The Most Dangerous Game: Why Focus Doesn T Do

In “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, Sanger Rainsford is shown as brave, athletic, and clever. Rainsford is shown to be brave when he take on the challenge of being hunted by General Zaroff. “I must keep my nerve. I must keep my nerve” (Rainsford 75). This quote shows that Rainsford is brave because he is trying to put his feelings aside and get through the game.

"I will not lose my nerve. I will not." is what Rainsford when the General let him go, even in the face of death he keeps his nerve through sheer willpower. Throughout the story, Rainsford continues to be smart and due to this, does not change in any way. This shows how Rainsford is a proficient hunter, and not even the face of death will make him show his true character. This is because Rainsford already is his truest self and does not need any support to reveal that to the reader.

In “The Most Dangerous Game”, Sanger Rainsford can be described as a resourceful, dangerous, and clever person. Rainsford is clever because he knows how to make

Between the movie and story in “The Most Danger Game” there several things that are taken and some added. When they added the Lady in it made the story more interesting. It was more suspenseful because it felt she was slowing Rainsford down and you weren’t sure if they would get killed. An omission that took away from the story was that Ivan did not hold the gun to Rainsford’s heart in the beginning. So Rainsford did not know what was coming until later and it was not as suspenseful during the beginning of the story. These additions did effect the theme it made it even more known that animals feel pain and fear when hunted.

(6)This quote shows determination because even though he is being hunted by a human who possesses craziness, Rainsford remains calm and calms himself down which shows that he will not give up easily. (7)Possessing determination Rainsford decides to play in the game and decides not to run away while he fights in the forest. (8)Supporting this detail, Connell provides the quote “…Rainsford crouching there, could not see the general, nor could he see the pit. He lived a year in a minute” (Connell pg. 13). (9)This quote proves the determination within Rainsford because he stays right in the spot he hides in, instead of running from the challenge that Zaroff presented before him.

I will be comparing the video verion of The Most Dangerous Game to the story.

I must keep my nerve” throughout the three long nights he stayed in the jungle. This use of repetition shows not only his commitment to survival, but it also reflects the stress and anxiety he must be feeling in his situation, desperately trying to keep himself calm in the face of death. Later during the chase, Rainsford manages to set traps for the General in hopes of buying himself more time. Rainsford successfully strikes General Zaroff with a malay mancatcher, but it didn’t do as much damage as Rainsford had hoped. “I am going now to have my wound dressed; it’s only a slight one” Zaroff called into the jungle, “But I shall be back.

Concentrating, planning or organising-difficulties making decisions, solving problems or carrying out a sequence of tasks (eg cooking a meal).

He went through a traumatizing thing but he still stayed strong. He never quit. He persevered and stayed strong. He found a way to calm himself down. He calms himself down by promising to never touch a gun again. And when he found out he killed his brother he showed determination by promising not to touch a gun. And he also showed enthusiasm, because he really felt like that decision to not touch a gun was the right thing. So he had passion for what he was doing. He supported himself and that is how he got through his adversity. In “The Most Dangerous Game” it states that, “Rainsford knew he could do one of two things. He could stay where he was and wait. That was suicide. He could flee. That was postponing the inevitable. For a moment he stood there, thinking. An idea that held a wild chance came to him, and, tightening his belt, he headed away from the swamp” (Connell 21). It also says “They would be on him any minute now. His mind worked frantically. He thought of a native trick he had learned in Uganda. He slid down the tree. He caught hold of a springy young sapling and to it he fastened his hunting knife, with the blade pointing down the trail; with a bit of wild grapevine he tied back the sapling. Then he ran for his life. The hounds raised their voices as they hit the fresh scent. Rainsford knew now how an animal at bay feels. He had to stop to get his breath. The baying of the hounds stopped abruptly, and Rainsford's heart stopped too. They must have reached

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.

Rainsford keeps his hope in the beginning when he thought that hunting other people was not humanly and considered murder. When Rainsford sets off to hide from being hunted, his initial objective is to get as far away as possible from General Zaroff, “Rainsford had fought his way through the bush for two hours. ‘I must keep my nerve. I must keep my nerve,’ he said through tight teeth” (Connell 16). Rainsford repeats that he must keep his nerve,

It had been a week since Rainsford managed to kill the nefarious General Zaroff. The challenging part was almost over or so it seemed. There was not a clear way for Rainsford to escape. As days passed, Rainsford tried to escape. He tried making a boat from driftwood that he found, he tried swimming, he even tried sending a signal by using a flashlight. Rainsford had become so desperate that he even tried some ridiculous plans like trying to pole vault across the ocean. As a result, Rainsford ended up having huge gashes in his left leg ,which got infected, and he had to amputate it. As days turned into weeks, and weeks into months, Rainsford had lost hope and became bitter.

How would it feel to suddenly go from being the hunter to becoming the prey? That is exactly what happened to Rainsford, one of the main characters in The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell. Rainsford was a big game hunter who accidentally fell of of his yacht. He swam to a nearby island, and there he met General Zaroff, a cruel man who hunts humans for sport. In exchange for release from the island, Rainsford agrees to be hunted by Zaroff. Consequently, Rainsford is a survivor because he kills Zaroff and wins the game. Rainsford is also a survivor because he demonstrates the qualities that a person must have to be considered a survivor. Although Rainsford is a survivor, Zaroff is not. To be considered a survivor, a person must go through a traumatic or life-threatening experience but still demonstrate resilience and determination.

I have been affected by the concept of concentration a great deal more than others, starting from the early age of 8 when I was diagnosed with ADHD. At such a young age, I did not know what to think of it, especially when my doctor said that I had a ‘disorder’ I expected that I was going to die. I was prescribed medication to help defeat some of the symptoms that came along with ADHD; nonetheless the one thing I noticed was that I was able to concentrate for once in my life. With this newfound concentration I had developed over the medicine, my grades rose, my athletics approved and in general my life

Due to Rainsfords sleepless night filled with dismay, he must control his nerve to stay strong from the general. Rainsford is hiding up in the tree to blend in where the general can not see him. As the general approaches the tree, Rainsford believes the general can see him, and Rainsfords fear starts to take over. But soon enough, the general walks away leaving Rainsford in a curious and worried state. Rainsford climbs down from the tree and in exhausted breath he says, “‘ I will not lose my nerve. I will not. “‘ (12). Rainsford knows if the general had stayed any longer, he would have lost his nerve. Also, later in the story as Rainsford is running from the general’s hounds, he yells, “‘Nerve, nerve, nerve!”’(13). The closer Rainsford is to being caught by the general, the closer his never comes to overpower his own strength. Rainsford is fighting against his own fear, to keep ahead in the generals game.