In Richard Connell’s short story, The Most Dangerous Game, Connell shows irony in a dramatic and verbal way. He provides the reader with imagery and suggests moral lessons of humanity. At the beginning of the story Rainsford refers to the animals as not having any understanding. He discusses this with his friend Whitney who suggests that animals have “fear of pain and fear of death.” Rainsford replies to this comment as “nonsense.” When Rainsford plays the reverse role of being hunted and not the hunter, he now feels the fear of pain and death. Rainsford attempts to use traps on Zaroff as though he was an animal.
But, Rainsford's look on hunting takes a dramatic loophole when he becomes the hunter. He then realizes what animals must feel and the fear they have when they are being hunted. 2. Whitney explains the troubled mood of the sailors as they near Ship-Trap Island by him explaining that he thinks the sailors have an extra sense that tells them when they are in danger. He also says how the sailors seemed a little bit jumpy and nervous.
* There is distress in aspects of life such as social and occupational functioning. * Phobia – Please list ALL diagnostic criteria for this disorder? * Phobia is characterized by persistent and unreasonable fear of an object, activity, and/or situation. * When encountering or even thinking about these specific objects, activities, or situations fear immediately presents itself and an immediate anxiety response is provoked. * People who are suffering from phobias can often realize that their fear is irrational but thinking about it causes extreme anxiety.
Jack becomes successful in gaining power because he rules by fear and with intimidation and brute force. Even the army of hunters fear Jack when he “beat Wilfred”(176) for no apparent reason. Although Jack’s irrational decisions appease the little ones, his actions hurt the boys’ chance of rescue. As time passes on the island, Jack’s own bloodlust prioritizes itself before the need to be rescued. In order to protect the little ones from the beast, he makes an offering “for the beast.”(151), creating the basis of a religion.
In Order to preserve life, the trapper has to civilize the man-like beast and have nature reject him at the hand of a woman. To do this the trappers father sends him to Uruk to see Gilgamesh to "extol the strength of this wild man." (20) Gilgamesh and the trappers father felt they must tempt the beast with a "woman's power" (20) to "overpower this man" (20) to ensure their way of life. But in order for the trapper to do his job Enkidu has to become educated to the ways of this culture. "He fills in the pits which I dig and tears up my traps set for the game; he helps the beasts to escape and now they slip through my fingers".
However, if God exists and one does not believe he/she will receive eternal punishment. Therefore, any sensible person should believe in God because the risk is greater to do otherwise. By breaking down this wager one is able to perceive what he/she risks by not believing in God and in turn causes them to evaluate their future in the after-life. One of the most criticized elements of Pascal’s Wager is that it assumes God rewards belief. Is it really rational to believe that God will reward blind faith and punish those who do believe in moral justice but do not necessarily believe in him?
The fear grows and engulfs even the bigger boys; Jack says, "You can feel as though you're not hunting, but-being hunted." Even Ralph says, "I'm frightened myself," this shows his weakness. This fear is the fear of the unknown; fear that they don't know what's going to happen to them, fear of themselves, and fear of the dark. Later in chapter 5 Piggy starts to realize they are not scared of the beast but scared of them, he says, "Unless we get frightened of people." The beast gets interpreted as a ghost or creature, also in chapter 5.
Gilgamesh is described as “a tyrant,” a cruel and oppressive ruler. He constantly forces people into hardships and difficulties in which he completely ignores. Gilgamesh sometimes orders his people to rebuild Uruk’s wall, only for it to decay and be rebuilt again. He doesn’t appreciate the work his people do for him, yet he still holds his status as the king of Uruk. Enkidu is introduced as a man raised by animals.
We see this when London writes, “It experienced a vague but menacing apprehension that subdued it and made it slink along at the man's heels, and that made it question eagerly every unwanted movement of the man as if expecting him to go into camp or to seek shelter somewhere and build a fire” (London 523). Meaning that the dog questioned why the man was wandering alone. The dog shows its instinct when it gets its legs wet, and stops immediately to lick and bite the ice off its legs. When building the climax, London uses foreshadowing to keep you in anticipation for what happens next. In this short story, foreshadowing is used to indicate that nature itself will take the man’s life from him if he does not put his intellect over his pride.
However that is not the greatest fear. Parents also have a great fear of who their kid’s hangout with, because of this ‘over fear’, and lack of trust it often leads to a damaging relationship with them. All the while parents