Comparing Shrek And The Most Dangerous Game By Richard Connell

In the story “The Most Dangerous Game,” Rainsford was guilty of cold blooded murder when he killed General Zaroff. Rainsford is a man that fall off a boat and landed on an Island called “Ship Trapped Island.” Rainsford heard a gunshot so he knows someone else is there. This when Rainsford mate General Zaroff, General Zaroff is a man who got tired of hunting animals so he hunts humans. Rainsford and General Zaroff ended up in a kill or be killed situation.

The sea’s waves took him to the beach of the island and there start another survivor story for Rainsford. General Zaroff refused him to be the hunted after he used to be the hunter. After a nice night, Rainsford had spent it

His first thought is to get as far away as he can, ‘His first idea was to put as distance between himself and General Zaroff.’ But as he calms down and starts thinking rationally, he realizes he needs to try to survive and outsmart Zaroff and play along with his game. As the days go by he starts losing his morals and tries to kill Zaroff, first by dropping a log on him, ‘The dead tree, delicately adjusted to rest on the cut living one crashed down and struck the general.’ Rainsford has started losing his morals and getting more in touch with his beast.

When Rainsford hears Zaroff say this, he realizes that Zaroff is a man hunter. So, Zaroff gave Rainsford a head start into the forest and then he would go hunt him. Rainsford had many challenges ahead of him, the top challenge he wanted to achieve was to stay alive, the next one was to survive in the forest. Day after day Zaroff was getting closer and closer to Rainsford, but Rainsford had a plan, he would build a trap to capture/kill Zaroff. Whenever one of the traps failed, his new challenge was to make a trap and hope that Zaroff would take the bait.

Rainsford is a clever guy. Especially when he is in trouble… In “ The Most Dangerous Game” Rainsford is hopeful, clever, and brave. Rainsford is hopeful because he keeps trying to beat General Zaroff. In the story “ The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard connell, it says “‘He shinned excitedly up a tree and looked back.’

Although emotions are created by the human psychological mind, fear is unarguably more than a mental state of mind; it becomes physical. Richard Conell’s, “The Most Dangerous Game”, is infused with the recurring themes of violence and fear. The protagonist, Sanger Rainsford, is being hunted by General Zaroff, the short story’s antagonist. From the beginning of the story, until the last sentence, Rainsford undergoes a series of life-changing events. Albeit, he goes through character development, there are various fixed character traits of Rainsford that remain prevailing.

The Most Dangerous Game In the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, the protagonist, Sanger Rainsford, and the antagonist, General Zaroff, are similar characters. Both Rainsford and Zaroff share common passions, skills and ideology. Initially, there is admiration between both characters, because Rainsford is Zaroff’s hero and Rainsford is grateful for Zaroff being welcome to him. However.

(Connell, 31)By stating this Connell shows Rainsford’s conflict with himself. Secondly, this also presents that Rainsford is incisive and clever in recognition towards what can be an obstacles in his survival. Moreover, going through many hardships at last Rainsford has reached his hunter, who is now his victim. Stated in the story, “I am still a beast at bay, he said in a low, hoarse voice. Get ready, General Zaroff.”

Rainsford used his skills from hunting and life to make traps, climb trees, and swim to survive from Zaroff who is the hunter. Rainsford made a trap that injured Zaroff. Connell used dialogue to show that Rainsford impressed Zaroff with his trap he made. “If you are with in the sound of my voice,as I suppose you are, let me congratulate you.” ( Connell 19)

Initially, Rainsford feels that animals being hunted do not understand or feel the terror that a hunter puts upon the animal. He thinks he will always be a hunter and does not care if the animals have an understanding of being hunted. Then when he meets Zaroff, the tables are turned and now Rainsford is being hunted. Lastly, Rainsford has the opportunity to murder Zaroff quickly, but he chooses to make it a fight. Rainsford over the course of three days has completely flipped his opinion on those that are hunted and those that

In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” Rainsford was justified for killing General Zaroff. Rainsford was a hunter who had fallen off his boat and found a desserted island. On the island he meets a mad named General Zaroff. General Zaroff knew Rainsford was a hunter and Zaroff asked Rainsford to hunt with him but Rainsford didn’t want to. The reason Rainsford didn’t want to hunt was because General Zaroff hunted humans and Rainsford didn’t believe it was right.

people are in pain. In the text this is shown when it says “he saw the lean figure of General Zaroff just ahead of him Rainsford made out another figure.. It was the giant Ivan. General Zaroff was still on his but Ivan was not” (pg.53). This shows General Zaroff is selfish because he made I van go first which had killed him.

When Rainsford begins setting traps, the general also unleashes his dogs. Zaroff sees that his prey has evolved, and therefore he too must change to continue the hunt. When Rainsford survives three days, the general congratulates him, saying he has “won the game”. Rainsford, unamused, does not smile. He responds hoarsely, “I am still a beast at bay.

Rainsford can be hunted by Zaroff or beat to death by Ivan the deaf man from before. Rainsford chooses to be hunted and in the end kills Rainsford and winning “The Game.”

The Most Dangerous Game     In the story, “The Most Dangerous Game” two characters, Rainsford and General Zaroff Somehow meet after Rainsford falls off of his yacht and after these two characters meet General Zaroff explains how he plays a game of hunting humans and somehow forces Rainsford to a piece in this particular game. In Richard Connell’s Fictional story, The Most Dangerous game He Demonstrates two characters where one in particular is faced with a difficult task and is able to overcome it and through these events both characters revealed traits in which showed who their true characters were. Both Characters, General Zaroff and Rainsford revealed different character traits through events in the story as it progressed. General Zaroff proved himself to be a clever, smart, skilled, evil person while, Rainsford expressed himself to be intelligent and smart-minded when it came to his encounters with Zaroff. Many events in the story allowed the main characters to show their true attributes.