The short story “The Most Dangerous Game” is a story where suspense and thrill is the targeted audience. The story of “The Most Dangerous Game” follows a game hunter named Rainsford after he gets thrown off of his boat and lands on Shiptrap Island. On that island, he meets a man named the General and who was also a game hunter. Rainsford later finds out that the General is no normal game hunter, but a hunter of the people that land on Shiptrap Island. Later in the story, Rainsford is then hunted by the General, yet lives to be freed from the island. In Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game,” the author uses setting, foreshadowing, and the character's thoughts to enhance the suspenseful mood of the story.
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In this part of the story Rainsford is on his boat and was in the area of Ship Trap Island and they are talking about hunting games. They were wondering how it feels to be hunted. “You’re a big-game hunter, not a philosopher. Who cares how a jaguar feels?” (Line 19). This quote uses foreshadowing to show that Rainsford will learn the feeling of being hunted. This then in turn alludes to how Rainsford is later represented as the Jaguar, making the reader wonder what will happen next in the story and how the jaguar will be represented next. On the other hand, there is foreshadowing that is more blatant with what it is alluding to in the story. In this quote, they are still on the boat and talking about what it would be like to be hunted, mentioning that sailors sometimes have a 6th sense for danger, with character x saying, “Maybe. But sometimes I think sailors have an extra sense that tells them when they are in danger” (Line 47). This alludes to Rainsford having a 6th sense for the danger that later gives him a warning for the General. This quote adds security to the situation that Rainsford is in when being hunted but adds suspense and thrill whenever he is in danger because there is a sense that something is coming, yet the reader has no clue when it will act. This also causes the reader to attempt to infer what will happen. The foreshadowing adds a strong level …show more content…
In this part of the story, Rainsford is being hunted by General Zaroff and is in a sticky situation. “I must keep my nerve. I must keep my nerve,” he said, through tight teeth” (Line 518). In this quote, Rainsford is stressed out and trying to control his nerve, as he has a bad feeling about where he is at. This adds suspense to the story, as the reader match the feeling of being hunted by having Rainsford be stressed out. Likewise, the author uses the character's thoughts in many more ways to make the reader feel suspense and unease. In this part of the story, he encountered the General while he was hiding in a bush. Here the author writes, “Rainsford’s second thought was even more terrible. It sent a shudder of cold horror through his whole being. Why had the general smiled? Why had he turned back?” (Line 567). This quote contributes to the suspenseful mood because it shows that Rainsford still doesn’t understand/comprehend anything that is going on in the island, including the General. By failing to comprehend the magnitude of the situation the author adds suspense for the reader because the neither the reader nor the characters know what to expect. In “The Most Dangerous Game” the character's thoughts add a level of suspense to the story by not giving the reader crucial information that would then, in turn, let the reader have a sense of security about of character's
Hunting is a game where you can have fun killing a certain type of animal, but could be very dangerous at the same time. In “The Most Dangerous Game” Rainsford is a character that is a very good hunter. So one day him and his buddy's went out on a yacht and went out on the sea to go to the caribbean to look for this island to hunt Jaguars. But while on a yacht he feel of the boat and fell into the sea. Moving on he was on this Island and met this General.
Without the setting and plot in this story the story would have not been complete. As Rainsford is hiding in the tree from General Zaroff he says “I will not lose my nerve. I will not” (12). Rainsford is hiding in the tree because Rainsford is thinking that Zaroff is going to kill him.
Foreshadowing is another excellent tool of suspense. In the very opening paragraphs of this short narrative we meet Rainsford and his partner, Whitney, as they are having a conversation on the deck of the boat, on their way to a hunting expedition. During the conversation, Rainsford makes a comment: “ ‘The word is made up of two classes—the hunters and the huntees’ ” (15) and that “ ‘you and I are the hunters’ ” (15). This hints at a story revolving around hunting, a plot that could twist and turn.
Rainsford knew that he was unable to retreat and forced to face danger. Rainsford realized that animals felt and how they had to face the danger just like how he did.
