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    Most Dangerous Game Journal The most dangerous game was a very entertaining short story with many twists and turns and you never really know what was going to happen at any point. This story shows greatly that you never really know what people are going to be like. The Most Dangerous game is a story about think fast on your feat‚ and being able to depend on yourself when it really matters. Being able to survive only by yourself when you have no idea what will happens. This story always kept me

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    Most people would never believe that an island inhabited by a human-hunting gentleman would ever exist in real life. That kind of setting comes alive in Richard Connell’s short story‚ "The Most Dangerous Game". The protagonist in this short story is Rainsford‚ a land-locked sailor who must fight using his wits to survive. He is also recognized for his ingenious hunting skills and knowledge. He ends up trapped on an island and is hunted by Zaroff. Zaroff‚ the antagonist‚ is a cunning gentleman who

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    In “The Most Dangerous Game‚” by Richard Connell‚ the author uses conflicts‚ imagery‚ and a tenacious theme to add to the plot of the story. “The Most Dangerous Game” is a story about a man names Rainsford and his struggle to defeat a hunting game against the antagonist‚ General Zaroff. Rainsford had fallen off a yacht in the Caribbean Sea and swam up onto the beach of a mysterious island. He found his way to a home belonging to a man named General Zaroff. After meeting the General and his servant

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    He knew his pursuer was coming; he heard the thumping sound of feet on the soft earth‚ and the night breeze brought him the perfume of the general’s cigarette. It seemed to Rainsford that the general was coming with unusual swiftness; he was not feeling his way along‚ foot by foot. He saw through the bushes and thick trees‚ a small man approaching him. This man seemed a bit more rawboned than Zaroff’s larger‚ more manly build. “Rainsford?” questioned the mysterious man in a quite skittish voice

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    three days without letting the general to find him out‚ and he hide successfully for three days and won the game. While both To Build a Fire and The Most Dangerous Game represent a surviving story‚ the main character in The Most Dangerous Game behaved wiser for he had accumulated lots of experience and survived successfully. First‚ The Most Dangerous Game tells that the protagonist Rainsford arrived an island as a castaway. Then

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    Standards-Based Book Report: Fiction *TITLE: The Most Dangerous Game AUTHOR: Richard Conwell # of pages: 32 *THE GENRE IS action‚ adventure‚ mystery‚ and suspense. Some characteristics of this genre are that its action packed story in which the audiences are left at the edge of their seat with the accumulating amount of action going on. Mystery and suspense are the main ingredients that keep the reader anxious and excited to see how the story unfolds itself. *THE PURPOSE OF THIS

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    stories were published in “The Saturday Evening Post” and “Collier’s magazines”. He also found success in being a journalist as well as a screenwriter. However‚ probably his most famous short story would be “The Most Dangerous Game”. “The Most Dangerous Game” takes you on a journey to where human reasoning is put to the test against human instinct. Human instinct can have a major affect on ones reasoning‚ no matter who you are. Rainsford‚ a big game hunter is the story’s protagonist. He is intelligent

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    “Keep your friends close‚ and your enemies closer...” Why would you want to associate with your enemies? Well‚ if you keep your enemies close‚ you will most likely know what they would try and do rather than expecting your friends to do anything to you if they really are your friends. How does this apply to this story? Read and find out: An example of Zaroff being wealthy would be when he had offered Rainsford the clothes‚ and just by the way Zaroff’s room and house looked demonstrates the wealth

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    In the short story‚ “The Most Dangerous Game‚” by Richard Connell‚ we are introduced to two men on a boat going on a hunting trip. We quickly learn Rainsford‚ the protagonist‚ is arrogant and doesn’t care for anyone but himself. Rainsford falls off the boat and ends up on Ship Trap Island. It doesn’t take Rainsford long to meet the man that has inhabited the island already. His name is General Zaroff‚ the antagonist‚ a “big game hunter”. When the two first meet we get the impression is that Zaroff

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    reading "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell there are multiple incidents of suspense. One of these moments is Rainsford’s first encounter with a man named Ivan‚ who greeted Rainsford with pistol pointed straight at his chest. Almost immediately‚ the reader began to anticipate whether this character would die‚ survive‚ or suffer other consequences such as injury causing tension in the story. Another occurrence of suspense is when General Zaroff begins to tell of the most dangerous game‚ hence the

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