In Richard Connell’s short story‚ The Most Dangerous Game‚ is based around a famous New Yorker hunter who fell off a boat and swims to an isolated and much feared island‚ called the “Ship Trap Island”. Rainsford‚ a famous hunter in New York was travelling to the Amazon forest to hunt the Jaguar. While on board passing the much-feared Ship Trap Island‚ he heard three gunshots. Trying to get a better look‚ he went on to the deck but unexpectedly drops his cigar. Trying to reach for it‚ he fell into
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Jane Doe Honors English 9 September 22‚ 2011 If you could get away with repeatedly murdering innocent people‚ would you do it? In Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game‚” this is exactly what a malicious man named General Zaroff does up until he meets the courageous animal hunter named Rainsford. In the end‚ Ranford murdered the General out of fear‚ and the fact that he wanted to get off of Zaroff’s island for good. Rainsford murdered Zaroff because he was extremely frightened of
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In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game‚” author Richard Connell uses foreshadowing to expose General Zaroff as a cannibal to readers. General Zaroff’s cannibalism is revealed in The Most Dangerous Game through the superstition of the island‚ the physical description of Zaroff‚ and the loss of his friend Ivan. Occuring in the exposition of the story‚ Rainsford and Whitney draw near to an island which is called Ship-Trap Island. Anxiously‚ Whitney tells of feelings of superstition between the
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The Most Dangerous Game He had never slept in a better bed. Rainford decided. In two seconds‚ the general had run up to the wall where they enormous swords hang. General drew one of them and threw one of them to Rainford. Rainford was not prepared for its weight‚ which meant that he fell down. The General made a move toward him. Rainsford found himself quickly‚ he spun around on the floor and took shelter behind the armchair at the fireplace. A fight broke out. A fight for life or death. Suddenly
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In the story the most dangerous game the main character Rainsford‚ who is a big shot hunter‚ is trying to get to an island called Ship-Trap Island somewhere in the Caribbean. He is accompanied by Whitney‚ who is another professional hunter. Sometime during the night Rainsford falls over board and decides to swim towards the direction he heard the gun shot a little bit before. He eventually makes it to shore and finds a hulking man whom goes by General Zaroff. The general had read every book that
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“The Most Dangerous Game” Annotations‚ etc. “Quote” (Citation). Commentary. Remember‚ in MLA format your citation is your author’s last name and the page number‚ with no commas‚ only a space between the two. The commentary should elaborate on your example and explain the significance; in addition‚ the commentary should be 1-2 sentences. Directions: Working individually or with a partner‚ complete the following questions and prompts on a separate sheet of paper. Part I: Motif *
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Fictional stories are just one gateway for some people to express themselves and others to relate to and escape from normal‚ everyday life. As we look at the two stories “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell we will look at the different conflicts that appear‚ the different ways each major character experiences conflict‚ and how these conflicts are eventually resolved. In the short story “The Lottery” a small village of about three-hundred people is depicted
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In a great many stories there is suspense‚ but the story “The Most Dangerous Game” has many instances of suspense to keep the reader wanting to read‚ all based on the author’s cleverness in taking advantage of human nature. The first instance is in the very beginning- the sailors arriving at “Ship-Trap Island.” Suspense is created by the reputation of the island and the emotions of the sailors. Whitney first mentions‚ “Didn’t you notice that the crew’s nerves seemed a bit jumpy today?” The suspenseful
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English 1 exam At the end of The Most Dangerous Game Zaroff challenge Rainsford to another contest the winner will get to sleep in Zaroff bed and the loser get feed to his dogs. It was like his same contest but both were hunting each other so Rainsford was running to the trees to do a sneak attack. Zaroff was acting like a hunter so he was walking around looking for Rainsford then Zaroff heard a stick crack close to him so he hide
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aspects but typically not the same aspects for every person. In a movie‚ it is usually the sounds and darkness and location. In a book though‚ there are no sounds so you need other aspects such as diction‚ dialogue‚ imagery‚ plot‚ etc. The Most Dangerous Game is much more suspenseful and scary than the Interlopers due to diction. “He lunged for it; a short‚ hoarse cry came from his lips as he realized he had reached too far and had lost his balance( Richard Connell 9)” is much more suspenseful than
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