Rainsford recalled how he came to Ship-Trap Island and when General Zaroff mentioned the many sailors that were also stranded on the island. He wondered if there were still any sailors on the island. He decided to search the

The use of foreshadowing in the short story urges the reader on, to figure out the long-awaited answers. When Rainsford, the protagonist of the story, hears the gunshots in the exposition of the story, the reader might pick up the foreshadowing hint that Connell drops. As Rainsford reclines on the boat, he hears a gun going off. He has wonderful hearing skills; he knows he “could not be mistaken” (15). A little while later, he hears them again, a “crisp, staccato” (16) sound, which he dubs a “pistol shot” (16). This gun must be important, the reader thinks, because of the detail the author put into this seemingly innocent item. Subtly, Connell also inserts a mention of the gun in a couple scenes throughout the beginning scenes. It is a necessary object. This anyone can tell by the author’s effort on it and Rainsford’s keen knowledge of the gun.

Kiowa was against it, he felt like it was wrong and since he was religious he felt like setting up camp and base of operations in a church was bad news. Dobbins however wasn’t all that religious, he believed in god but it was just being nice to people that mattered to him. Kiowa grew up loving churches and carrying The Bible around but Dobbins hated churches.

The story opens in the Caribbean on a Brazil-bound yacht and continues on a mysterious Caribbean island. Ship - Trap island is somewhere in the tropics, in the Caribbean.  We know that there are giant rocks nearby, but Zaroff has it marked as safe passage. The location of the story takes place over the course of several nights, where Rainsford eludes the general whose most dangerous game proves to be Rainsford himself. (p) It also can be representative of a time in Rainsford's hunting days as an unguided purpose in and meaning in his

The story takes place on an island. The island is called "Shipwreck island" because it is in an area that is very treacherous for ships and is home to a lunatic (Connell 25). The lunatic's name is Gen- eral Zaroff, and he is a big game hunter. In fact he hunts the "the most dangerous game" which are humans (Connell 32). Rainsford is made the object of Zaroff's hunt which forces him to try and escape or die. Rainsford responds to his restricted environ- ment on the island by using his smarts to avoid his pursuers and to lay traps for the general. Rainsford's response respresents a different personality than Harrison. One example of Rainsford using his wit to outsmart the general is when he is just about to be captured and builds a "Malay Mancatcher" to try and catch the general (Connell 42). This example clearly shows how knowledgeable and prepared Rainsford is even is the toughest environment. In addition, before he is thrown out into the wilderness on the jungle and discovers the true nature if his fate he asks lots of questions including, "What do you mean...?", and, "And if they win...?", so that he can figure out the situation and maybe possible find a way to win the game (Connell 36). Rainsford responds

In the story, “The Most Dangerous Game” written by Richard Connell, Rainsford outsmarted Zaroff to win the the dangerous man-hunt. Rainsford won by displaying three helpful traps. One trap was the Malay mancatcher. The second trap was called the tiger pit. The final trap was a knife strapped to a sapling.

In the story Rainsford crashes a yacht and is forced to swim stranded on a Island. He finds a mansion and in the mansion a man named General Zaroff, he recognizes Rainsford from his hunting book. The general tells Rainsford that he has no sympathy

Rainsford had arrived on the shore of Ship-Trap Island after falling off a yacht. According to the narrator, “Bleak darkness was blacking out the sea and jungle when Rainsford sighted the lights” (Connell 45). The island Rainsford arrived on was filled with darkness, with light only coming from Zaroff’s château. The use of setting signifies the importance of where the story is taking place. In the beginning of the story, the island was described as dark, giving a feeling of indistinction.This setting first overwhelmed Rainsford, for he did not know what to do. The setting of the jungle is described as a location of being constrictive because it did not allow Rainsford to return back home. Rainsford used his instinct to navigate though the unknowns of Ship-Trap Island. Zaroff had the confidence of navigating the island’s challenges, so he distrusted his instinct. While setting helped reveal the message of the story, characterization also supported the author’s argument.

This text contains literary elements too such as characters, conflict, setting. This story also took place after war world one, on a small protected island. The characters were Rainsford, General Zaroff and these two men were brave and good at hunting, actually very talented at it. The conflict in this story is that Rainsford was trying to not be hunted by Zaroff but ends up being hunted by him. The theme for this story is to don’t overlook something you can find right away.

General Zaroff, the man found dead on the mysterious Ship-Trap island, is said to be a man hunter. It has been discovered that everyone found on the island has made claims of Zaroff planning to hunt them or, in Rainsford’s case, had hunted them.

A Most Wanted Man was one of those books that makes you think “I cannot wait to get home and sit down to read another chapter” while sitting at work. I do not consider myself much of a reader, because it is very hard for me to sit down and be still for long periods of time. With this book however I found myself reading for hours and through 4 or 5 chapters a night. Le Carré did an amazing job at keeping the reader’s attention and involving just the right amount of context without over doing it.

On a dark night a crew were on a boat to go the Amazon and hunt cheetahs. Then a crew member, Rainsford, fell off the ship. He heard some gunshots off an island in the distance, so he thought people would be there and that means there would be food. Then Rainsford swam as fast as he could to that island when he got there, there wa this huge house and a man by the name of General Zaroff lived there, he was a hunter too.