Fear is a primal human emotion. It drives us to do things‚ or not do things‚ and generally keeps us safe. In Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game” Rainsford is neither a very relatable nor believable character. He remains confident after he gets tricked multiple times‚ he is too analytical of the situations he finds himself in‚ he doesn’t and he doesn’t seem to have very much fear about being hunted by the madman Zaroff like wild game. He also does not seem to be too skeptical of a well cultured
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Sanger Rainsford In “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell‚ Sanger Rainsford is shown as intelligent‚ brave‚ and competitive. Rainsford is shown to be intelligent in the story when he climbed into a big tree to sleep. He chose the tree because he needed to stay away from General Zaroff. “A big tree with outspread branches was nearby… he climbed up into the crotch and stretched out on one of the broad limbs‚ after a fashion‚ rested” (Connell 75). This quote shows that Rainsford is intelligent
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Caden Sherman Rainsford Character Sketch In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell there is a young hunter named Rainsford who is well known in the hunting community. He falls off a yacht and ends up on an island. There he meets a man with a heart colder than his own‚ where Rainford becomes the hunted. He undergoes a great internal change on the perspective of human and animal life. Rainsford is young wealthy man who loves to hunt‚ and is good at it‚ he
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“It is a very great pleasure and honour to welcome Mr. Sanger Rainsford‚ the celebrated hunter‚ into my home.” These are the first words spoken to Rainsford by General Zaroff upon his arrival on Ship-trap Island. Formally greeting Rainsford gives Zaroff an appearance of a proper gentleman; well-educated and well-mannered. But by his dark eyes‚ military moustache‚ and strong face you can also tell that he is obviously a strong leader and military general. Behind his high cheek bones‚ white hair and
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developing a character’s qualities or personality by describing him or her in a fictional story. In the short story “ The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell‚ Sanger Rainsford‚ a hunter‚ is trying to keep himself alive on Ship Trap Island‚ where a nefarious man named General Zaroff is hunting him for sport. Rainsford and Zaroff the two men going toe-to-toe are shown through characterization that they contrast and compare from each other. The two characters‚ Rainsford and Zaroff‚ contrast from
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the game‚ Rainsford gets a sense of what it is like being the prey getting chased down. In fact‚ Zaroff smiled when he came to where Rainsford was‚ which caused him to become very nervous. Thoughts kept running through Rainsford’s mind about “why the general [had] smiled...and turned back” (Connell 33). Rainsford felt he was being strung along and trapped into similar situations as an animal. Rainsford felt that he would be caught by Zaroff‚ so he did not make any movement. Rainsford had a feeling
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Mary Zhang Ms. Turnquist English 9 Honors 10 November 2015 Rainsford and Eckels: Quest Perceptions Determine Their Fate Once the hunter becomes the hunted‚ everything is put into a new perspective. Rainsford from the fictitious short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell and Eckels from the science fiction “A Sound of Thunder” by Ray Bradbury are connected in an almost similar fashion that shows how people can react differently to a problem. Even though their stories are completely
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Man Catcher: Sanger Rainsford What would it be like to be caught on Ship Trap island alone? A man named Rainsford gets trapped on an island and has to survive against the "man catcher‚" General Zaroff‚ who is an outstanding hunter terminating everything he comes face to face with. While being on Ship Trap Island‚ Rainsford shows he is capable‚ intelligent‚ and resourceful against General Zaroff. Throughout the story‚ Rainsford shows he is very capable. For example‚ Rainsford meets face to face
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Ellen Young 09/23/2012 Sanger Rainsford: Hunter to Hunted In Richard Connells short story‚ “The Most Dangerous Game”‚ Sanger Rainsford is thrown from a yacht and finds himself on an island. The story focuses on a celebrated hunter‚ Sanger‚ who meets General Zaroff‚ who hunts a different type of game. Sanger learns how animals feel as prey by using his excellent eyesight‚ courage‚ and ability to calculate‚ when he becomes the hunted. Sanger Rainsford‚ a man with excellent eyesight
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through the characters of General Zaroff and Sanger Rainsford. In “The Most Dangerous Game”‚ written by Richard Connell‚ Richard Connell develops the theme that to fully understand another’s plight‚ man must first experience it himself through Rainsford and Zaroff’s views on hunting at the beginning‚ middle‚ and end of the story. General Zaroff and Sanger Rainsford have very similar views on hunting at the beginning of the story. Rainsford tells Whitney that‚ “The world is made up of two classes
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