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    Survival of the Fittest In “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, Rainsford, a skilled hunter, is struck by misfortune, falling off his yacht and is stranded on the so called “Ship-Trap Island”. He meets a man by the name of Zaroff, who is a hunter, just like Rainsford. Zaroff then asks Rainsford to play a “game” with him, and has to survive until the third day has ended. Rainsford managed to survive the game with the skills he learned during his hunting expeditions. First, he used a Malay

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    Samaya Still Mr. Loeb ELA 19 March, 2018 High Noon & “The Most Dangerous Game” There’s a unique connection between a story about loyalty to society, and one of fear's grasp on all living creatures. The film High Noon, written by Carl Foreman, is a story about Will Kane, the sheriff of a remote, western town, struggling to find help to fight Frank Miller and his gang. Richard Connell’s story, “The Most Dangerous Game,” follows Sanger Rainsford, a world renowned hunter, who finds himself stranded

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    heart. This is a prime example of a man versus man conflict. Ivan is the assistant of General Zaroff, who faces off against Rainsford on the island. While Sanger is out there, he encounters quicksand that is very tricky. The most suspenseful conflicts in “The Most Dangerous Game” are man versus man and man versus nature.

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    Richard Connell, in his short story “The Most Dangerous Game” shows that people can change depending on the situation, especially in a life or death situation. Connell shows this through his use of foreshadowing, setting and symbolism. Connell’s use of foreshadowing reinforces the theme of people adapting depending on the situation. On page 11 Connell makes it very clear that the character General Zaroff has a passion for hunting. General Zaroff says to Rainsford “I have but only one passion in my

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    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

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    the best man win! The story “The Most Dangerous Game” has suspense and mystery. From falling off a boat to being hunted for his life, Rainsford has to be the best version of him and get off that island. In the story “The Most Dangerous Game” has multiple types of conflict like, person vs person, person vs nature, and person vs obstacle. As Rainsford is struggling as he is being haunted by Zaroff and Ivan, no one will know who will win this game. During the game Rainsford is being haunted by Zaroff

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    What does it take to survive when you are the hunted? In Richard Conell’s “The Most Dangerous Game”, an expert hunter does not think that his prey have feelings. This changes when the hunter, Rainsford, becomes the hunted. In order to beat the opponent he never thought he would meet, Rainsford resorts to his experience, quick-thinking, and perseverance to survive Zaroff’s dangerous game. Although the tables are turned, Rainsford is not a stranger to hunts: He uses his experience to his advantage

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    In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game,” Rainsford claims that animals cannot feel fear nor can they reason. Rainsford says, “The world is made of two classes- the hunters and the huntees.” He is saying the world is made of up of those who can hunt with the ability to reason and analyze problems. The other class is made up of the huntees who cannot think for themselves and let fear dictate their life. At the time he did not know he would be in a position to test his theory. The size and

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    In the short story," The Most Dangerous Game", composed by Richard Connell, the protagonist Rainsford changes significantly. At the start of the story, he is very inconsiderate. This changes drastically as he is really confident and becomes more respectful towards hunting. At the beginning Rainsford is a very inconsiderate person, he expresses this when he is talking to Whitney about all the jaguars that they are going to hunt. As the story evolves Rainsford is shown to be a very confident individual

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    Sometimes books and short story’s are made into movies. “The Most Dangerous Game” is a short story that was made into a movie; I would say that the movie is not as interesting than the short story. Two vast differences between the movie and the short story is, the plot and characters. The movie’s plot makes it different from the short story. In the short story, Rainsford fell off the yacht trying to catch his pipe. He got trapped on the island because the yacht left right after he fell of

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