Animal Intelligence In the beginning of “The Most Dangerous Game” Rainsford stated “Who cares how a jaguar feels?....They’ve no understanding.” “The Most Dangerous Game” is a short story about how a character believes that animals do not have feelings‚ just when he‚ ironically‚ gets hunted himself‚ but by a human. The author‚ Richard Connell‚ has written various American short stories for all ages. Contrary to Rainsford’s statement‚ I believe that all animals can reason. If humans cannot understand
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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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“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”‚ 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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“The Most Dangerous Game‚” by Richard Connell‚ is a narrative about Mr. Sanger Rainsford‚ a celebrated hunter‚ who finds himself on a secluded island after falling overboard a yacht. Rainsford locates a large building on the island and meets General Zaroff‚ who invites him to rest and replenish his health in his home. After Zaroff explains that he also enjoys hunting‚ he also reveals that he has discovered a new‚ more dangerous animal to hunt: humans. Zaroff forces Rainsford to become the hunted
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is The Most Dangerous Game [summative assessment] Topic 3: Describe examples of conflict in the story. “The most dangerous game” by Richard Conell is a short story about a stimulating hunt that a professional hunter who is tired of hunting animals and wants to try something more strenuous and amusing – hunting humans. It presents two characters that have experienced the dangers and thrills of hunting throughout their whole life. Just by reading the title of this story‚ you can figure
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In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell‚ a man named Sanger Rainsford faces a conflict which is being stranded on what he thinks is a deserted island. This island was totally uninhabited with the exception of one man who lives there‚ General Zaroff. General Zaroff loves to hunt‚ but he hunts more than just animals. You see‚ General Zaroff got tired of hunting just animals‚ he claims it was too easy for him since he was such an outstanding hunter. He wanted more of a challenge
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