To Become The Hunted Or The Hunter: The Most Dangerous Game By Richard Connell

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To Become the Hunted or the Hunter In Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game,” the short story in which it describes literary and commercial themes and leans more towards literary than commercial. When reading the short story the story is strongly influenced by literary themes by stating that it shows the realism of the scenario and by the bringing the reader into the story with the details used. The first statement I will talk about is why a reader may argue that it could be commercial rather than literary only because of a couple situations throughout the story in which it may persuade the reader but overall the story is literary. The reasons why one should assume this to be literary is because of how Rainsford had been washed upon the island and has to use his world traveling hunting skills to survive and find other people. The last reason in which the reader would counter any argument and still state the short story is literary is because the feel that this story relates to the subject of addiction in todays society of someone using drugs that help them and over abusing it to the extreme to where in the end kills them without trying to seek help…show more content…
The reader can argue that the story can also see the opposing side of stating that this could be a commercial theme story by how Rainsford somehow always gets away from Zaroff and comes to victory in the end but to counter that statement the reader must understand the authors meaning of how he put Rainsford on the island. The reasons why one could say that this is literary is because of how Rainsford uses the natural skills to reach to the island and there is a meaning behind as to why he is on the island and that is to hunt the animal that is the hunter. After analyzing the story the reader could relate this story to today’s society of an addiction to a

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