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  • Sanger Rainsford
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    Sanger Rainsford: The Realist The most dangerous game began as a sport for one man. His name is Sanger Rainsford. In Richard Connell's story "The Most Dangerous Game", Sanger Rainsford, an avid hunter, is lost at sea, stranded on "Ship-Trap" Island-every sailor's worst nightmare. Rainsford goes through a series of events that prove to be life-altering. Even though Sanger Rainsford went through many trials and tribulations, he never lost his intelligence, composure, or his bravery. Rainsford is a...
  • Mrs O'neill From The Story Giving Blood
    652 words
    Courage in Individuals in 'On Being Seventeen', 'The Most Dangerous Game' and " Giving Blood " In my eyes it is a good thing. It can make hard times easier and easy times easier. Courage is overcoming a fear for a worthwhile purpose, such as jumping in front of a train to save someone. I will be defining the courage of three very unique individuals from previous stories read. They are Mr. David Raymond from the bock On Being Seventeen, Bright and Unable to Read, written by David himself. Mr. Rai...
  • Rainsford Against Zaroff
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    Richard Connell's 'The Most Dangerous Game' is a story about hunting. The title describes it as the most dangerous. However, we do not find this out until the pro agonist, Sang e Rainsford meets the antagonist General Zaroff. The story also consists of many types of conflict to build suspense. First, there is external conflict when Rainsford falls from the ship into the ocean. It is Rainsford against nature. Can he survive? He manages to swim to a nearby island owned by Zaroff. He takes Rainsfor...
  • Sanger Rainsford
    798 words
    Rene Descartes once said, "The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues". This idea rings true in Richard Connell's "The Most Dangerous Game". First published in 1924, this short story follows Sanger Rainsford, a hunter from New York City, on a ship from America to Rio de Janeiro. In the middle of the Caribbean Sea, Rainsford falls overboard and hastily swims to a nearby island. He comes upon another hunter's mansion on the island, and soon discovers th...
  • Skilled Huntsmen B Rainsford's And Zaroff's Struggle
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    10/1/03 Pd. 3 b Homework 1. a) Sanger Rainsford and General Zaroff are the two main characters in the story and they are both skilled huntsmen. b) Rainsford's and Zaroff's struggle would be less interesting if Rainsford were a doctor because he wouldn't have the skill and tricks of hunting to confuse Zaroff and get away from him. Zaroff would just find him and kill him. 2. These episodes hint at the coming struggle because Rainsford's and Whitney's conversation was about the island and how it wa...
  • General Zaroff And Rainsford
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    Have you ever had feelings about something that's later changed? In "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Conel, Rainsford finds himself in that position. This short story revolves around three main conflicts of man. Man verse Nature, man verse man, and man verse himself are those conflicts. General Zaroff and Rainsford are the characters, which the story is mainly about. Rainsford is a famous hunter, and General Zaroff is a fan of him, also a hunter. The First conflict, man verse nature, takes p...

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