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 climax towards the end of the story, where the author comes out with a plot- twisting climax. He ends the short story with a resolution, that still leaves a bit of confusion on what actually happened. The author, Richard Connell, controls the short story using a first point of view, where an exposition, a climax, and a resolution were used to tell “The Most Dangerous Game”.
Richard Connell uses the exposition to set the base of the story and foreshadow what will later happen, as he uses the plot elements. Sanger Rainsford, the dynamic character, says to Whitney at one point in the exposition, “This hot weather is making you soft, Whitney. Be a realist. The world is made up of two classes- the hunters and the huntees. Luckily, you and I are hunters” (56). I think …show more content…
The first controlled element of plot was the exposition, which described how Rainsford felt about hunting and the setting of the story. There were several conflicts leading up to the climax, where the reader was left curious on what was going to happen. Richard Connell brings the suspense all the way up to the last line in the resolution, when the reader is left having to infer what happened. I went into the elements of plot in “The Most Dangerous Game,” and now it is evident that Richard Connell used the exposition, climax, and resolution to control an amazing, yet, suspenseful short