Dangerous Game Essay: Ship-Trap Island
Katelyn Fitzwater
Mr. Musick/Ms. Lynch
ENG10
October 30, 2017
The Most is Dangerous Game - Essay Ship-Trap Island — true to its name. It has now claimed a hunter and author, Sanger Rainsford. However, there are other people on the island. Rainsford finds the house where the other people live, and he's greeted by Ivan, a deaf, monstrous man that can’t speak. Ivan, pointing his gun at Rainsford, was not someone you’d want to run into. Another man by the name of General Zaroff came down the steps. He signaled Ivan to put his gun away and welcome him to their home. They ate, toured the house, and went hunting later on. Rainsford was being hunted rather than hunting. After three days, he had successfully eluded the general, and he was the first to win the game. Still afraid for his life, Rainsford kills General Zaroff. He had already killed Ivan with one of his traps and one of Zaroff's best dogs with another. Fear can cause people to do things they don’t want to do, but depending on the circumstances, there can be a fine line between "killing" and "murder." In the story, Rainsford is being hunted, and he comes up with some clever traps. General Zaroff tells Rainsford, "Your Burmese tiger pit has claimed one …show more content…
Would it be considered murder? You could argue about it all day. It’s hard to stick with one belief because there’s so many different ways of looking at it. General Zaroff said, "Sometimes the angry god of the high seas sends them to me." When you look at it this way, he’s simply hunting the game that is provided for him. The game just so happens to be humans. Depending on the circumstances, there can be a fine line between "killing" and "murder." Sometimes that line is difficult to identify, especially in this
Mr. Musick/Ms. Lynch
ENG10
October 30, 2017
The Most is Dangerous Game - Essay Ship-Trap Island — true to its name. It has now claimed a hunter and author, Sanger Rainsford. However, there are other people on the island. Rainsford finds the house where the other people live, and he's greeted by Ivan, a deaf, monstrous man that can’t speak. Ivan, pointing his gun at Rainsford, was not someone you’d want to run into. Another man by the name of General Zaroff came down the steps. He signaled Ivan to put his gun away and welcome him to their home. They ate, toured the house, and went hunting later on. Rainsford was being hunted rather than hunting. After three days, he had successfully eluded the general, and he was the first to win the game. Still afraid for his life, Rainsford kills General Zaroff. He had already killed Ivan with one of his traps and one of Zaroff's best dogs with another. Fear can cause people to do things they don’t want to do, but depending on the circumstances, there can be a fine line between "killing" and "murder." In the story, Rainsford is being hunted, and he comes up with some clever traps. General Zaroff tells Rainsford, "Your Burmese tiger pit has claimed one …show more content…
Would it be considered murder? You could argue about it all day. It’s hard to stick with one belief because there’s so many different ways of looking at it. General Zaroff said, "Sometimes the angry god of the high seas sends them to me." When you look at it this way, he’s simply hunting the game that is provided for him. The game just so happens to be humans. Depending on the circumstances, there can be a fine line between "killing" and "murder." Sometimes that line is difficult to identify, especially in this