In the middle of the Caribbean Sea‚ Sanger Rainsford‚ a big game hunter‚ had fallen overboard in the boat he was traveling in to the Amazon. He swam to the shore‚ and was stranded on Ship Trap Island. Rainsford finds a large home in the middle of the forest‚ and meets General Zaroff‚ a Russian aristocrat‚ and Ivan‚ a servant. Zaroff invites Rainsford into his home and provides him with food‚ clothes‚ and rest. However‚ Rainsford had learned a horrifying fact while conversing with the general. He
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Sanger Rainsford is an American hunter (p.68) and book-writer(p.71) in the short story "The Most Dangerous Game". Rainsford was stranded on the island "Ship-Trap Island" due to his yacht falling into pieces from hitting the unknown‚ unseen crags in the water(p.69). Rainsford was the only survivor of the shipwreck. When Rainsford was on foot on the island‚ he followed footsteps leading up to an irregular house. Little did he know that he was walking into the home of General Zaroff‚ a Russian aristocratic(p
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the Caribbean Sea. Zaroff is able to finance his life style because he has invested heavily in the American securities when many noble Russians lost everything after the debacle in Russia. Also‚ because he was born in a rich family. Zaroff promises Rainsford that he will let him go free‚ if Rainsford wins the hunt. Lazarus ‚which had followed a fellow to the “Death Swamp” zone‚ died because it fell into the quicksand. Rainsford spends the first night of his
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Game” General Zaroff’s overconfidence and his underestimation of Rainsford prove fatal in Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game”. When the hunter becomes the hunted‚ Rainsford’s opinion of murder changes. He becomes determined to survive. There are several times in the story when survival becomes murder. The attempts from Rainsford to survive are cold‚ calculated killing. In the beginning of “The Most Dangerous Game”‚ Rainsford is an avid hunter‚ feeling man is superior to animals‚ that his
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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
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exactly how Rainsford feels when he is hunted by General Zaroff. Suspense‚ setting‚ and irony make Richard Connell’s "The Most Dangerous Game" an electrifying short story. Suspense is a major element in this story. Without it‚ the reader will get bored. After Rainsford finds out that Zaroff has "invented" a new game‚ all the readers get curious of what that new hunt is. When Zaroff reveals his sick way of hunting humans‚ shock fills Rainsford. Later in the story‚ Zaroff forces Rainsford to be hunted
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a man named Sanger Rainsford faces a conflict which is being stranded on what he thinks is a deserted island. This island was totally uninhabited with the exception of one man who lives there‚ General Zaroff. General Zaroff loves to hunt‚ but he hunts more than just animals. You see‚ General Zaroff got tired of hunting just animals‚ he claims it was too easy for him since he was such an outstanding hunter. He wanted more of a challenge. Rainsford finds out that General Zaroff has hunted humans before
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Hunting is not just something Rainsford does. It is part of who he is. Rainsford will hunt again because he needs food to survive on the island‚ he beat General Zaroff at his own game‚ and it is his favorite hobby. After reading this essay you will think so too. To begin with‚ think about this; if you were on an island alone wouldn’t you get hungry? While swimming to the island Rainsford thought‚ “Where there are pistol shots there are men” (pg 22). Once Rainsford reached the island “a sharp hunger
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famous hunter‚ Sanger Rainsford‚ is sailing in unfamiliar territory in the middle of the ocean. As Rainsford is on the ship’s deck‚ he falls and is left behind in the water after hearing gunshots. He then swims to a nearby island discovers a sign of human life. He wanders until he stumbles upon a castle. He is then greeted by the owner of the island‚ General Zaroff. Rainsford learns that Zaroff was a Russian noble who loved to hunt‚ but became bored with normal animals. Zaroff then announces he discovered
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conflicts. All of which contains‚ man versus nature‚ man versus self‚ and man versus man. The first of the conflicts‚ is man versus nature‚ when Rainsford fell overboard the ship. Rainsford heard three gunshots. He went on the railing to look where the sound came from. Rainsford dropped his pipe and lunged for it. Rainsford went too far and fell overboard. Rainsford was alone in the ocean with no place to go‚ but to follow the sound from the shots. He eventually fought his way to Ship Trap Island for refuge
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