Author's tone refers to the attitude the author has toward the subject of the story or to the characters in it. What makes this story all the more terrifying is the admiring way the author presents General Zaroff. While we can sense Rainsford's disgust and horror at what Zaroff is doing on the island, the author does not seem to share that view. He is not really presented as the monster he is, but rather as a rational, thinking person who just needs something more challenging to hunt.
so he doesn't have to be haunted so he couldn't kill hiself
He fought the sea
Do you think the champagne has suffered long enough
Bob Rainsford: "This world's divided into two kinds of people: the hunter and the hunted. Luckily I'm the hunter. Nothing can change that."
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"The Most Dangerous Game" was written by Richard Cornell.
"The Necklace" was written by Guy de Maupassant.
"The Scarlet Ibis" was written by James Hurst.
The first main character is Sanger Rainsford, a big-game hunter. I suppose the second could be Whitney, but he was not a large character in the story. The next character who is the second main character and antagonist is Zaroff, a famous Russian game hunter.
Richard Connell won the O. Henry Memorial Prize twice for his short story "The Most Dangerous Game."
The mood of this famous story is ominous and suspenseful, primarily because of the setting and plot. Rainsford initially thinks he swims to safety after falling off the yacht, but he arrives on an island with a strangely gothic mansion, complete with a heavy front door and a threatening doorman. Once General Zaroff, who is a disarmingly gracious host, explains the rules of the "game," Rainsford must struggle for his life in a jungle-like forest complete with a "Death Swamp." Although Rainsford is a famous, experienced hunter, he is hardly a match for the general who knows the island well and tracks him unerringly. Although Rainsford has some success, with the hounds and Zaroff's henchman Ivan in pursuit as well, Rainsford must jump off a cliff to escape. To the reader's surprise, after Zaroff's leisurely dinner, Rainsford confronts Zaroff in his bedroom and challenges him. With the ending, Rainsford "had never slept in a better bed," we learn that he did indeed defeat the vicious general who "furnished a repast for the dogs."
Throughout the story the gripping suspense creates a mood that engages the reader and never falters.
Exposition: Takes place on ship trap island.
Initiating Incident: Rainsford falls off the ship.
Rising Action: He swims to the island, he goes to General Zaroffs house, Zaroff tells Rainsford that he hunts, and he hunts people, Zaroff and Rainsford play the "hunting game".
Climax: Rainsford wins the game.
Falling Action: General Zaroff congratulates him.
Conclusion: Rainsford is grateful for his abilities that kept him alive.
Rainsford got him with a pungee stick. That's a trap made from a bend back branch with a knife attached.
Rainsford was jusitified in killing General Zaroff for the following:
- Both agreed to terms of challenge/combat
- General Zaroff had killed many innocent people
- Self Defense; eventually would have been killed
- General Zaroff was insane
- It was legal on the island
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The Most Dangerous Game is a short story that was written by Richard Connell in 1924. It is described as a psychological thriller, since the story is about a man who decides to literally hunt another man.
The generals next victim will be Rainsford.
Zaroff; Ivan
The exposition is where the setting is established and the characters and introduced; so in "The Most Dangerous Game" it would probably be up until Rainsford falls off the boat and swims to General Zaroff's island.
whittney tells rainsford stories about the island..!
When he reaches the island he falls asleep. The next afternoon he wakes and begins to look arund the island. He follows some footprint and he finds General Zaroff's chateau.