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    1 Text to Text: 2 In the text "The most dangerous game" you are left with many moral dilemmas, wondering what is right and what will happen next. The main characters are Rains ford and General Zaroff, Rains ford is a wealthy author who has a passion for hunting. While General Zaroff also shares the same passion for hunting however to new extents .When Rainsford is left on a deserted island he and Zaroff meet ,Zaroff tells him about his new form of hunting ,because recognizes Rainford form his novels

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    satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction,” (Fromm). The Most Dangerous Game, by Richard Connell, is a short story about a hunter named Sanger Rainsford who is lost on an ex-military general’s island and forced to play his “game.” In this book, the retired military general, named General Zaroff, is growing tired of his favorite sport, hunting. Because of that, he decides to take hunting to the next level by creating his own game to kill the only animals with the ability to reason, humans. Throughout

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    The Most Dangerous Game- Narrative ‘’One of us is to furnish a repast for the hounds. The other will sleep in this very excellent bed. On guard Rainsford.’’ So Rainsford and Zaroff starts and Rainsford jumped in front of him and pulls out his sword out looks at Zaroff and says “I am going to win this fight and get the excellent bed.” So once he says that to Zaroff he came at him with another sword. Zaroff swings first and he cuts his arm and Rainsford screamed out and said “OUCH!! YOU ARE GOING

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    In the short story by Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game, Sanger Rainsford finds himself in a sticky situation when he meets General Zaroff. General Zaroff is a very talented hunter and had become tired of hunting the same old animals as always, they bored him as he explained in the story, he had now moved on to the best prey he could find, a prey that could fight and think for themselves, and that prey was humans. Rainsford is taken aback by this confession and is alarmed, he asks Zaroff to

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    Imagine, you're sitting silently, stealthily waiting, watching for your prey to come by and in the blink of an eye, you are the prey. Rainsford, a big game hunter experienced this in the story, "The Most Dangerous Game", by Richard Connell. Rainsford fell off of his ship and had to swim to a nearby island, where he met a man who would soon make him the prey. Rainsford had many feelings and thoughts that changed throughout the story, further developing the theme, that you can't judge someone or something

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    of the wild and the rewards of the survivor go to those who can dig deep, and, ultimately, to the guy who can stay alive.” (https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/b/beargrylls512957.html?src=t_survivor) Similarly, in the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, the main character, Rainsford, is a Survivor. Rainsford is the protagonist in the story and is a hunter who is sailing near Ship-Trap Island when he falls over the edge of his boat. Rainsford swims to shore and meets a man

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    In the story, “ The Most Dangerous Game “, Richard Connell uses man vs. man conflict to show us Rainsford feelings throughout the story. Honestly, I would be terrified as well if I had been told that General Zaroff hunts humans for fun. The worst part is, the general wants to hunt

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    Hunting people is “The Most Dangerous Game”. The Hunger Games is the most difficult game to win. Rainsford was shown to be a witty, resourceful, and patient person. He even outfoxed General Zaroff in his own crazy game. Katniss was shown to be a quick thinker and had a determination to get back to her family. The creators of these characters developed the protagonists through the use of man vs. man, man vs. nature, and man vs. fate conflict. Katniss is an excellent hunter with a little sister and

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    It was a dark, cold night on the yacht bound to Rio de Janeiro, a passenger named Whitney points out a ship-Trap island in the distance, a place that sailors dread and avoid. He and his friends Rainsford are big game hunter's bound for a hunting trip in the amazon river basin. As the yacht sails through the darkness, the two men discussed whether their prey actually feels fear. Rainsford beliefs that the world consist only of predator and prey, although Whitney is not as certain. Noticing the freezing

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    The Most Dangerous Game The most dangerous game is a thrilling short story about three huntsmen with very different views. What happens if an expert hunter gets bored of hunting animals? The story starts off with three men, and it ends with only one. Now the question is, what happened to the other two hunters? Being stranded on an island, alone with a psychopath can really change someone. At the beginning of the story, the reader notices the difference in Rainsford and Whitney’s views

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