The Most Dangerous Game Analysis

In the story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell and the poem “Porphyria’s Lover” by Robert Browning, the authors use characterization and imagery to convey that the desire for power can drive man to psychotic actions.

In Richard Connell’s short story “The Most Dangerous Game”, the protagonist character, Sander Rainsford is an adventurous and fearless big game hunter. Rainsford has no remorse for his prey. Over the course of the story Rainsford experiences a sudden change of heart when he finds himself where “The world is made up of two classes—the hunters and the huntees.”

In The Most Dangerous Game, the villain is General Zaroff who forces Rainsford to take part in his ‘Hunting’ game. Zaroff is so cocky in his ability

“Rainsford said,Hunting? Good God, General Zaroff, what you speak of is murder.’” (Connell 70). Rainsford’s personality changes throughout this story, but, the trait of bravery stays true throughout the story. Through his personality trait of bravery Rainsford moves the “Most Dangerous Game” plot forward.

It had been a week since Rainsford managed to kill the nefarious General Zaroff. The challenging part was almost over or so it seemed. There was not a clear way for Rainsford to escape. As days passed, Rainsford tried to escape. He tried making a boat from driftwood that he found, he tried swimming, he even tried sending a signal by using a flashlight. Rainsford had become so desperate that he even tried some ridiculous plans like trying to pole vault across the ocean. As a result, Rainsford ended up having huge gashes in his left leg ,which got infected, and he had to amputate it. As days turned into weeks, and weeks into months, Rainsford had lost hope and became bitter.

Laughs of mockery can express one’s judgement. Another way to understand why to never underestimate something and to keep in mind that bad actions lead to bad results is through the use of repetition. At the beginning of their game, Rainsford had built a Malay man-catcher and was able to bring some damage to General Zaroff. Zaroff, who was quite impressed, but not really “...staggered, but he did not fall; nor did he drop his revolver. He stood there, rubbing his injured shoulder, and Rainsford, with fear again gripping his heart, heard the general 's

However, there is another motif that recurs in the “Most Dangerous Game” that deals with the elements of fear since fear has been mentioned throughout the entire story to describe what Rainsford feels. This “fear” motif can be used to describe how we, as humans, are afraid of something that might happen in the future or how we are frightened about things that may chase after us and endanger us. For instance, in the story, it describe the fear in Rainsford by stating, “The Cossack was the cat; he was the mouse. then it was that Rainsford knew the full meaning of terror.” This quote shows how Rainsford was afraid of General Zaroff chasing after him or scared of being hunted by him, which is similar to how we are afraid of being chased by our

Resourcefulness is being able to overcome difficulties quickly and in a clever way. Resourcefulness can also be using one’s surroundings for his/her benefit with prior knowledge and experience. In Richard Connell’s short story “The Most Dangerous Game” the main character Rainsford shows these skills of resourcefulness as he tries to survive the hunt. Rainsford is an experienced big game hunter that is trapped on a tropical jungle covered island with another big game hunter, General Zaroff. Zaroff has gained so much experience in hunting, due to this he has lost interest in hunting animals and now enjoys the hunt of humans. Rainsford is put in the position to be torched or participate in a game of hunting. When Rainsford is challenged to this game of hunting he is forced to try and survive. Rainsford is able to survive the hunt because he uses his resources and prior knowledge to weaken Zaroff helping him win the hunt.

There are survivors all around us, and they all could have faced grave challenges to be standing where they are today. Rainsford, in the "Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell, faced intense challenges in a "fight to the death" conflict against one of his most successful supporters, General Zaroff. Lee, from "My escape from North Korea" by Hyeonseo Lee, faced tough challenges while trying to escape the depths of a country that treated her horrendously. Aron Ralston, from "Trapped", a story explaining that Aron himself was hiking alone when the unthinkable happened: Two large, heavy boulders fell on his arm and he had to endure over a hundred painful hours of being trapped in between the two rocks until he did a self-amputation on the arm

Going on a hunt is an exhilarating experience especially if one becomes the hunted. Mr. Rainsford is a celebrated hunter who finds himself in this exact situation. General Zaroff is an exceptional hunter and Rainsford is stranded on his island. Mr. Rainsford must struggle with his personal feelings, his fear and General Zaroff’s island if he is to avoid being a trophy. In The Most Dangerous Game, author Richard Connell takes his readers on an emotional journey through a desolate island jungle. To further draw the audience into the terror that follows the author uses words like darkness and blood. Murder is an evil business that is not far from the hunter. The Most Dangerous Game, written by Richard Connell, uses the character Rainsford, the

One of the many examples in The Most Dangerous Game that showcase the theme, “what goes around comes around” is when Zaroff is shot down and killed by Rainsford because Zaroff hunts and kills humans on Ship-Trap Island. This illustration supports this theme because Zaroff lures sailors, pirate, and other miserable individuals to his island where he holds them captive until he suggests they hunt. They are then chased down by Zaroff until death. If these victims refuse to “hunt” they are slaughtered. Zaroff’s punishment, being shot to death by Rainsford after surviving three days of the hunt is then equivalent to his former actions. When Zaroff sees Rainsford in his room the general (Zaroff) makes one of his deepest bows and said,

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.

The question that is usually asked is a one human life more valuable than another. To me the answer is no, you can’t really say that one is by the money they make, who they know, or how old they might be. In the short story The Most Dangerous Game General Zaroff said he hunted the “scum’ of the earth. He also said they need to live because what are they going to do for the community.

At the end of “The Most Dangerous game” by Richard Connell Rainsford finally gets the upper hand of General Zaroff by appearing in his room, but then it leaves off at a cliffhanger and the story ends. I believe that when Rainsford surprises General Zaroff he does not kill him. I say this because once Rainsford hears about what general Zaroff is doing makes him disgusted. When Rainsford is being hunted by Zaroff he sets two traps that could definitely kill Zaroff but Rainsford sure knows that Zaroff is a smart man that wouldn’t let those traps get him. So I believe that they were both just there to try and scare rainsford.

For this short story, the readers could immediately identify who the good guy is and vice versa, supported by their nationality, when the two characters first met. And soon the story unveils the General’s outrageous hunting game which of course Rainsford stiffly dissented with courage. Rainsford does perceive that by enacting justice would put him in the prior queue of the General Zaroff’s killing list. The consequence came storming in as the General showed no mercy to the man he adore and respect. This is the point of the story where the readers could really tell that there is no shade of gray in the characters so far and also the character traits does not build on as the story goes along after their major engagement. Additionally, the characters maintained on going the same pathway as they did before. Good is good and bad is bad with no complexity associated into the characters’ soul. The author would be stating something equivalent like only the evil side contains the seven deadly sins and the good side doesn’t. This also indicates that the characters are not dynamic. Neither Rainsford nor the General alternates their route of life. Confronting the sole yin division of the world alone, there has been no sign of Rainsford amending his beliefs due to the nerve-wrecking game that challenged him physically and mentally. The lacking of personality amendment becomes an additional qualification of the story existing as an escape literature. An actual human being is a pair of jeans that would get worn out or dyed through time by life. Hence, the characters are definitely not realistic not merely proven by the absence of change in characters. The story also overemphasizes the strength of Rainsford; for example, he created a human sized trap in less than a day and he jumped off the