With horror Rainsford realized that General Zaroff actually hunts humans. With this General Zaroff forces Rainsford to be hunted by him. The Most Dangerous Game is a good piece of literature. Countless elements that create a story are used by the author. Examples of personification are, “He struggled up to the surface and tried to cry out, but the wash from the speeding yacht slapped him in the face.” "Well done, your Burmese tiger trap claimed one of my best dogs!
SUSPENSEFUL SHIP-TRAP ISLAND Suspense is the pleasant excitement as to the outcome or decision. Richard Connell uses suspense to develop his short story “The Most Dangerous game.” Suspense is usually fun to feel while reading a short story, novel, etc. There is much suspense with the characters Ivan, Rainsford and General Zaroff. One example that shows suspense is when Rainsford falls off of his boat. Late at night while standing on the deck, he hears the sound of a gun go off at least three times in the direction of Ship-Trap Island.
Quinn Huston Research Paper #2 Professor Tangdal 4/23/13 Witnessing Evil “Somewhere out there is a true and living prophet of destruction and I don’t want to confront him. I know he’s real. I have seen his work.” (McCarthy, 2). The character Sherriff Ed Tom Bell from Cormac McCarthy’s “No Country for Old Men” often speaks of dealing with evil in his line of work. The book deals with Anton Chigur, a murderous lunatic who kills anyone who stands in his path or whomever his own personal code dictates he must kill.
“Well too late I Crazy Mad Man (the scientist) will destroy you with my machine”. “NO I the Double side of crime and justice (The policeman) will destroy him”. “NO I will the Moneyman (the bank robber) will destroy him then robe him”. “They all started arguing, they were arguing The Man Steel Turned into steel and broke though the chains and went up to villains and said. “ Well it’s time to eat steel”.
“The Most Dangerous Game” From Hunter to Hunted “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell. In this story a man, Zaroff, has been hunting his whole life then one day he realizes that he is growing bored of it. His solution is to buy an island and start to hunt the people that go there. There are many conflicts. One is when Rainsford falls off his boat and has to swim 10 miles.
Seasons Change; People Kill “Hunting? Good God, General Zarroff, what you speak of is murder” (Connell 15). Irony lurks in this quotation and explodes throughout the entire work of “The Most Dangerous Game.” The two most essential characters’ oppositions collide, blend, and finally reverse each other. Initially, Rainsford is the protagonist, but at conclusion of the story, he has become the villain. Rather than ending the “game” as the victorious hunter as Zaroff would have liked, the murderer becomes the hunted, Rainsford’s victim.
The thought always in their head that beyond any field of grass or behind any tree the enemy could be waiting. John Wade the protagonist of the story found himself witnessing first hand how horrid war can be and what it can make out of individuals. He saw his whole company turn into evil selfless animals who raped and murdered the innocent and weak. In the novel, In The Lake Of The Woods by Tim O'Brien, small footnotes were attached at the end of each important chapter which give the reader clues and symbolic twists that made the novel somewhat unpredictable. The Footnote I chosen explains related truth on the Vietnam War, symbolizes what John Wade witnessed, and finally how it portrays the rest of the novel.
Fear makes people do crazy things. In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell and the movie “Quarantine” people face adversity that forces them to fight for themselves by all means. The characters in both, the short story and the movie show that facing difficulties makes people stronger as they begin to value their lives. For instance, the main character in the short story- a big-game hunter from New York, falls off a yacht and swims to an isolated island in the Caribbean, where he is hunted by a Russian aristocrat. The hunt presents him with a lot of unpleasant surprises, but he does anything it takes for him to come out alive.
One way this idea is shown is through conflict. In Beowulf, there is a town called Herot which is being terrorized by a monster named Grendel. Beowulf, the nephew of the king of Geatland and acclaimed warrior, hears about this beast and decides that he wants to go and kill it because he feels it is morally right. He knows that the people of the town are being killed and so he wants to help them. Another example of J.F.
How fear can make you crazy The theme of "The Boogeyman" by Stephen King is fear. In this short story, Stephen King illustrates how fear can drive you crazy. In "The Boogeyman", fear is what drives Lester Billings mad and is the dring force for all decisions. "The Boogeyman" in this short story gives the impression of fear. Lester Billings, a father of three whom were killed by "The Boogeyman".