The Hunters In The Most Dangerous Game

“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.

Richard Connell's "The Most Dangerous Game" is a very exciting story of a manhunt. This story made me think about the morality of hunting: Humans are the cleverest creatures on earth, but does it give them a license to kill the other animals and even human beings weaker than themselves? I give below a short summary of the story to set the scene and then I will explore the ethics involved in hunting as a sport. "The Most Dangerous Game" presents the story of a hunter, General Zaroff, who finds hunting human beings as the most dangerous and fascinating sport.

“ The world is made up of two classes--the hunters and the huntees,” stated Rainsford in the famous short story, The Most Dangerous Game, by Richard Connell. Connell’s story is a fictional story about man hunting man. His piece of literature was made into a movie later on, and in the movie Rainsford made a very similar statement. However, there were changes made between the short story and movie. The similarities and differences become clear in both the plot and resolution. Although the the literary work and motion picture have much in common, they are also quite different.

Zaroff is purely unconscious, and has no compassion or remorse for his actions. His demented mind forces him to believe that it is moral to hunt all living creatures, when in reality he is actually murdering a human soul. The general is sadistic as well as arrogant. He is mentally unstable, insane, and he denies the fact that he is committing something as bad as what he is doing. According to General Zaroff, hunting for him has been consumed by boredom and he no longer sees hunting as a challenge. Consequently, he chooses to hunt a certain “creature” with a higher mental stability of the creatures he has hunted before.(Connell 21) As Zaroff became comfortable with Rainsford, he

Though one could argue that Wolff’s “Hunter’s in the Snow” and Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game” share an aspect of higher insight that can be classified in literary fiction, Hunter’s in the Snow allows the reader to develop a deeper understanding of human nature by presenting three dynamic characters.

Did you know that “The Most Dangerous Game” and “The Hunters In The Snow” could be similar in so many ways but have some differences in both stories? There are two main characters in “The Most Dangerous Game” and that is Rainsford and General Zaroff and in “The Hunter In The Snow” has three main characters and that is supposedly friends and that is Tub, Frank, and Kenny. In both stories there are similar times that the elements of the two stories could have similarities and differences. In both stories there are instances that involves hunting. In the stories there could be as each characters have problems with each other or individual. In the stories there are times when the author wants to get the point across and allow the readers to

Richard Connell’s short story, The Most Dangerous Game, tells the story of a famous hunter named Rainsford, who falls off of a yacht and swims to an island called Ship-Trap Island. While on Ship Trap Island, Rainsford encounters a man named General Zaroff, who began hunting humans on the island after becoming bored of hunting animals. One night, Zaroff announces to Rainsford that he will be the next victim in his hunting game. Zaroff informs Rainsford that if he manages to survive for three days without being killed, then he can leave the island. Throughout the plot of this short story, there is a consistent theme of the world being composed of two classes of people: the hunters and the hunted. General Zaroff and Rainsford both find themselves to be divided into this class system, at various times during the hunting game. In this short story, Connell uses foreshadowing to portray the idea that there are two classes of people in the world: the hunters and the hunted, in relation to Rainsford and Zaroff.

The harsh truth of island life reveals that Zaroff’s idea of civilization includes personal pleasure derived from murder .Zaroff explains his “game.” Zaroff has become bored with hunting because the animals do not provide a challenge for him, so hunts the only animal that can think and reason—man (Connell 74).He believes that he deserves the challenge, so it is morally right to hunt men. This is not civilized behavior. It is murder. He tries explains why it is right. “‘If I wish to hunt, why should I not? I hunt the scum of the earth—[…]’”(Connell 75).Zaroff believes that his social status and wealth give him the right to kill those in lower classes. This

Have you ever been hunted in your lifetime before ? In “the most dangerous Game “ by Richard connell two men were hunting each other. Rainsford demonstrates that he is adventurous,smart, and sneaky.

Where do you draw the line in hunting? Is it at the point where you feel pity for your prey? Is it the fact your prey feels pain? Or is it just that you’re stronger and they’re weaker so it doesn’t matter. The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell is a story about learning and experience, how the hunter becomes the hunted and moralities tested and learning the hard way. The main protagonist Rainsford is a well established hunter who has slaughtered many animals with great joy. He views his prey as aggressive creatures that are lower that lack any reason to live other than hunting. Through the story Rainsford ends washed up on a mysterious island where his ideals about hunting are pit against those of an eccentric Cossack General. Through

Imagine if you were an intimidated animal being hunted. How would you feel? Most likely, how huntees felt in the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game.” The author, Richard Connell, tells a story about a man who wound up on a very mysterious island, and met a strange hunter who later hunted him. Throughout the story, it conveys the theme that man and animal are very different, yet alike, using internal and external conflicts.

Both men are very intelligent, experienced hunters. However, there is one vast difference between the hunters: they have opposing views on what should be hunted. Rainsford believes that only animals should be hunted. Zaroff, however, hunts humans.

This shows conflict with the irony that although Zaroff is polite to his guests and understands modern society customs, he is inhumane in the way he believes it's alright to hunt humans. A final conflict that was portrayed was Rainsford versus Zaroff. “'I refuse to believe that... you harbor romantic ideas about the value of human life. Surely your experiences in the war--' 'Did not make me condone cold-blood murder.'”

In the book “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell there is a famous hunter named Rainsford that falls off his ship and ends up swimming to an island that actually has a person living on it. The hunters in this story was Zaroff, Rainsford, and Whitney. Even though they are all hunters they have very different characteristics. Zaroff is a very aggressive hunter, and very competitive in fact so competitive that he actually starts hunting people. Rainsford is a big game hunter he is not as competitive but he does enjoy the thrill. Whitney is a very kind hunter he very much enjoys it but he also wonders if the animals have feelings. The hunted in the story was the humans Rainsford and Zaroff. Rainsford and Zaroff were hunting each other

Humans being born essentially good or evil at heart is all a matter of perspective, because they are born into this world not knowing the difference between good or evil. We only understand this concept when we receive praise or punishment from any good or bad deeds. In The Most Dangerous Game, Rainsford views hunting as a fun and entertaining sport. On the contrary, Whitney empathizes with the prey, and even says that hunting is only fun “for the hunter, not for the jaguar”. Rainsford learns the negative effects of hunting only after he is being hunted by General Zaroff. This can be likened to the following quote by Steven Pinker: “Human nature is complex. Even if we do have inclinations toward violence, we also have inclination to empathy,