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The Most Dangerous Game Compare And Contrast Essay

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“The Most Dangerous Game” is a very good story with a lot of suspense and foreshadowing. The story plot is about an experienced hunter, Rainsford, who falls off of a yacht in the middle of the Caribbean, and finds himself on a small island. He then goes to seek shelter and finds a mansion, where he meets another hunter named Zaroff who was tired of hunting because it wasn’t challenging enough for him. To resolve his issue, he decides to hunt something different, humans. Soon after, the two begin hunting each other. After many traps set, and shots fired, the hunt is finally over, with Rainsford coming out victorious.
The biggest similarity between the movie and the short story was in the introduction. The characters stayed the same in each (although more were added in the movie), with the main characters being Zaroff and Rainsford. The time period also seemed to be alike, in the early …show more content…

The first big difference, and one of the most obvious happened to be the shipwreck that happened in the movie, while in the story Rainsford fell off the yacht and no one noticed. The next major difference is the fact that Rainsford met the other victims of shipwreck incidents and became close to the girl, Eve, who also was living in the mansion. Many other details of the story were altered since the female part was written in, the most obvious being that she went with Rainsford when he was hunting against Zaroff. Once they were out in the jungle, they started building the man catcher instead of hiding in the tree first. Their next attempt to stop Zaroff was also different than in the book, because Rainsford didn’t have to dig a hole; they just used one that was already there. Towards the end Rainsford walks into the mansion while Zaroff is playing piano, and once they fight and Rainsford wins, he leaves with Eve instead of staying and sleeping in Zaroff’s

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