The Plot In The Most Dangerous Game By Richard Connell

Suspense is defined as the author withholding information or when the unexpected happens, leaving you guessing and wanting more. In the story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, he has inserted much suspense in this short (long) story, for the reason that it makes the reader want to know more and having to mindset of excitement or surprise. Another reason he added many suspense is so that it wouldn’t be so blunt, it wouldn’t just tell us what happened it would give us details and how he got or how he did that and more.

In the story The Most Dangerous Game one conflict is man vs nature. Rainsford is fighting nature because he is on a ship and he came across an island. Rainsford falls overboard and has to swim for safety. “All he knew was that he was safe from his enemy, the sea and the other was weariness on him”. In order to survive rainsford hast to swim to the island and find shelter. In the conflict man vs nature this shows Rainsford bravery.

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.

Hunting big game animals for sport was a popular pastime with the wealthy classes following World War I. The morality of killing for sport was not questioned in reality, but in this short story the author does question it by taking it a step further and having the protagonist, Sangor Rainsford, hunted by the antagonist, General Zaroff.In a short story full of irony, one of the greatest ironies of Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game” is that General Zaroff repeatedly tells Rainsford that he maintains a sense of civilization on his island.

Imagine if you were in the jungle being hunted by a man who hunts people for fun and this man is insanely good at what a horrible hobby he has. Would you give up or try and run? This is exactly what happens to the main character, Rainsford, but he did succeed and lived another day, in Richard Connell’s short story, “The Most Dangerous Game”. Rainsford is a professional hunter who was on his way to Rio. Rainsford fell off his boat and ventured onto Ship Trap Island. After he found himself on the island, he was found by Zaroff and challenged to see if he could survive three days in the jungle while Zaroff hunted him. Rainsford soon realized how animals felt being hunted. One important lesson the reader can learn from Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game”, is that animals have feelings just like people.

In “The Most Dangerous Game”, author Richard Connell uses a variety of literary device to depict the theme. He uses the main character, Rainsford, to be the character which unfolds the theme as he goes through the experience of being treated like a wild animal and becoming the prey of another human for sport. Connell uses three literary devices frequently including foreshadowing, irony and symbolism in order to support the main theme, put yourself in the shoes of the animals you hunt.

Competition is being in a battle and wanting to win. In the story "The Most Dangerous Game," Rainsford gets into a battle with General Zaroff and has to fight to get a trip home. Rainsford ends up on the island by falling off his yacht in the Caribbean Sea. When he meets General Zaroff he learns that he hunts humans for sport. So, Rainsford is forced to play the game and sets up traps to beat Zaroff. Richard Connell uses mood/tone in his story “The Most Dangerous Game” to convey the theme of competition rarely enhances a person’s character.

All stories must have a conflict in them. Some have only one but the narrator and author of the short story “ The Most Dangerous Game’’ by Richard Connell has not only one but three to give the story a little rage . Man vs man, man vs himself and man vs nature are all included in the story. They all exist in the story and these are some of the examples the author puts on the story when writing it.

Who would you rather face in the middle of the night? A murder that kills people for fun, or a crazy man that buries people alive and screams in their face because he is crazy. In the story The Most Dangerous Game By Richard Connell, is based on an island where this man lives and he hunts animals. But he gets bored hunting animals, so he starts hunting humans. Ranisford just so happen to be one of those people. The second story The Cask Of Amontillado is about a man whose wants to get revenge on someone so he takes him into the catacombs, and he buries him alive by filling the room with mortar and brick. The one that I think that is the most Disturbing is The Worlds Most Dangerous Game

Sometimes pride can be a fatal game. “The Most Dangerous Game” is a short story where two men battle with egotism. Each one believes that he is the prime hunter and that nothing could stop either one of them. The protagonist, Rainsford, and antagonist, General Zaroff, are active huntsmen who use their vigorous and intelligent mind to each survive the dangers of Ship-Trap Island and be a successful hunter. Richard Connell's story of the deadly game evokes the theme of competent, prideful men who detach from morality.

In Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game”, readers learn that you never know how someone feels until your out into their shoes. In life you don’t know how someone feels until your put into a similar situations. For example if someone is getting made fun of and then someone else is getting made fun of both of these kids know how it feels. In Richard Connell story it takes place at Ship Trap Island where the protagonist Sanger Rainsford fights the antagonist General Zaroff. Rainsford doesn’t believe that animals don’t have emotions and don’t feel pain but when Rainsford is being hunted by Zaroff a tattented hunter Rainsford starts to realize that animals do have feel pain and they also have emotions. Richard Connell used foreshadowing, irony, and dialogue to show that Rainsford realizes that animals do have emotions and feel pain.

There, off to the right! The mysterious island was noticed by the two hunters. The island was named Ship-Trap Island. Little did they know, the island was perilous and if they only knew, Rainsfords whole night was about to become The Most Dangerous Game.. The Most Dangerous Game written by Richard Connell, gives a man vs. man conflict that is very intense. Rainsford and Whitney are traveling to the Amazon by boat. As he hears strange things over by a mysterious island,he looks over and finds himself falling overboard. Whitney does not hear a thing while she is deep asleep. Rainsford swims to the island and explores around the island looking for shelter. He finds a large home where Ivan, a servant, and General Zaroff, a Russian aristocrat, live. They take Rainsford in. In the story “ The Most Dangerous Game,” Connell uses imagery to make the story more suspenseful, alarming, and descriptive.

n the story The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell, it is very hard to miss the odd behaviors of General zaroffboth before and after revealing his hunt for men. After revealing his intentions, zaroff acts as if his game is a normal part of his life and does not acknowledge his hunt as anything abnormal. However, these aspects of Zaroff's character does not necessarily mean he is guilty of his acts. General Zaroffis not guilty of murder because of his presumed insanity throughout the story and his lack of the perception of right and wrong,as well as a lack of empathy. In the story, Zaroff's personality is observed as a little more than strange, especially considering how open he is with Rainsford about his game. I am strong. Why should I

A story with no plot, is a story with no guideline. A plot without conflict, results in a dull and obnoxious story. For example, in the novel, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, the story would eventually bore the reader if there is no fighting, death or rivalry. “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell is most certainly not a dull story. An interesting plot needs action and conflict. For instance, Rainsford struggles not to drown when he is thrown overboard. He also reassures himself repeatedly in order to not give in to his negative thoughts. Furthermore, Rainsford participates in the hunt with General Zaroff to fight for his life. The three major conflicts, man against nature, man against man, and man against himself are needed for the story.

5. General Zaroff presents himself to Rainsford as a gentlemen with a civilized lifestyle. But his real personality and morals contrast to his appearance that Rainsford first perceives. The way Rainsford respond to this difference shows that he values human life, honesty, and fairness. Rainsford’s morals of human life vary from Zaroff’s morals of preserving the thrill of the hunt, clash together. Rainsford’s morals of human life go against what Zaroff was doing with his “quarry.” This contrast in appearance, reality. and morals is what creates the conflict of “The Most Dangerous Game.”