The Most Dangerous Enemy

The beast symbolizes evil and darkness. The beast is a tangible source of evil on the island. It represents the evil naturally present within everyone. Simon, a Jesus figure in the novel, realizes this before his confrontation with the Lord of the Flies. And while the boys debate over the existence of the beast, Simon tries to share his thoughts. He tells them, "Maybe, maybe there is a beast. What I mean is maybe it 's only us" (Golding 89). In reply the boys start to argue fiercely. Then Jack rebukes Ralph, saying "Bollocks to the rules! We 're strong we hunt! If there 's a beast, we 'll hunt it down! We 'll

A monster is defined as an extraordinary or unnatural, imaginary animal, but not all monsters are animals nor are they all imaginary. Some monsters are human, and very real. Facing a human monster can prove to be even more difficult than just an imaginary animal. In the stories, The Most Dangerous Game, The Cask of Amontillado, and The Sniper, the main characters are each faced with their own human monster. Although, not all of the main characters are able to overcome their human monster.

When the beast was first introduced into the story it represented fear.According to the article

In “The Most Dangerous Game,” by Richard Connell, the characters encounter many life-changing problems. This fictional, but suspenseful, piece contained a variation of conflicts for each character. Whether it was a character vs. character, nature, or himself each one shows the person’s true colors, and shapes them to be who they are. From the start Rainsford believed hunting was completely justifiable. However, once he had that experience with Zaroff his opinions changed. Rainsford encounters many conflicts and because of that, many aspects of his feelings and thoughts toward a variety of subjects is revealed.

In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, Sanger Rainsford outsmarted General Zaroff during the crazy man-hunt. Rainsford managed to outsmart Zaroff when he hid in the tree from him. Then when he set a trap on Zaroff, and lastly when he swam around the island so he could go hide from Zaroff in the Chateau. These three things will explain how Sanger Rainsford was successful.

“The Most Dangerous Game” was the best story that we read. The story kept you on the edge of you’re the entire time. You were left hanging when he jumped off the cliff wondering if Rainsford died or not, or or who died at the end of the story.

One of us is to furnish a repast for the hounds. The other will sleep in this very excellent bed. On guard Rainsford,

Is it possible to be both savage and civilized? One can compare the image on the Smithsonian’s article, “Return of the Great American Jaguar”, with American author Richard Connell’s short story, “The Most Dangerous Game”, to determine the connection between these seemingly opposite characteristics. The image depicts the combination of man and beast, which symbolizes Connell’s complex characters, Sanger Rainsford and General Zaroff, who work to display Connell's point of view that men are capable of being both civilized and savage. The short story challenges the protagonist Sanger Rainsford’s morals and beliefs when he is presented with a unique experience of being the huntee not the hunter.

Close, close, close! I’m the reason why it’s no go? Why things are the way they are?’ ” (Ch 8, Pg 143). The beast is very real because it is something that man is born with, and when one tries to hunt and kill this beast all it does is feed the beast with the fears that are a basis for one’s hunt.

The leopard, lion and she wolf symbolize the temptations of sin which further ourselves from God. The beasts also symbolize the sin Dante has to overcome to get closer to God. The beast are said to be interpreted as the three emotions

After the death of Osama Bin Laden, the leader of AL-Qaeda, the U.S. have finally withdrew their troops from that battle ground and brought them home. President Obama has been declaring that he would bring the troops back home and he finally has. Now faced with another threat that has claimed the U.S. as their enemy, the U.S. has been put on the edge of the national security. The question now is, ‘Should the U.S. go after this enemy after just coming back from a war?’ There are some who think that this situation should be settled with as soon as possible and some who think that this isn’t our war to fight. The U.S.

“A deal is a deal, I won and I want of this god forsaken island.”

He succeeded in this aspect of the story, but also opened the door for this sort of interpretation. The reader is left with ample room to speculate as to what the little girl’s motives were. For this reason it is not unreasonable to assume that Little Red Riding hood was the actual antagonist in this story, and that the wolf was simply an animal in need of food that got met with a tragic demise.

Rainsford knew he was going a little crazy. He just didn't want to believe it. What made him do was never intended, he never wanted to kill a man he was forced to.

The girl is young; she has no place to go, so therefore doesn’t really have the option to disobey her parents. The little girl is obedient to her parents when they are around. She does what she is told to and helps her parents by doing some work at home. The girl “helped her father [work outside] when he cut the long grass, and the lamb’s quarter” and also helped “[carry] water” (Munro). The girl valued her father more than her