Suspense in the “Most Dangerous Game” Woven into the “Most Dangerous Game” are ingenious uses of foreshadowing as well as color related words. Richard Connell uses these techniques to create breath holding suspense in the minds of the readers. By planting foreshadowing and colorful words the author lets the reader’s mind wander through all the possible outcomes, hoping Rainsford escapes them all. With the uses of foreshadowing in the “Most Dangerous Game”, you know in the back of your mind what is going to happen to Rainsford, and you fear for him.
That was postponing the inevitable. For a moment he stood there, thinking. An idea that held a wild chance came to him, and, tightening his belt, he headed away from the swamp.” Although Rainsford knows he is most likely going to be caught and killed by General Zaroff, he never once gives up. He always keeps going even when he beilives he can’t and wont survive.
Allowing Connell to present such elements through imagery, foreshadowing, and point of view. Perhaps in the most suspenseful moments, it’s the
The Most Dangerous Game, by Richard Connell is an exciting thriller that follows the misfortunes of an American hunter that is faced with fear for his life. The hunter Mr. Sanger Rainsford is on his way to Rio De Janeiro with his good friend for a hunting trip; they pass a mysterious island and Rainsford falls from the ship and is forced to swim ashore, Rainsford meets a man named General Zaroff who has a passion for hunting, humans; he offers Rainsford a chance to survive three days as his prey, in the end, Rainsford survives long enough to confront Zaroff and kill him. In “The Most Dangers Game”, Richard Connell uses the literary terms foreshadowing, suspense, conflict, and imagery to show the reader what a human is capable of when it is faced with fear. Foreshadowing is used to advance the plot of a story by keeping a hold of the reader’s attention, but not giving everything away. Richard Connell does this in the beginning of the story when Whitney and Rainsford are on the ship talking about hunting in Rio.
Here in the story General Zaroff is injured by a trap that Rainsfords set. “But he was not quick enough, the dead tree crashed down and struck the general.(232) This quote shows Irony when in the start of the hunt General Zaroff thought that this was going to be an easy kill and he could continue on. Throughout the story Zaroff and Rainsford both exert arrogance.
himself. This happened when Rainsford was on the island. He had to do his best to keep his composure and not lose his head. While he is in the jungle, he says “I will not lose my nerve”(184). This tells the reader that Rainsford was having trouble staying calm and not worrying.
Rainford exposes his selfishness and lack of empathy by saying, “‘Be a realist. The world is made up of two classes-the hunters and the huntees. Luckily you and I are hunters’”(2). His actions throughout the story show his cruelty too. Rainsfords profession is killing animals, and while he does
When you’re in a tough situation, you should always do what's right even if it creates enemies. “The Most Dangerous Game” Takes place on Ship-trap island the island is man made by General Zaroff the feeling the is dark, dense, and terrifying. A well-known hunter named Rainsford is going to hunt in Rio get kill jaguars. On his way there he fell overboard and ended up swimming to Ship-Trap Island witch Zaroff owned. Zaroff is another hunter but he moved out there because there is more game out there and they put up a better fight.
Connell uses foreshadowing to create suspense throughout the story. The first instance of foreshadowing is right in the third paragraph. As Rainsford and Whitney are chatting on the boat, on their way to a hunting trip, Whitney points out an island. Whitney says about the island “ ‘The old charts call it Ship-Trap Island... suggestive name isn’t it?’
It is now hard for him to trust anyone after being forced to be hunted. “The pit grew deeper; when it was above his shoulders, he climbed out and from some hard saplings cut stakes and sharpened them to a fine point. These stakes he planted in the bottom of the pit with the points sticking up” (Connell 34) because of this flashback Rainsford starts to get scared about himself hurting another human being. He won’t hunt again because he remembers his times of desperation and how he felt while trying to kill a living person. Another factor of Rainsford’s nervousness is when he told that the man being hunted the day before lost his head.
- ‘Even so, I rather think they understand one thing--fear. The fear of pain and the fear of death. ’”(Connell 18) By reading the theme the reader can infer the position Rainsford is in will drastically change. Although, Rainsford is not overtaken by the jaguar