Throughout generations, people have been hunting for food and population control, but in “The Most Dangerous Game” Rainsford thinks that hunting is a sport until he becomes the hunted. In the story, Rainsford met General Zaroff on the island; Rainsford thought he was a nice guy until he started hunting humans. Rainsford didn’t agree with him and refused to hunt, and he wanted to leave immediately, but Zaroff was started to hunt him. Rainsford uses his skills and knowledge to survive against General Zaroff. In “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell suggests to, trust yourself or you won’t succeed. The reader learns that survival is a different world in order to succeed, you need to use instincts, knowledge, and resources. In the exposition, the main character Sanger Rainsford uses his knowledge and instincts to fight against General Zaroff. The first scene uses foreshadowing to show how Rainsford is going to be in life or death situations. In addition, when Zaroff thought it was right about killing humans, but Rainsford knew it was wrong to kill humans. He knew it was wrong, …show more content…
The the last scene is significant because Rainsford has the confidence and skills to win against General Zaroff. Likewise, how he trusts his instincts and himself to set up the traps, but also, jump off a cliff. Richard Connell uses situational irony because Rainsford the hunter becomes the hunted. It states how Rainsford made a trap in the quicksand. As well as, when he jumped off the cliff he made good decisions. Then Rainsford came and surprised General Zaroff while he was in bed, Rainsford killed General Zaroff. The text states, “Rainsford! How in god’s name did you get here?” (Connell 20). In addition it states, “I’m still a beast at bay, he said in a low, hoarse voice. Get ready, General Zaroff!” (Connell 20). To conclude, Connell uses irony to show that Rainsford used his skills to
In the story, “The Most Dangerous Game”, by Richard Connell, the darker action was when Rainsford killed General Zaroff. Richard Connell’s characters in the story follow the actions that were based off Charles Darwin’s theory of survival of the fittest. In “The Most Dangerous Game”, the darker action was Rainsford killing General Zaroff. The intention for this was because of their agreement.
Most Dangerous Game Argumentation Paragraph The story, “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell is about Sanger Rainsford ends up on an island with General Zaroff, who hunts humans. Rainsford ends up playing General Zaroff’s game and becomes the huntee while Zaroff is the hunter. Zaroff loses the game and gets killed by Rainsford.
General Zaroff said “I’m going now to have my wound dressed, it is only a slight one, but I shall be back.” (Connell, 26) The author states that Rainsford is very intelligent. He uses his hunting experiences to try and outsmart Zaroff and uses his knowledge to figure out what to
This scene is significant because Rainsford kills Zaroff, accomplishing his goal of surviving while on the island.. The author again uses revealing actions since, on page 22 not only does connell’s story not come out and tell you Zaroff is dead, but it also shows how Rainsford accomplished his goal of surviving. “The general made a deep bow. I see he said. Splendid !
Meaning Zaroff got fed to the hounds and Rainsford got to sleep in the bed. The fight and Rainsford winning, indicates that Rainsford is going to think and act similarly to Zaroff because he might have gotten the thrill of killing humans. This shows a lack of humanity because Rainsford may become like Zaroff and start killing humans for entertainment. Rainsford might lose empathy for humans and start to devalue human life which leads to abandoning his moral compass. At the beginning of the book, Rainsford said that he thinks what Zaroff is doing is murder.
Hopeless Mood in “The Most Dangerous Game” In the paragraphs before the climax of “The Most Dangerous Game”, Richard Connell creates a hopeless mood by invoking the use of discouraging diction and demoralizing details to immerse the reader into Rainsford’s predicament. The reader loses hope of Rainsford ever escaping from Zaroff when Rainsford “was awakened by a sound that made him know that he had new things to learn about fear. It was a distant sound, faint and wavering, but he knew it.
Thomas Gunnerson Ms. Parent English 9B- 3rd Hour 6 February 2023 Mood for The Most Dangerous Game Hunting is the best sport in the world for the hunter, but not for the hunted. Rainsford has been on both ends of that statement, and barely escaping his greatest enemy, General Zaroff. Rainsford was a big time hunter and a rich and ignorant man. But after a tragic boating accident, Rainsford was left stranded on ‘Ship Trap Island’ left to die.
The General challenges Rainsford for a hunting battle and in the end Rainsford kills General Zaroff. The author uses methods of narrative point of view and description of the setting to build suspense in the story. The author, Richard Connell uses narrative point of view to build suspense in the story. When General Zaroff was eating dinner near the end of the story “Two slight annoyances kept him
Here in the story General Zaroff is injured by a trap that Rainsfords set. “But he was not quick enough, the dead tree crashed down and struck the general.(232) This quote shows Irony when in the start of the hunt General Zaroff thought that this was going to be an easy kill and he could continue on. Throughout the story Zaroff and Rainsford both exert arrogance.
In Richard Connell's short story"The Most Dangerous Game," the protagonist Sanger Rainsford is selfish, unsympathetic, and cruel. In the beginning, Rainsford talks to Whitney about the prey’s, in this case, the animal's perspective while being hunted, like how they feel. Rainsford and Whitney butt heads. Rainsford’s philosophy is much like Zaroff's. Rainsford disagrees with Whitney, who believes that animals can comprehend the fear of pain and death.
Tanner Toussaint In the short story The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell, Rainsford is justified in killing General Zaroff. One of the reasons why Rainsford is justified in killing General Zaroff is on the island the only way to live is to hunt or to be the one being hunted. Secondly, Rainsford is justified in killing General Zaroff because Zaroff wanted to die. Lastly, Rainsford is justified in killing General Zaroff because killing Zaroff is going to be the only way Rainsford will escape the island from a psychopath.
Not only was rainsford in a conflict with General Zaroff he is in conflict with himself as he is finding his way to Ship Trap Island. “‘I must keep my nerve, I must keep my nerve,’ he said through tight teeth” (12). Rainsford also had a conflict with himself on the island when he was deciding what to do to get away from Zaroff. Rainsford was able to overcome the internal conflict when the dogs were chasing him and he needed to make the decision to jump into the water, fight the dogs, or climb a tree and hide. Man versus himself is very important to Connell’s story.
“The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell is a story about a man, Sanger Rainsford, whose ideals and overall character change throughout the story, specifically about hunting, due to his encounter with General Zaroff. At the beginning of the story Rainsford is a stuck up man. He could not care less about any other living things other than humans. He believes all living wildlife are expendable and only there for his pleasure of hunting. During the story Rainsford has to make many quick and overall difficult decisions during his encounters with the ocean, General Zaroff, and the island wilderness to survive, that change how he thinks about animals.
Throughout the story the reader sees how Zaroff “plays” with Rainsford as he hunts him and not once does Zaroff think he will lose to Rainsford. This is a clear example of the theme to never underestimate your opponent skills or the underdog may overtake you. Connell illustrates this theme through foreshadowing, irony, and, man vs. man. To help us visualize, foreshadowing shows how Rainsford, being the underdog, will overtake Zaroff who underestimates Rainsford. Although Rainsford is not seen as being the weaker link, Rainsford showed he did not pity those below him: “‘Who cares how a jaguar feels all they understand is fear.’
In the jungle, Rainsford knows that he must think outside the box. General Zaroff has already read all of Rainsford’s books