What is Nelsons Reaction Paper?

Answer 1

Nelson Baez

Period 3

Reaction to "The Most Dangerous Game"

September 20, 2010

Zarford

Ever feel like two people you know are more than likely the same person just in different bodies? Rainsford and Zaroff are two characters in the story "The Most Dangerous Game" who seem the same people but in different bodies. First of all, Rainsford and Zaroff both seem to be very educated and well mannered people. Zaroff and Rainsford are both hunters. Lastly, Rainsford fits Zaroff's cloths.

Rainsford and Zaroff are two characters who very much alike but still different. Rainsford and Zaroff are both characters of high class. In the beginning of the story Rainsford is on a yacht which shows he is of high class. On page 61 Zaroff has cocktails with Rainsford showing that Zaroff, too, is of high class. "You'll find that my cloths will fit you, I think" (Connell 60). This sentence shows that Rainsford and Zaroff have something else in common. This was the first sentence that made me realize that Rainsford and Zaroff may turn out to be two very similar characters. Both Rainsford and Zaroff are hunters. They seem to be very good at hunting also. Rainsford and Zaroff are wealthy characters. After Rainsford felt how it is to be hunted he started to change. Rainsford started to become a different character than Zaroff once he realized that Zaroff hunted humans. It shocked me because I thought saw that Rainsford and Zaroff were such alike so I thought that Rainsford was going to approve at what he did. I didn't except for Rainsford to refuse Zaroffs request of hunting with him. It surprised me that the author, Richard Connell, made the characters so alike but at the same time different. Without that switch in character from Rainsford, the story would have had a unique touch to it. Without the switch made between the Rainsfords views, the story would have no suspense and would end right after Rainsford went to bed with Zaroff. Not a very interesting short story.

The story "The Dangerous Game" was a story with two characters that were shockingly alike and different. What made this story interesting was the fact that Rainsford changed his views and was then against Zaroff. It would seem as if Zaroff and Rainsford are the same characters in different bodies.