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    The Most Dangerous Game Sequel As Rainsford awoke‚ he felt a strange feeling. He couldn’t quite place it. It was like he was being watched. It was dread. It was as if his intuition was saying to run. Just then‚ General Zaroff came in. Rainsford jumped back‚ and General Zaroff offered him a glass of Dom Perignon. Rainsford looked suspiciously at the champagne. He was confused; he had beaten the General at his own game‚ killed his servant Ivan‚ and taken the life of one of his best dogs.

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    man who washed up to shore on an abandoned island. His name is Sanger Rainsford. He confronts a General and his servant‚ who are cossacks. General Zaroff and Ivan are there names. He then discovers a mansion‚ after washed up ashore. Subsequently is hosted by General Zaroff and Ivan. He later discovers what General Zaroff “hunts” are all about. Against his will‚ he had no other choice but rather to play his game. Sanger Rainsford uses his common sense to piece together what he encountered after being

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    this story very interesting and helps the reader understand the characters. Also‚ this story can be related to a real life. The protagonist in The Most Dangerous Game is Sanger Rainsford – the famous hunter that traveling with his friend Whitney on a yacht to hunt jaguars in the Amazon. In the beginning of the story Rainsford tells Whitney that hunting for him is “a big-game” and that he doesn’t care how animals feel. In addition‚ he said‚ “The world is made up of two classes – the hunters and the

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    for harder challenges in life. It’s also like servile of the fittest. Zaroff wanted to have a harder challenge in a hunt so he hunts humans because animals are to producibility. Zaroff is one of the best hunters in the world and that rainford serviced the 3 days and tricked Zaroff shows he was the better survivor. A man named rainford crashed landed on a island the island was inhabited by 1 man general Zaroff. In the book Zaroff is the greatest hunter of all time animals get to easy to hunt so he

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    exaggerated characters‚ Rainsford and General Zaroff‚ who are at first both presented as hunters‚ but as the story progresses‚ Rainsford becomes the hunted. Connell presents ironic situations and symbolized characters‚ during the hunt‚ to emphasize the blurred difference between hunter and hunted‚ showing that the immolation of another life has no moral distinction whether man or animal. Connell presents the story‚ using extremely ironic situations and characters. While Rainsford is being introduced

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    story‚ “The Most Dangerous Game.” After Rainsford’s ship crashes‚ he meets an ex-militant General Zaroff. General Zaroff loves to hunt‚ but hunting in his terms means people. He loves to lure sailors to a lighthouse surrounded by rocks‚ so their boat would crash and Zaroff can hunt them. General Zaroff challenges Rainsford to a battle. A battle to the death. With Zaroff having the upper hand and Rainsford having nothing but his wits. In his short story‚ “The Most Dangerous Game‚” Richard Connell uses

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    mysterious atmosphere. This interesting “hunt” that General Zaroff had created made the story a whole lot more intriguing. Connell uses setting‚ as well as characterization to build suspense in this story. Setting is one of the main elements used in Connell’s story. Near the beginning of this story Connell uses “moist black velvet.” to allow the reader to get a visionary of how thick the fog was surrounding the boat (3). As Whitney and Rainsford continue to describe how thick the fog is becoming around

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    "The Most Dangerous Game" is a short story about a hunter named "Sanger Rainsford" who is marooned on an island after accidentally falling off a yacht and is a highly anthologized story. As the film industry has done many times before and will continue to do so‚ very popular short stories‚ such as this one‚ and books get remade as movies. Traditionally when Hollywood does this‚ a few liberties are taken and some elements of the original work are changed or eliminated. "The Most Dangerous Game" by

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    "The Most Dangerous Game" In the book "The Most Dangerous Game" General Zaroff tells Rainsford " Life is strong‚ to be lived by the strong‚ and‚ if need be‚ taken by the strong." This statement can be true or false‚ but it stays a mystery. Throughout the story they compare General Zaroff to Rainsford. Rainsford was said to be weak as a comparision to Zaroff‚ but he was still managed to survive. " Life is strong‚ to be lived by the strong‚ and‚ if need be‚ taken by the strong" this quote

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    boys have gone to great lengths to survive. “The Most Dangerous Game” written by Richard Connell is a short story about a famous hunter named Rainsford. He falls off of his boat in the middle of the night when he hears a gunshot in the distance on an island. He is forced to swim to “Ship Wreck Island” where he meets General Zaroff also a famous hunter. Rainsford soon is forced to fight for his life when he realizes the Generals idea of hunting has an abnormal twist. Lord of the Flies and “The Most

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