beings‚ he hunts them down and kills them‚ and what’s worse is he gets pleasure out of this. He keeps many humans or what he calls “pupils” in his cellar that he uses for his sick and radical games. He uses everything from dogs to guns to hunt for them and he also has a henchman that helps him and does most of the torture‚ but leaves the killing to Zarrof. This man is sick and I would say retarded in the sense that he doesn’t think that he will ever be punished for this. He does not comprehend
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The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell Mr. Urban – English 1 Name: ___________________________________ Period: ____ Key Literary Terms “The Most Dangerous Game” A protagonist is the main character (the central or primary personal figure) of a literary‚ theatrical‚ cinematic‚ video game‚ or musical narrative‚ around whom the events of the narrative’s plot revolve and with whom the audience is intended to share the most empathy. The principal opponent of the protagonist is a character
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“Man is the cruelest animal” Friedrich Nietzsche. In this story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell there is a character named Zaroff. General Zaroff loves to hunt he lives on an island. He seems very civilized. Zaroff is a devoted‚ wicked‚ and confident man. The moral of this story is that appearances can be deceiving. General Zaroff is very devoted to hunting he loves the sport. “My whole life I have been a prolonged hunter”. His father gave him his first gun when he was only five and
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a stone idol‚ a mountain avalanche‚ the dinosaur fell. The author used a simile to describe the dinosaur as an avalanche because the dinosaur is humongous. He uses figurative language to make the story nightmarish and to let us know how big and dangerous the dinosaur is. The use of tone supports the mood of seriousness by Travis telling Eckles not to get out of the path. By Travis telling Eckles not to get out of the path so many times the reader can foreshadow that he might step outside and he
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In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell the author presents many kinds of different conflicts and events in short story to enhance the mood. Examples of this can be seen in many places in the short story like man vs.. Man ; this is between the character of the story. This can also include two of the main characters and also between to enemies. Another example would be man vs.. Nature ;this is when a character fights the nature to survive. Also‚ man vs.. Self; this is when
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In the short story‚ “The Most Dangerous Game”‚ Sanger Rainsford‚ a famous hunter‚ is skilled in the art of hunting which he had learned on his hunting trips to slow down gen. Zaroff so that he could have enough time to escape so he can win to get off “Ship Trap Island”. Rainsford‚ famous for his hunting‚ wrote books based on hunting. While on a yacht in the Caribbean Sea at night on his way to Rio‚ he heard gunshots and curious to see where it came from‚ he climbs on the rail of the yacht to have
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well. Both Zaroff and Montresor are exceptionally clever men with mischievous minds‚ and exploit tools of deception to toy with their enemies. Zaroff rouses Rainsford by presenting their battle as “a game worth playing. Your brain against mine… Your strength and stamina against mine‚” and presented the game as “outdoor chess”(Connell 7). On the other hand‚ Montresor tricks Fortunato by “accosting him with excessive warmth‚ for Fortunato had been drinking much”(Poe 1). In both stories‚ Zaroff and Montresor
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hunting snow leopards. After getting settled‚ Rainsford and Zaroff dine together and discuss the merits of hunting. It is during this conversation that Rainsford learns that Zaroff hunts men on the island. As a result of becoming bored with the available game in the world‚ Zaroff has turned to hunting those that can reason and present a greater challenge. Rainsford is horrified by Zaroff’s revelation. Zaroff invites Rainsford to hunt with him but Rainsford declines citing exhaustion. Rainsford panics
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happen next is the best part of a book. When the author describes the story so you feel like you are in the story‚ and that you are one of the characters is the most important part of a story. The suspense that builds up‚ and the descriptiveness in the story is what keeps you hooked and wanting to continue reading it. Imagery is one of the most important literary devices in a book since it describes the setting‚ and makes you feel like that you are in the story. Foreshadowing in a book makes the reader
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The Elements of Plot in “The Most Dangerous Game” Richard Connell has his own ways‚ that I am going to uncover‚ of controlling the plot of “The Most Dangerous Game”‚ which is an attention- grabbing fiction book. The short story starts off with an exposition‚ that introduces Rainsford‚ the protagonist‚ and how he feels about hunting; the author uses a lot of detail to show the story was under a considerable amount of amplification. Richard Connell has several conflicts leading up to a suspenseful
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