The Most Dangerous Game Movie 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.

Whenever a movie based on a book is produced, similarities must exist. It is crucial that there is correlation throughout the plot of both works in order for the story to be told. One example of a similarity between the plot of both versions of The Most Dangerous Game is that Rainsford and Zaroff were both experienced hunters. Zaroff had hunted all kinds of prey all over the world, and Rainsford was famous for his books on hunting. This made Zaroff’s hunt more enjoyable and Rainsford’s fight for his life more terrifying. Also, in both the movie and short story, Zaroff used dogs to hunt Rainsford. This illustrates that Zaroff did not exactly play fair in the story or the movie. Likewise, there are also major comparisons between the resolution of the literary work and the resolution of the motion picture. For example, in both endings, Rainsford was victorious. He was the first person to

The Most Dangerous Game was a story made by Richard Connell in 1924, and had a movie adaptation in 1932. The short story tells about a man stranded on an island by the name of Rainsford. He finds Zaroff, a general with a great lust for hunting, who hunts people and Rainsford himself going to be hunted. He then attempts to outwit the general and ends up possibly taking his place. The film tries to encapsulate the excitement and story of the original version with more enticing visual effects and mostly succeeds. Although the film shares many themes and characteristics as the story, it has also changed many key factors.

What is human nature? The Bible says in Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” We are all fallen, sinful and depraved, all of us are. Humans are evil. Genesis 1-3 shows us that God made us whole and good, but we have ruined his perfect plan. The greatest of men were all sinners. Moses, the leader of Israel was a murder (Exodus 2:11-15), David slept with Bathsheba and then killed her husband (2 Samuel 11-12), Paul murdered christians (Acts 9), and the list goes on and on.

Initially zaroff's all the Rainsford as a friend and a fellow hunter. Midway through the story, on the hunt, Zaroff changed his view of Rainsford from a fellow hunter to an adversary. At the end of the story, Zaroff continued to see Rainsford as an adversary but he saw him as an adversary he can not defeat. As well as his view of Rainsford, General Zaroff's view of the setting changed by the end of the story. Beginning the story, Zaroff saw the setting, the island, as a safe place with a positive atmosphere.

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.

Being lost in an island, hungry, and tired is not an everyday thing. So Rainsford being in that situation, had no other choice than except Zaroff’s generosity. Zaroff gave Rainsford clothes, food and, a place to sleep. Zaroff tells Rainsford to join him for dinner, and Rainsford went to the dinner room as told. Sitting down eating there meal. The two men’s starts a conversation and starts to talk about their lives. Zaroff learns a lot of things about Rainsford and so does Rainsford. Rainsford learns that Zaroff is a smart man and a hunter just like him, but Zaroff him hunting people is part of things that he hunts for. Zaroff on another hand learns that Rainsford is a pretty smart, educated man and lastly a hunter.4

In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” written by Richard Connell the story is mainly about richard finding out that general zaroff hunt humans. At first richard finds hunting humans a problem because he considers it murder but then close to the end rainsford wants to turn the tables and hunt General Zaroff because he has found the fun in hunting humans. This paper is being written because their was a difference in the characters in the movie and the book and this paper is going to explain those differences. For instance in the book you can tell that General Zaroff and Rainsford were way more passionate about hunting. The book even goes as far to say that Rainsford loved hunting like a sport and that all he did was hunt , but in the movie He is too worried about Eve to focus on the true issue at hand. The characters have a difference in the way the act when comparing the book and the movie. This side of the argument can be proven because there were things in the story that didn't even happen in the book. For instance in the movie there were two people that never appeared in the book. One was a female named Eva and the other was a man and nobody even knew his name. On the other hand in the book there was only the main characters , General Zaroff , Rainsford , Ivan , and Whitney. Another statement that will prove my point is that in the book Rainsford was playing the role of the fox when General Zaroff was hunting him which

