Trevor strives to gain control in his own little world just as Zaroff does. Trevor wants to control those around him and he is quite successful at it. Greene writes that he "was giving his orders with decision: it was as though this plan had been with him all his life, pondered through the seasons, now in his fifteenth year crystallized with the pain of puberty" (Greene). It was his vision to destroy the house and it was his ingenuity that pulled off the act. Trevor was clear about his identity and his intensions. When discussing Old Misery's bank notes, he declares that the boys is not thieves and "Nobody's going to steal anything from this house. I kept these for you and me -- a celebration" (Greene). He also knows he does not hate Old Misery, telling Blackie, "There'd be no fun if I hated him" (Greene). Zaroff possesses the same kind of confidence in his endeavors. He is certain he will win, telling Rainsford, "Hunting tigers ceased to interest me some years ago. I exhausted their possibilities, you see. No thrill left in tigers, no real danger. I live for danger" (Connell). Zaroff not only enjoys the hunt, he wants to continue expanding his horizons. He simply moves his way up the food chain in his game. These characters are driven by power and they demonstrate they will settle for nothing less. Both authors present characters whose motivations can be determined from the text to a certain extent. We can know Rainsford will prove to be an excellent sport. Connell incorporates irony into the story by turning Rainsford into the hunted when he finds himself on Ship-Trap Island,...
Rainsford must find a way to survive and he must come to terms with the fact that he knows first hand how the hunted feels. For the first time in his life, he is being pursued -- for sport. Rainsford's experience undoubtedly marks his life; however, we cannot know with certainty that his attitude toward the hunted changes by the end of the story. Similarly, Connell turns the tables on Zaroff by allowing Rainsford to beat him at the game. Connell's story ends with us pondering the notion if Rainsford has indiscriminately morphed into Zaroff. We wonder how he will feel about human when he wakes in Zaroff's bed but Connell gives no indication regarding this issue. In "The Destructors," Trevor does not experience much change in character. Hatred for greed and wealth motivated him as much at the end of the story as they do in the beginning. He is a child and cannot think of another way to remove the troubled spots from his life, so he simply destroys them.
He jumps up on the rail of the yacht with no one around, running completely on instinct (Connell, 1924). Taking time to reason this out would have told him that he could fall and, since he was the only person on deck at that time of night, that no one would be around to see that he had fallen and rescue him. His instinct also took over when he
Dangerous Game The basic story of "The Most Dangerous Game," both the short story and the 1932 film are about a big game hunter who finds himself at the mercy of an even more dedicated hunter than himself, the mad Cossack General Zaroff who chases and kills human beings for sport. In transferring the story from print to film, the screenwriters, producers, directors, and actors make certain changes to the story
When Tessie is chosen, she is quickly stoned to death by the other town people and her family. The village deems murder to be an acceptable tradition… until it is you who is chosen. The reader of "The Most Dangerous Game" is also faced with the question of the acceptability of murder. In this story, the definition of murder is expanded to include the murder of hunted animals and murder
Lottery" and "The Most Dangerous Game" At first glance, the slow tension built up in Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" seems to mark the story as wholly distinct from the over-the-top adventure in Richard Connell's "The Most Dangerous Game," but closer examination reveals a number of points in which the two tales seem to engage in a shared discourse regarding the value of human life. "The Lottery" features an ostensibly civil
Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell Rainsford as the Hunter and Hunted: Reversal of roles and conflict in "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell In Richard Connell's "The Most Dangerous Game," the theme of reversal of roles was apparent and illustrated through its main character, the skilled hunter Rainsford. In it, readers witnessed Rainsford's plight as the hunter who became the 'hunted' after a supposedly minor accident at the sea led
Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell and "The Destructors" by Graham Greene share a similar structure, where each story is organized around the completion of a "game" with artificial rules, which ultimately demonstrates darker truths about human motivation. Intro Paragraph: *Structural similarity between Connell story and Greene story Connell story *Connell story, title, pun on "Game" *"Game" as animal that is hunted, "Game" as activity with artificial rules *Zaroff's game is antisocial / destructive *Zaroff's world --
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