The Most Dangerous Game By Richard Connell

From the words of C.S. Lewis, “Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny”. Facing hardships and breaking free from their normal world allows the hero inside of people to come out. Many stories document this journey of a hero through the Hero’s Journey Archetype. In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, a man named Rainsford stumbles upon an island where humans are hunted by a crazed man. The hero’s journey archetype is implemented throughout Rainsford’s experiences in the story. Richard Connell used the Hero’s Journey Archetype to structure the plot and develop the theme that with clever thinking and lots of hope, one can succeed at anything.

The ship in the original story leaves Rainsford behind because it is the middle of the night and everyone is sleeping but in the movie to make the story more interesting was smashed to smithereens. As I mentioned above to sell tickets Hollywood has to make the story more interesting so they added a girl, her brother, a shark and multiple other crew members but what became of these people? Well to start Eve Trowbridge's, brother was Zaroff's first victim while Rainsford was on the island instead of like the story Rainsford being the one and only victim during his stay. Then instead of like the story where everyone was just fine except Rainsford in the movie Hollywood decided it would be more interesting if everyone except Rainsford died. Before I conclude, I would also like to point out that the place and Way General Zaroff was murdered was changed, in the story which I personally prefer Rainsford sneaks into the General's bedroom and surprises him where they fight in hand to hand combat to the death in the movie, however Rainsford just walks in the front door and fights with The Count and his guards until finally, he stabs the Count in the back with an arrow and

The hunt is on in the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game” written by Richard Connell. Sanger Rainsford, the main character, falls victim to General Zaroff’s abhorrent game, but to avoid his almost certain death he uses his knowledge of hunting against Zaroff. He constructed three different traps to slow Zaroff down. The first was a Malay mancatcher that injured Zaroff’s shoulder. The second, a Burmese tiger pit that killed one of his dogs, and the third was a trap he had learned in Uganda that killed Ivan.

For an abundance of stories the conflicts do not include man vs. man, man vs. nature, or man vs. himself. In the story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell this is not the case. The main character Rainsford is frequently facing multiple struggles. The story would not keep you on the edge of your seats the same way unless he is constantly fighting through something no matter how big or small the problem is. For example Rainsford the sailor fights nature in this story. In addition to this, he struggles through the toughness and wits of other men. Furthermore, in this story Rainsford puts up with himself as he fights his mind running through the jungle constantly making last minute, and risky decisions. This story shows countless examples of man vs. man, man vs. nature, and even man vs. himself.

One method Richard Connell uses to create suspense in “The Most Dangerous Game” is slowing down the exposition with the purpose of dragging it out and creating a pace that keeps the reader waiting in a prolonged state of suspense. For example, on page 9, Rainsford stumbles upon the chateau after washing up on Ship-Trap island where he is greeted by its owner, saying “‘It is a very great pleasure to welcome Mr. Sanger Rainsford, the celebrated hunter, to my home...I am General Zaroff.’” Connell is using this part of the story to introduce a primary character, General Zaroff, which is a typical component of the exposition; however, it is unique in that he has taken four pages so far and has barely brought the soon to be antagonist into the

The Most Dangerous Game, by Richard Connel, is a story about a predator that becomes the prey. There are many themes and literary elements included in this piece. This story has a third person point of view. It is set in the mid-1930s, and takes place in the Caribbean Sea at Ship-Trap Island.

The short story “The Most Dangerous Game” is written by Richard Connell and is about a hunter that hunts a new species. The story is about Rainsford that is sailing on a yacht in the Caribbean Sea, and it crashes near Ship- Trap Island. Rainsford and he swims there and find out he either can hunt with General Zaroff or be hunted; Rainsford chose to be hunted and he won “the game”. The reader should learn from the story that even sometimes the best don’t succeed.

Without Rainsford and General Zaroff in both works, the theme of the hunters being hunted, would not tie into the story. Both of these characters make up most of the story and are an essential factor in it. For instance, Zaroff would have never known Rainsford when he showed up on the island if rainsford had not been a famous hunter. Zaroff had read one of Rainsford’s books, but if he had not, the result would leaving General Zaroff dumbfounded of who he was and not sparing his life for anything. In addition, the story and movie both contain many of the same events featured in the plot. Both productions include the section where Rainsford washes up on shore of the island and surveys it before finding a large chateau. The chateau belonged to General Zaroff. Without the finding of this chateau, there would be no storyline anymore which is why both the

Richard Connell, the author of “The Most Dangerous Game,” used the setting in different functions through perseverance in his short story.

In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game,” by Richard Connell the protagonist, Sanger Rainsford experiences mental and physical difficulties that challenge his beliefs. The author uses the conflict in order to show the changes in Rainsford from the beginning to the end of the story.

Hunting is a hobby maid for people who likes to be outside. In the story “The most dangerous game” by Richard Connell shows that it takes skill and practice to survive. Zaroff demonstrates that he is skillful, careless, and harmful.

Can you imagine being hunted? The Most Dangerous Game was originally a story that then got turned into a movie. I will be comparing and contrasting the differences of initiating events, characterization, and plot between the story and the movie. This will show the differences of how directors can completely change the original story to fit what they think will be more interesting. For example, they may add characters or change the setting to create a different scenario.

The Most Dangerous Game was written in 1924 by Richard Connell. Due to its popularity the original short story was made into a movie in 1932, produced by Ernest B. Schoedsack. Although the movie reflects some similarities such as the setting, characters and the ultimately the same conclusion. However, the movie did contain many changes to the storyline as opposed to the original short story version. There were additional characters added, the exposition and ending had also been altered.

Some people go about their lives sipping coffee and watching the weather channel whilst others live a more thrilling one--skydiving and mountain climbing to get a glimpse of that sweet adrenaline rush. Well, in the story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, the protagonist who goes by the name Sanger Rainsford, lives the more adventurous type life; hunting wild animals. Now, this is usually the typical day for Rainsford, but what happens when he falls overboard from his yacht on a trip to go hunting is just the beginning of one of his most unfortunate adventures. Spinning back the hands on the clock, Rainsford is sailing on his ship whilst having a conversation with one of his crew members, Whitney. She explains to Rainsford that the island is eerie and mysterious and gives her this weird feeling that she isn't quite able to put her hands on but the all too stubborn Rainsford ignores these warning signs seeing it as simply just imagination until he falls overboard and lands on the island. From here on throughout the story, Rainsford is best known to be courageous, very skilled, and quite feather-headed.

After reading The Dangerous Game excerpt in the textbook and viewing the motion picture of the story, I came to the conclusion that the story is better than the movie. I say this because the book version of the story did a great job at build up suspense and not straying from the plot of the story. The author, Richard Connell, used vivid wording throughout the story to describe moments that would have been plainly imagined in a reader’s head. For example, instead of saying Rainsford fell off his yacht, the story says, “… he had reached too far and lost his balance. The cry was pinched of was pinched off short as the blood-warm waters of the Caribbean sea closed over his head.” Descriptions like the previous statement allow the readers to come