Both protagonists, have similar conflicts which contain having them killed. In the story General Zaroff says, "Your brain against mine. Your woodcraft against mine. Your strength and stamina against mine. Outdoor chess! And the stake is not without value, eh?" (Connell 16). General Zaroff has the intention of killing Rainsford to cure his own boredom. This is the similar to when Frank Miller is coming in town to kill Kane. They also

After realizing he is trapped on the island, Rainsford seeks shelter and discovers the building owned by Zaroff. As Rainsford enters the building his, “first impression was that the man was singularly handsome” (4). General Zaroff’s appearance contributed to Rainsford’s first impression of the man. The general “had high cheekbones, a sharpcut nose,” and an arcane persona that caught the eye of the protagonist. (4). His distinctive appearance sparked curiosity within Sanger Rainsford. General Zaroff’s captivating looks provide the reader with a general idea of how to envision him as the story continues and helps foreshadow events that might occur later on in the

However, Rainsford grows comfortable with the island after feeding the general to his hounds, as he decides that “he had never slept in a better bed” (Connell 46). This is because of the giant bed Zaroff and Ivan had in their island, “big enough for six men” (Connell 31). Also, seeming how Rainsford had been stressed from battling Zaroff and Ivan, it is clear that Rainsford could sleep well without a worry in his mind. The United States and Russia were known for the Cold War, so Rainsford represented America as Zaroff and Ivan stood up for the Soviet Union. I believe Rainsford did not turn into the evil Zaroff, but rather seemed happy to take down Russia and return home to tell stories about Zaroff’s wrongdoings.

Both of Rainsford and Zaroff are very intelligent hunters. When Rainsford is the prey he feels like he might lose at certain moments like the time when he was on the tree with the dogs but he pushes on and sets traps on the contrary cocky Zaroff runs into them. Rainsford and Zaroff similarly hunt as sport but Zaroff will take it to the extreme and start to hunt humans. Keep in mind this then foreshadows them going against each other and eventually Rainsford kills Zaroff and goes to sleep but i do think Rainsford becomes Zaroff or takes his place.Next is even more differences and similarities of Zaroff and Rainsford. Such as General Zaroff being a former cossack hailing from Russia however Rainsford is an American from New York. Second Rainsford is very sociable and kind of outgoing on the other hand Zaroff seems to like being lonely. Since he lives in a remote island with his bodyguard Ivan. Zaroff may be more intelligent than Rainsford but Zaroff’s arrogance let Rainsford escape and Rainsford was able to win at Zaroff's own

In the first one they are both smart and good hunters which is why Rainsford could easily become the next general of the island. He already enjoys hunting and is good at it just like Zaroff. In the next example, they both don't care how the person on the other side feels. The example for Rainsford is the jaguar and he says he doesn’t care how it feels. He says this because he is the hunter and it is being hunted so he gets to do that and it doesn’t matter how the animal feels. Zaroff says a very similar statement that he doesn’t care about the weak people because he is strong and they are here to give him pleasure. These are very similar quotes showing that they both don’t care about anything lower than them. The final example shows that they both like killing people which was my other claim statement. All of these show similarities in personality traits of General Zaroff and Rainsford and that is why Rainsford will become the new

He found a cabin and sought help. There he met General Zaroff and started to understand what he did on the island. General Zaroff told him that he was an expert hunter and showed him all the animals on the island. Rainsford, the main character, figured out that Zaroff owned the island. General Zaroff was kind and helped out rainsford by giving him shelter and food.

In the movie Rainsford is not as passionate he does not talk about hunting like he did in the short story. Because in the short story he loved talking about hunting it was all he talked about, but in the movie he would talk about other things like why zaroff would play the piano and he would talk to the other two people there. But in the story he would only talk about hunting to Zaroff. The way Zaroff is different is, How he acts to the people- like before he would go out to hunt he would give them a whole day, but in the short story it says he only gives them three hours before he goes out. So in the movie it shows how he is nice because of how much time he gives before he starts going out to hunt