Personally this story was “Hunger Games” meets “Cast Away” because the main character Rainsford is on a deserted on a mysterious island and he's being hunted by a hunting expert General Zanoff. Richard Connell uses imagery throughout the story to enhance the setting and the characters. Conell sets an eerie and uncertain mood right off the bat. “...trying to peer through the dank tropical night that was palpable as it pressed its thick warm blackness in upon the yacht.” (page 17) The quote gives the idea of the climate and how the night is. Gives an image of how heavy the air is, humid and thick. “...the blood-warm waters of the Caribbean Sea closed over his head.” (page 19) How Conell uses the term 'blood-warm waters' really is an interesting way to describe waters. When you think of blood the first thing that comes to mind is danger. That indicates that Rainsford is over board and is in the water as the yacht carries on without him. Enhancing the eerie mood to the story was how Conell introduced the new …show more content…
Using Rainsford's senses involved to really get the reader more into the story. “Then he straightened up and took from his case one of his black cigarettes; its pungent incense like smoke floated up to Rainsford's nostrils.” (page ) this was when Rainsford was in the tree above General Zanoff. Zanoff was confused and maybe frustrated that hunting Rainsford would be harder than he thought. You can almost picture Rainsford in a tree in panic, and the smoke floating up his nostrils. “He knew his pursuer was coming; he heard the padding sound of feet on the soft earth, and the night breeze brought him the perfume of the general's cigarette.” (page ) The suspense of knowing Zanoff is getting closer to where Rainsford was at. Close enough that he can smell the perfume of cigarette. A type of panic goes over knowing will somebody win the most dangerous
“He shrugged his shoulders. Then he sat down, took a drink of brandy from a silver flask, lit a cigarette, and hummed a bit from Madame Butterfly,” (14). The mood of this scene is relief because General Zaroff thought that the big hunt was over so he had went home got really comfortable, had got him some wine, and a big dinner. But little did he know what truly happened to Rainsford. So this shows that General Zaroff had a chance of winning the big hunt.
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.
Rainsford was a hunter but he became a hunted. Rainsford is faced with the challenge in the middle of the story. Also, the importance of empathy is shown through the changes that occur in Rainsford in the beginning, middle, and end of the story. Moreover, it seems that Zaroff considers himself a god who can snuff out life as he pleases.
Richard Connell combines helplessness and foreshadowing to generate feelings of suspense. Throughout Most Dangerous Game suspenseful moments give readers helpless feeling for Rainsford, whom is unwillingly thrown off his boat and left stranded in the vast deep Caribbean. “The cry was pinched short as the blood-warm waters of the Caribbean sea closed over his head” (15). This quote clearly makes you feel as a reader hopeless for Rainsford’s situation and provokes feelings of desperation to maintain his buoyancy and when he will take his next breath yet still hoping the boat will return to free him from despair. In addition, Rainsford eventually attempts to leave a cleverly complicated trail so the extremely evil Zaroff won’t find him, but there
In the short story The Most Dangerous Game by: Richard Connell General Zargoff one of the main characters makes a statement saying that the world is full of hunters and huntees. He makes this statement because it’s foreshadowing the contest Rainsford and Genral Zargoff would have. This statement is not true. The world is not made up of hunters and huntees. There also the people in between them.
“The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell is a very intriguing story that will always have you on the edge of your seat. The story is about a man named Rainsford who falls off of his boat and washes up on an island. Once he is on the island he finds a house in the middle of the forest and he is found having to decide whether he wants to join Zaroff in his hunt or be the one to be hunted. Rainsford chooses to not join Zaroff and has been given a little bit of time to get away before Zaroff starts the hunt. The three types of conflicts found in “The Most Dangerous Game” are man versus man, man versus self, and man versus nature.
As hunter Sanger Rainsford is on his way to Rio de Janeiro to take part in what he claims is his life calling of hunting, he plunges into the water and embarks on a peril journey to the “Ship-Trap Island.” This island is one greatly feared by man and not somewhere one would feel content. From the first gasp of air after falling, he must find it within himself to keep going despite it being so much easier to just give up. In Richard Connell’s short story “The Most Dangerous Game,” he uses the setting, characters, and the task archetype to show that perseverance in the midst of fear leads to achievement even if the success seems unimportant to some.
Rainsford fears him and fears for his safety “Put distance between himself and General Zaroff.” He wants to as far away from Zaroff because he hates him and if he is caught he will be killed. Connell is telling the reader he is kicking into survival gear and getting the heck away from the danger. My claim is proven furthermore when Rainsford is thinking “Something like panic” which shows his instinct. In this passage Rainsford is panicking because his once friend is now trying to kill him.
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.
He had to struggle and swim in order to stay alive. Once he fell off, he knew he was in danger. On page 174, it says “The cry was pinched off short as the blood-warm waters of the Caribbean Sea closed over his head.” This is the exact moment when Rainsford’s body hit the water, and he was off the ship. Rainsford desperately tried to tell the yacht to come back,
The the last scene is significant because Rainsford has the confidence and skills to win against General Zaroff. Likewise, how he trusts his instincts and himself to set up the traps, but also, jump off a cliff. Richard Connell uses situational irony because Rainsford the hunter becomes the hunted. It states how Rainsford made a trap in the quicksand. As well as, when he jumped off the cliff he made good decisions.
When placed in this situation, Rainsford has transformed from being the hunter to becoming the huntee, and is now in the position of all the animals he has carelessly killed before. Towards the end of the story, while Rainsford is being hunted by Zaroff and his pack of dogs, the narrator describes how Rainsford feels by saying that: “Rainsford now knew how an animal at bay feels” (22). The sensation of extreme fear and worry had finally gotten to him, and he can relate to how the animals he hunt may
- ‘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
These reasons are why I believe that Rainsford’s ability to reason is a very important and helpful characteristic and it played a very important role in his survival on Ship Trap
He rushed as quickly as he could up the creaking wooden steps without falling, searching for Whitney. As he slipped across the deck, he almost plunged overboard, however, Whitney was standing behind him, and pulled him back, to ensure that Rainsford would not tumble over the side of the yacht. “Rainsford?