49). He swam into the darkness of night hunting monsters out of the ocean, and killing them one by one. Do to Beowolf’s greatness people weren’t afraid. The older he got the weaker he became. However, a fire breathing dragon that was guarding the treasure for hundreds of years was disturbed.
Title and author of the work: "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell Brief summary of the work and importance of subject character–who is clearly named: Sanger Rainsford is a hunter who, because of an accident at sea, finds himself on Ship Trap island - an island feared by captains and their crews. He is an exceptional hunter who, it seems at first, has found a safe harbor in the island's only inhabitant's home, General Zaroff. Rainsford soon finds himself in a fight for survival against mother nature, General Zaroff, and even himself; the hunter becomes the hunted. Thesis statement based on one of the organizational approaches identified in the text: Rainsford's ability to survive the game of his life was due to his vast amount of intelligence, survival skills and the ability to remain calm when facing extreme conditions. 3 2.
There is tension that is built up during the survival of the boys on the island: tension between social responsibility and individual needs, tension between rational and emotional reactions and tension between mortality and immortality. These tensions contribute to the disintegration of order as the boys begin to lose control because Golding shows that the savagery inside them is instinct and everyone is born with evil inside them. Golding uses a variety of techniques to portray the disintegration of order. In the novel, he uses hunting and violence as one of the main themes to convey the boys as savages. There are six main hunts shown and as the hunting proceeds the boys lose their identity as the little children in England.
The Most Dangerous Game Alternative Ending The wind howled in Rainsford’s ears as he plunged downward. Barks of Zaroff’s hunting dogs, angered by the escape their quarry had made, were louder than the sounds of the waves and wind, adding to the song of noise. Despite not being able to see any deathly sharp rocks in the area below, the dreaded chance that he might land on one was huinting him. There was nothing he could do in his position, and he tightly shut his eyes for fear of what would happen next. In moments, Rainsford hit the surface of the warm ocean.
gcse quotes ENGLISH GCSE’S QUOTES: LORD OF THE FLIES Jack: ‘If you're hunting sometimes... you can feel as if you're not hunting, but -- being hunted, as if something's behind you all the time in the jungle.’ ‘...the mask was a thing on its own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-consciousness.’ ‘He began to dance and his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling .’-Jack could be used as an allegorical representation of Hitler and his huntsmen could be the Nazis. Because savage and hunting. Narrator about Jack. Just after Jack puts on his face paint. Underlines Jack’s lust for blood & killing.
While eating dinner together the first night of Rainsford being on the island he is asked by Zaroff to join him in his new hunt. When Rainsford finds out that he is hunting humans, he turns him down because he says that is wrong, but going back to what he said earlier “’Who cares how a jaguar feels?’"(Connell) Rainsford will be struck with the reality of knowing the feeling of being hunted. “His first thought made him feel sick and numb.”(Connell) I believe that is when Rainsford finally realizes that animals do feel that they are being hunted. After Rainsford is let go the first time, he ends up winning the hunt and finally realizing that animals do feel being hunted. Connell does a good job getting his point across that when being on the other side no matter what, Rainsford for example does shows that you can feel being on the other side.
Based on Rainsford’s actions, thoughts, and the reaction of other characters, it is clear that he is an experienced hunter. First of all, Rainsford is very adventurous .In the beginning of the story. Rainsford and his friend Whitney are on a yacht that is sailing to the Amazon.They are planning to hunt jaguars as soon as they arrive, but then Rainsford falls overboard and they never reach their destination.This shows that Rainsford is willing to take on new challenges. Rainsford is also curious to find his location once he reached Ship Trap Island.Although he did not have much of a choice, he still wants and needs to figure out where he is .In addition, Zaroff states that he has read Rainsford’s book about hunting snow leopards in Tibet (pg.4). Exploring a strange location, hunting snow leopards a foreign country, and sailing to the Amazon to hunt jaguars easily shows Rainsford’s outgoing and adventurous personality.
Byron Jackson Literary Essay #1 Outline Thesis: Although Rainsford, in “The Most Dangerous Game,” killed Zaroff in the end of the story, he will not become another human thirsty “Zaroff.” * In the beginning of the story Rainsford has a hardhearted attitude for the animals he hunts but this changes as he meets Zaroff and is no longer the predator but the prey. * No remorse from Rainsford is shown by the way he talks with his friend Whitney, on the ship, about hunting jaguar. (68) * Whitney did believe that jaguars could fear while Rainsfords argument was “Bah! They have no understanding.” * When Zaroff invites Rainsford in and tells him he hunts humans to fulfill his “addiction” to the hunt, Rainsford is bewildered and anguished. * When Zaroff says “Surely your experiences in the war—,” Rainsford does not even let him finish before saying “Did not make me condone cold-blooded murder.” * He continues to say “Thank you, I’m a hunter, not a murderer.” * Zaroff talks constantly about his hunts and how they bored him overtime.
Jealousy got to the princess which caused her to tell this man, her lover, to open the door that contained the vicious tiger. Also from evidence, it claims that she had barbaric genes within her. Jealousy and hatred are very powerful things and when they're combined together, they're even more powerful than before. They're so powerful they can overpower love! The author write "With all the intensity of the savage blood transmitted to her through long lines of wholly barbaric ancestors, she hated the woman who blushed and trembled behind that silent door."
Exposure to violence can breed violence even in those who oppose it. In the story, Lord of the Flies that is exactly what happens to the characters. Ralph loses his composure, Jack turns into a blood crazed savage and Ralph becomes part of the demented hunters. The aggressive atmosphere that thrives on that heinous island conquered the good character of the boys. Jack was the first of the boys to show signs of aggression, then it turned on his hunters, and then it took control of Ralph.