The Protagonist In The Most Dangerous Game, By Richard Connell

In the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game,” by Richard Connell, Sanger Rainsford, a famous hunter, finds himself on Ship-Trap island after falling overboard a yacht. After arriving on the island, he meets its owner, General Zaroff, another avid hunter. He soon discovers that General Zaroff has grown bored of hunting animals, and now he hunts men he traps on the island. The protagonist, Rainsford and the antagonist, General Zaroff have conflicting morals, attitudes, and personalities. These differences cause them to become mortal enemies, pitted against each other in a game to the death. During the rising action of the story, General Zaroff explains to Rainsford that he hunts humans because he has become

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.

Some people go about their lives sipping coffee and watching the weather channel whilst others live a more thrilling one--skydiving and mountain climbing to get a glimpse of that sweet adrenaline rush. Well, in the story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, the protagonist who goes by the name Sanger Rainsford, lives the more adventurous type life; hunting wild animals. Now, this is usually the typical day for Rainsford, but what happens when he falls overboard from his yacht on a trip to go hunting is just the beginning of one of his most unfortunate adventures. Spinning back the hands on the clock, Rainsford is sailing on his ship whilst having a conversation with one of his crew members, Whitney. She explains to Rainsford that the island is eerie and mysterious and gives her this weird feeling that she isn't quite able to put her hands on but the all too stubborn Rainsford ignores these warning signs seeing it as simply just imagination until he falls overboard and lands on the island. From here on throughout the story, Rainsford is best known to be courageous, very skilled, and quite feather-headed.

In many stories, there exist antagonists that cause a conflict. The author emphasizes this in two stories, “The Most Dangerous Game” and “The Lady and the Tiger” where their descriptions include craze and evil. The short story, “The Most Dangerous Game”, by Richard Connell, tells about a stranded man, Rainsford and his meeting of General Zaroff, who believes he possesses the right to kill other humans. The short story, “The Lady or the Tiger”, by Frank R. Stockton tells of how a king uses “fate” to determine outcomes in his justice system. In both stories, the main antagonists describe themselves as civilized, but through the author’s descriptions and language, villainy shows. While both paint an evil picture, Connell develops a more villainous character in “The Most Dangerous Game”.

In the story the Most Dangerous Games the character Named General Zaroff he has a hobby for hunting. He has been hunting since he was a baby. He has hunted every single animal know to the world, but then Zaroff gets super bored of hunting the same animal over and over. General Zaroff is a very horrible person because he is very cruel, and untrustworthy.

“But they are men,” said Rainsford hotly. “precisely,” said the general. “That is why I use them. It gives me pleasure. They can reason After a fashion. So they are dangerous”. An interesting plot with an intense conflict all added to with extreme suspense make this short piece of writing exceptional. All these awesome elements make Richard Connell’s book, “The Most Dangerous Game,” an illustrious thriller.

Richard Connell was a writer born in 1893 on October 17. When Connell was 19, his

Greed really got the best of General Zaroff in this story. While in the middle of this game with Rainford, while Rainsford was hiding in a tree, General Zaroff came along in

The Most Dangerous Game the film and the text are very different. The Most Dangerous Game was written by Richard Connell in 1924.

"The Most Dangerous Game" is a short story written by Richard Connell. It is the story of a successful big game hunter looking at a hunting trip t the Amazon. While in route on a ship, Rainsford, the hunter, falls overboard and must swim to safety. He swims to an island that is controlled by General Zaroff. Zaroff is also a big game hunter and has set his island up for private hunting. Zaroff, However fells unchallenged by traditional big game. Instead of wild animals, Zaroff likes to hunt humans. Rainsford objects to participating, and Zaroff begins to hunt him anyway, Rainsford outsmarts Zaroff, and survives.

The setting in “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell is crucial to the plot of the story. For instance the island where the story takes place must be isolated. For the antagonist, General Zaroff, to hunt people on the island it is important that the island cannot be found. Therefore it is necessary for the island to be secluded. Rainsford, the protagonist, is now trapped on the island with no way to escape. “He was in a picture frame of water, and his operations must take place within that frame” (11). Rainsford is out in the middle of nowhere surrounded by the sea making it difficult to leave and very far away from anything else. Another reason why the setting is important is that the island is enclosed in sharp rocks and has a false

The Historical context includes when this short story was written, which was around the time of the 1917 Russian Revolution. The Russian Revolution of 1917 had many Mercenary Soldiers, there are also some interesting facts about Richard Connell like when he was born, when he died, how many awards he won, and who his parents were; but that is not all on Richard Connell so you will have to read the paper to find out more. For the Biblical perspective there are a couple of Bible passages that back up the do not murder commandment and the, “You shall not take the name of God in vain.” The Most Dangerous Game is a fictional book based on the historical events of the Cossacks actions during the 1917 Russian Revolution killing people for sport, which

The Most Dangerous Game,” a short story written by Richard Connell, begins with two characters on a boat, Whitney and Rainsford. They are having a conversation about Ship-Trap Island. The island is not able to be seen because it was night, and the air around them is a thick, warm blackness. They are heading to Rio, to hunt in the Amazon. They begin to speak about how the huntee must feel when the hunter is after it. Whitney goes to sleep while Rainsford has a smoke, when he hears a sound that startles him. He goes over to the rail to get a better look where he falls overboard. He manages to survive, which he does by swimming to safety and following the gunshot noises he is hearing. Once he arrives on shore, he follows a trial to a palatial

Survival is a theme seen throughout the four texts investigated. The so called definition of the word survival is “the state or fact of continuing to live or exist, typically in spite of an accident, ordeal, or difficult circumstances.” This definition changes a bit when you link it to the four texts. I believe survival is doing something out of the ordinary to survive an experience/event. Each text has a protagonist who is forced to survive an out of the ordinary moment whilst under significant stress and pressure. The four texts: Most Dangerous Game written by Richard Connell (Written text) - Hunger Games written by Suzanne Collins (Visual text) - Berlin Boxing Club written by Robert Sharenow (Written text) - Winter 's Bone written by