The Most Dangerous Game By Richard Connell

“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.

Brief summary: The Most Dangerous Game is about hunter Sanger Rainsford, who washes up on the shore of an island called Ship Trap Island that has a terrible infamy, where he soon meets General Zaroff, who hunts human beings which is the most dangerous game for sport. Zaroff hunts Rainsford, but in the end Rainsford gets the better of him.

The Most Dangerous Game Argumentation Paragraph In the story, The Most Dangerous Game Sanger Rainsford was justified in killing General Zaroff for many reasons. For example, when Rainsford and General Zaroff are having a conversation about hunting over borsh shortly after Rainsford had found the General's home, the General tells him what he hunts and Rainsford states, “Hunting? Great guns, General Zaroff, what you speak of is murder!” (Connell 5). This piece of evidence is important because Rainsford figures out General Zaroff is hunting people. Because the General is killing many people, Rainsford is justified in killing General Zaroff because he is killing other people just for the fun of it.

This is similar to how Rainsford’s fear of Zaroff killing him kept coming back everytime he saw Zaroff even when he tried to forget about this fear after feeling secured about his plan to throw Zaroff off. Another quote from the story that supports this motif is when it stated, “He stood there, rubbing his injured shoulder, and Rainsford, with fear again gripping his heart, heard the general’s mocking laugh ring through the jungle.” This quote is describing how Zaroff brushed off his injury from Rainsford’s trap while Rainsford stared at him dead in the eye in fear since he did not successfully get rid of Zaroff. Additionally, this quote represents how we fear what would happen to us in our future whenever we look back at past mistakes, which is similar to how Rainsford might be thinking what is going to happen to him now that his traps are not affecting Zaroff that much. An example of this would be a person who did not make good grades in his academics during his 9th grade year and is now stuck in a situation where he cannot go to college, so he is afraid of what is going to become of his future or what is going to happen to him

Being included in an egotistic game can lead to a dreadful consequence. On the third day of the egregious game, Rainsford manages to escape from General Zaroff, but pridefully returns back to his home and confronts Zaroff. “I congratulate you, You have won the game. I am

When fear abounds within a man, this man becomes crazy. Rainsford fears death. Fear of death can be defined as the fear that causes an individual to be scared of dying. People filled with fear start to evolve into crazy people. Rainsford, an experienced hunter, knows this; thus, at the beginning of the hunt he continuously says, “I must keep my nerve. I must keep my nerve.” (Connell 165) Rainsford’s knowledge aids him in keeping his nerve and not going as mad as other men hunted before him. If Rainsford goes crazy, he will be instantly killed by General Zaroff; however, he keeps his nerve and kills Zaroff at the end

Whenever you hear the word evil or immoral, what pops up into your head? The character General Zaroff from a story called “The Most Dangerous Game” written by Richard Connell pops up into my head. General Zaroff is a man who lives on an island called Ship-Trap Island. Zaroff proves his immorally so many ways in the story. He lures sailors onto this island by using a bright light to trap them into a fake cannel, kidnaps the sailors, and then hunts them. Zaroff is an evil person who kills humans for the fun of it. Zaroff considers killing humans a sport, does not think it is murder, and forced the main character, Rainsford, in the book to be hunted.

In the action packed short story, The Most Dangerous Game, Richard Connell writes about a lost hunter’s journey. But, through his use of analogies and irony, Connell is able to convey some messages with much deeper meanings. There are two main characters in the short story, Rainsford, the sailor and hunter whose yacht was shipwrecked, and General Zaroff, who owned his own island that he used for “The Hunt”. Throughout the text, Connell uses analogies to justify the General’s morals.

Using what you know is useful to life because you had to learn to look both ways before you cross a street. Well, that's how Rainford feels in Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game.” The issue in this story is that Zaroff (hunter) likes to play a game where he kills people. Rainsford ( hunted), on the other hand, is just a guy who was sleeping and fell off board and went to an island called ship trap island. That's the place where Zaroff kills people. One important lesson readers can learn from Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game” is use what you know to survive.

In “The Most Dangerous Game”, Richard Connell emphasises external conflict to illustrate General Zaroff's character as an amazing hunter who became arrogant. Specifically, General Zaroff emphasises his arrogance by playing with Rainsford over and over again, letting him live and not pursuing further when he has Rainsford cornered. The first situation that expresses external conflict inflicted by Zaroff, occurs when Rainsford describes how Zaroff clearly knows where Rainsford is yet did not kill him. “Before they could reach the branch where Rainsford lay; A smile fell over his brown face”(24). When Zaroff spares Rainsfords life he gives him and the reader the idea that he thinks he will be able to catch Rainsford easily and wants more time

Connell’s use of foreshadowing reinforces the theme of people adapting depending on the situation. On page 11 Connell makes it very clear that the character General Zaroff has a passion for hunting. General Zaroff says to Rainsford “I have but only one passion in my life, Mr. Rainsford, and it is the hunt”. And in Rainsford’s perspective the story tells “About the hall were the mounted heads of many animals- lions, tigers, elephants, moose, bears.” This clearly shows that Zaroff has much experience with hunting. Rainsford notices that “There was one trait of the general’s that made Rainsford uncomfortable. Whenever he looked up from his plate, he found the general studying him, appraising him narrowly.” Connell is portraying General Zaroff like a predator and Rainsford is his prey. Connell’s foreshadowing leads the story into the “Hunting game” where Rainsford is getting hunted by General Zaroff.

As Zaroff is hunting his victims, he remains calm. When he is hunting Rainsford, he gets hurt by one of Rainsford’s traps called the Malayan Mancatcher. When Zaroff gets hurt, he congratulates Rainsford by saying “If you are within the sound of my voice, as I suppose you are, let me congratulate

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

This wraps the story up into one message and meaning while being able to also be applied to other situations and texts. The theme for The Most Dangerous Game is kindness doesn’t always equal a person's trustworthiness. The author writes “Now you want clothes, food, rest. You shall have them. This is a most restful spot” (Connell 21). This is showing General Zaroff being extremely nice to Rainsford. This is when he just arrives so he is scared and vulnerable at this point in the story. He is building that nice guy acts that Rainsford believes in the beginning which is the start of the theme Connell is going for. The text communicates, “You’ll find that my clothes will fit you, I think” (Connell 21). Zaroff is using the fact that him and Rainsford and alike to gain his trust. Connell is adding to the niceness part of his theme by showing Zaroff being kind when he really is doing it for evil. Within the text is says,“It is a great pleasure and honor to welcome Mr. Sanger Rainsford, the celebrated hunter, to my home” (Connell 21). Now Zaroff is showing interest in and knowledge about Rainsford. This is another thing that makes him seem trustworthy. Yet, in the end, Zaroff is a hunter that kills the humans that wash up on his island. His theme is shown from start to end as he starts being nice until he officially tries to kill the trusting Rainsford. The theme really ties the whole story together

In the short story, The Most Dangerous Game, written by Richard Connell, the saying, “what goes around comes around”, is a prominent theme. This phrase means that how one treats others directly influences how they are treated. The Most Dangerous Game tells the story of a cruel man Zaroff and his ways of hunting humans. While on this island, Zaroff meets Rainsford, a fellow hunter who is both lured and potential prey to Zaroff. This motif is exemplified in the downfall of Zaroff, the success of Rainsford, and when Rainsford transitions from being the hunter to being hunted.