The Most Dangerous Game By Richard Connell

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The Most Dangerous GameBy
Richard Connell

• Tema Fodje, Sam Wilson,
• Mary Kelly Coughlin, Charlotte Britt

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The Most dangerous Game (1932) Starring
Leslie Banks as General Zaroff Joel McCrea as
Bob (Rainsford)
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Author Richard Connell

• Richard Connell(1893-1949) Was an American
  author and journalist. Became most famous for his
  short stories one of which was The Most
  Dangerous Game.

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Plot Summary

• An expert hunter, Sanger Rainsford, is on
  his way to hunt jaguars in South America when a
  series of unfortunate events causes him to become
  deserted on Ship-Trap Island. After he discovers
  a mansion on the island, he comes in contact with
  Ivan, a deaf-mute servant, and the mansions
  owner, General Zaroff. Zaroff describes his
  background and his new hunting interest(humans).
  Zaroff invites Rainsford to hunt humans with him,
  but when Rainsford declines, he becomes the
  hunted. Zaroff gives Rainsford until dusk to
  prepare for the hunt. Over the next couple of
  days, Rainsford sets up traps however, none of
  the defeat Zaroff. One of the traps injures
  Zaroffs shoulder and another kills Ivan.
  Rainsford then decided to jump off the cliff into
  the ocean to swim around the island , leading
  Zaroff to believe that Rainsford had died. While
  Zaroff was out of his room, Rainsford snuck into
  his house and hid behind the curtains in
  Zaroffs room. When the General enters his room,
  he and Rainsford have a SHOW DOWN. With the
  stipulation, that whoever wins would get to sleep
  in Zaroffs bed . The story ends with He had
  never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided
  .

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Setting

• Place
• A Caribbean island called Ship-Trap Island.
• Time
• 1920s
• Major world event
• Bolshevik Revolution aka Russian Revolution of
  1917.

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Perspective

• 3rd person limited The reader finds out
  information as the protagonist does.

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Protagonist

• Sanger Rainsford expert hunter from New York who
  winds up becoming the hunted.

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Antagonist

• General Zaroff a former Soviet general, a hunter
  of many animals including humans.

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Conflict

• Man vs. Man General Zaroff vs. Rainsford.
• Zaroff throughout the latter half of the book
  hunts Rainsford.

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Rising Action

• Rainsford falls of the boat
• Rainsford finds the mansion of Ship-Trap Island
• Rainsford meets General Zaroff and Ivan
• General Zaroff says he is going to hunt
  Rainsford.
• Rainsford sets up traps that do not work
• Rainsford escapes and jumps off cliff then
  ending up Zaroffs room

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Climax

• When Rainsford and General Zaroff come
  face-to-face in Zaroffs room.

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Falling Actions

• Zaroff and Rainsford have their final fight.

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Denoument

• Rainsford defeats(kills) Zaroff and gets to sleep
  in Zaroffs bed.

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Literary Devices

• Allusion I have played the fox, now I must play
  the cat of the fable.(Rainsford)
• Paradox "the world is made up of two classes -
  the hunters and the huntees. Luckily, you and I
  are hunters (Rainsford to Whitney)
• Personification a sharp hunger was picking at
  him.
• Simile moonless Caribbean night Its like
  moist black velvet.
• Metaphor the night would be my eyelids
  (Rainsford)
• Hyperbole even cannibals wouldn't live in such
  a God-forsaken place." (Whitney to Rainsford)
• Irony We do our best to preserve the amenities
  of civilization here. (Zaroff)
• Oxymoron The hunter(Rainsford) is hunted.