Suspense In The Most Dangerous Game

The short story, “The Most Dangerous Game” written by Richard Connell is about a man named Sanger Rainsford who finds himself being hunted by a notorious villain. Connell utilizes setting to create a thrilling yet dismal and somber story. For example, “The old charts call it Ship-Trap Island... sailors have a curious dread of the place”(Connell 17). Already in the beginning there is a mystery that arouses the reader’s interest and creates suspense.

“I congratulate you, you have won the game.” (36). Richard Connell does a great job in “The Most Dangerous Game”, showing how he can make a story so much more exciting with description and some literary devices. This frightful, yet thrilling story has three very important literary devices such as suspense, imagery, and conflict in it. By utilizing those three literary terms Richard makes a very nail bighting narrative. Winning the game was a direct correlation with sustaining life – his life.

“The world is made up of two classes - the hunters and the huntees.” In the short story ‘The Most Dangerous Game’ which was written by Richard Connell there are two main characters, Rainsford and General Zaroff. Rainsford thought that General Zaroff wanted to hunt with him when in all reality General Zaroff wanted to hunt him(Rainsford) himself. Richard Connell uses irony, theme and characterization to develop the plot and characters. The use of these literary devices suggests that Connell wanted to make the story more interesting and suspenseful so the reader can enjoy reading it.

Curiosity wins the reader’s interest in accounts and push them to take on their engagement in the narrative. In “The Most Dangerous Game” written by Richard Connell, the way in which the characters talk to each other gives the reader chills and urge the reader to feel attached to the characters. Connell develops curiosity in the reader through his tone and the use of foreshadowing.

Mood is an important element in all stories, because it decides how the reader feels for the rest of the story. There are different ways for an author to create mood, some of which impact first impressions like characterization and foreshadowing, but some take place in the moment like conflict. In the story, “The Most Dangerous Game”, Richard Connell uses the literary techniques foreshadowing, characterization, and conflict to create suspense.

"The world is made up of two classes - the hunters and the huntees.” In the short story The Most Dangerous Game which was written by Richard Connell there are two main characters, Rainsford and General Zaroff. Rainsford thought that General Zaroff wanted to hunt with him when in all reality General Zaroff wanted to hunt him(Rainsford) himself. Richard Connell uses irony, theme and characterization to develop the plot and characters. The use of these literary devices suggests that Connell wanted to make the story more interesting and suspenseful so the reader can enjoy it.

In the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game,” author Richard Connell expertly exploits foreshadowing and vivid imagery to emphasize danger and suspense. Many authors attempt to do this, but only a small few succeed. Everyone who has stayed up past their bedtime reading a book will tell you, they stayed awake because the book they were reading was filled with suspense. It is suspense that separates the great stories from the good stories. And “The Most Dangerous Game” is definately a great one. By using foreshadowing and utilizing his characters five senses, Connell keeps readers at the edge of their seats, eagerly waiting to find out what comes next.

Richard Connell uses mood and tone in "The most Dangerous game" to convey the theme of hunting which makes people better prepared for life. When people hunt for the first time there surprised on much they know about hunting and how good they are at doing it. How ever in the book the General hunts humans and kills them for fun he thinks it makes a great game. Richard Connell wrote the book "The most dangerous game". Rainsford falls off his boat and finds himself playing this game of survival for his life and for a way home if he wins the game he can go home and he gets to sleep in generals bed it's the ultimate game of survival.

In Richard Connell's short story, "The Most Dangerous Game';, the use of literary devices, found blended with other literary devices, gives the story an inner meaning. The blending of literary devices effectively expresses the intentions of Connell to present contrast between the antagonist and protagonist points of view. As a result, the reader can gain insight on the good and evil sides of the story to enhance the purpose of his interpretation. "The Most Dangerous Game'; by Richard Connell presents literary devices such as foreshadowing, setting, and irony which reveal the underlying meaning of the story.

In “The Most Dangerous Game,” Richard Connell correlates three common literary devices especially well: setting, suspense, and plot. Connell makes use of an appropriate setting, the literary element of suspense, and an interesting plot in order to strengthen the story’s recurring theme of reason versus instinct within humans, and to blur that line between reason and instinct.

In “The Most Dangerous Game”, author Richard Connell uses a variety of literary device to depict the theme. He uses the main character, Rainsford, to be the character which unfolds the theme as he goes through the experience of being treated like a wild animal and becoming the prey of another human for sport. Connell uses three literary devices frequently including foreshadowing, irony and symbolism in order to support the main theme, put yourself in the shoes of the animals you hunt.

Authors of all genres try to incorporate suspense and tension in their works to make the reader desperate for more information and answers. This is especially important for action-packed genres. Glancing at Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game,” the title itself brings a level of suspense and interest from the reader. How is Connell able to create the most important tributes of powerful books? Delving into more specifics, Connell utilizes foreshadowing and reader uncertainty in order to generate tension between the story and the helpless reader.

    Though there are many different moods in the story, “The Most Dangerous Game,” the most common mood was suspense. An example of this is when General Zaroff said, “ what are the attributes of an ideal quarry?...It must have courage, cunning, and above all it must be able to reason.” “But no animal can reason,” objected Rainsford. “My dear fellow,” said the general, “there is one that can.” this is suspenseful because there is only one animal who has courage is cunning and can reason. That animal is a

Imagine a world where people hunt other people as a sport and the hunters become the prey in a fight to survive. In the short story, “The most Dangerous Game,” by Richard Connell there is a rich hunter named Sanger Rainsford and he is on his yacht in the middle of the Caribbean. After hearing a gunshot he leans over the side of the yacht and he swims to a strange island. On that Island he meets General Zaroff. During a dinner Zaroff tells Rainsford about the hunts he likes to go on and after much convincing Rainsford reluctantly agrees to go on the hunt. Rainsford spends the next few days in a fight for his survival and ends up winning “the game.” In “The Most Dangerous Game” Richard Connell creates suspense by using two elements: foreshadowing and dangerous action.

“The Most Dangerous Game” Held a consistent trail of suspense from beginning to end. The first arrival of suspense came when Rainsford and Whitney were looking at the Shipwreck Island in plain sight and still approaching the island. The author leads the reader to suspect