The Most Dangerous Game By Richard Connell: A Comparative Analysis

Thesis: General Zaroff is the main Antagonist in The Most Dangerous Game. General Zaroff shows an affection for chasing, a frail and unremorseful personality, General Zaroff also shows pride and arrogance. These three character attributes

General Zaroff from “The Most Dangerous Game” and Montresor from “The Cask of Amontillado” are similar in several ways. They are both evil in many ways. A piece of evidence for General Zaroff Is when he put lights out in the Caribbean sea to make a false channel which caused Rainsford boat to crash on Ship-Trap island in the Mediterranean sea. One for Montresor is when he built a wall around Fortunato. Another piece of evidence that proves General Zaroff is evil is when he threatens Rainsford with his dogs if he does not play the game “I gave him his option of course. He need not to play that game if he doesn't wish to. If he does not wish to hunt, I turn him over to Ivan” (Connell 67).This means that Rainsford does not have to play a game

Furthermore in the story “The Most Dangerous Game” General Zaroff had a strive to kill for fun. Zaroff would always kill animals, and after animals became easy, he moved onto humans. Zaroff would enjoy killing and it became

If you can think of a more horrible person I would like to know who they are. Ned Kelly was hungry, hungry for blood, human blood. He thought of the ruthless plan so far. A normal human being wouldn’t even think of this evil plan even if they tried their hardest it they wouldn’t even come close to this plan. The Kelly gang were going to attempt to derail a police train this may not seem like much but part of the plan was to take hostages. I am not talking about 1 or 2 hostages I am talking about 40 odd hostages. (pg105) Would you have like to have been 1 of those hostages? Just think being locked in a room with 4 disgusting bushrangers. But Ned didn’t stop at murdering he had a different trade as

Some people might ask what is a villain? A villain is a bad person who does evil things on purpose tries to cause harm or trouble to someone. The villain or protagonist is always very important when it comes to telling a good story. They play a big role in helping the story move along and with the conflicts characters will face. In The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell the character Zaroff is presented as an evil person with malicious intent. Zaroff is a villain because he is cruel and harms innocent people for fun. The nature of Zaroff's villainy allows the reader to understand the theme of the idea that the hunter is now being hunted in the work.

Have you ever been hunted down by a psychopath war general, rabid pack of dogs, and a giant mute knouter named Ivan, and escaped? “The Most Dangerous Game,” by Richard Connell, is about a man named Rainsford who gets stranded on an island with an insane head honcho on a small, isolated island in the Caribbean sea. Behind every work of literature, are literary elements that make it successful. “The Most Dangerous Game” is successful due to descriptive imagery, suspenseful plot, and ability to get to the point.

The perplexing character seems like just an extreme hunter but figure out an alarming fact that he clearly is proud of, and doesn’t regret pursuing. General Zaroff redefines hunting when he restocks his island with a new type of life. The character General Zaroff, the disturbed antagonist from The Most Dangerous Game, portrays some prominent traits including an arrogance/cockiness, skillful, and insanity.

In Richard Connell's short story, "The Most Dangerous Game';, the use of literary devices, found blended with other literary devices, gives the story an inner meaning. The blending of literary devices effectively expresses the intentions of Connell to present contrast between the antagonist and protagonist points of view. As a result, the reader can gain insight on the good and evil sides of the story to enhance the purpose of his interpretation. "The Most Dangerous Game'; by Richard Connell presents literary devices such as foreshadowing, setting, and irony which reveal the underlying meaning of the story.

General Zaroff was Evil, Selfish, Challenger. General Zaroff is evil because he is killing humans for him. And also in text it said that he is devil. In the text it say, “Even so zealous a hunter as General Zaroff could not trace him there, he told himself; only the devil himself could follow that complicated trail throngle after dark. But perhaps the general was a devil (Page 12)." He is selfish because he is kills humans for him. Hunting was beginning to bore me! And hunting, remember, had been my life. I have heard that in America businessmen often go to pieces when they give up the business that has been their life (Page:6)." He is challenger because he had killed many animals and now he is killing humans. The general smiled. "No," he said.

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

“The Most Dangerous Game” and “The Cask of Amontillado” are two stories that take your mind through the darkest moments a human can experience. Darkness, fear, and survival, these are just a few things a man can experience on a island with an atrocious psychopath, Zaroff. Rainsford, a famous hunter washes up on the enigmatic island with Zaroff for three nights. Now imagine you’re deep in the streets of Italy, a carnival makes the perfect distraction to lead away victims of murder. Montresor, the ‘friend’ of Fortunato, leads the drunken man below the surface into the bony Catacombs.

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.

After reading the two stories between “cask of Amontillado” and “The most Dangerous Game”. What I liked about it, they were great stories, but I like the most dangerous game instead of the cask of Amontillado. What I liked about the Most Dangerous Game was the traps and the climactic parts in the story. What got me the most was the ending was the best though after all this time he just wanted to die because, he was getting bored of just hunting animals. So he wanted to try and hunt a person and try that because he’s always wanted to hunt a person after this I was saying “Why would he want to hunt a person after all the animals he killed I would stick to animals unless I’m in the marines” But yeah I did like “The Most Dangerous Game” it just

Picture this, your running through a dense forest on an island. Your heart pounds as you run, hoping the man chasing you won't catch up. You hear a gunshot nearby, the man hunting you calling your name. Now picture this, you’re in a dark underground catacomb. You’re bound to a wall in chains In the story “A Cask Of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe you meet Montresor a man who kills his friend out of revenge. Then in “The Deadliest Game” by Richard Connell you’re introduced to General Zaroff. A skilled big game hunter that after growing bored of his usual hunt decides to hunt a deadlier prey, humans. However, while both of these fates seem like a living nightmare and both of these men are insane General Zaroff is much worse than Montresor.

When I came into class these last two weeks, I definitely thought that ready a short story from a textbook made in was going to be a drag. I was pleasantly surprised when I actually started to gain interest in The Most Dangerous Game, written by Richard Connell. I really admire the way the author had composed the plot and how the characters were so well developed. I was slightly less juiced up when I found out we were watching a movie made in 1932. Nevertheless, I still enjoyed both works of art tremendously.