The Most Dangerous Game

Intelligence is often thought about as something that is used solely in educational circumstances, however, intelligence comes in many different forms and it is often overlooked how essential it is in…

"The world is made up of two classes--the hunters and the huntees. Luckily, you and I are hunters," Sanger Rainsford declares in "The Most Dangerous Game." Rainsford is a big game hunter, heading to t…

Two men fighting for their lives with death staring them straight in the eyes, no one to save them but themselves. Rainsford and the Sniper both change their views On war and hunting while encounteri…

"Character is what you are in the dark" stated Dwight Lyman Moody. This also means people act more like themselves when they are alone. This quote is not true because you are often acting the same way…

As arrogant as it sounds, General Zaroff had a point when he said "there is no greater bore than perfection." In the short story "The most dangerous game" by Richard Connell, Zaroff states he became b…

Sometimes doing something brave can be difficult. Rainsford, an individual who loves hunting, ends up on an island, called Ship Trap, with General Zaroff, the antagonist. In Richard Connell's "The Mos…

"There are four kinds of Homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy." (Ambrose Bierce). The story The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell gives the reader a suspenseful and engag…

Sometimes, an author will use literary elements to try and get an idea through to a reader. While writing "The Most Dangerous Game," author Richard Connell uses these to characterize General Zaroff an…

Courage is an essential part to survive in any given life or death situation. "The Seventh Man" written by Haruki Murakami explains the traumatizing event that the narrator carries for forty years in …

In any situation, do you go off of what you know, or do you adapt to your surroundings? Do you play the game, or do you cheat? Do you think fast and on your feet, or do you fail? The quick switch from…