The Most Dangerous Game Literary Analysis

There are two different classes introduced in this short story—the hunters and the huntees. “The Most Dangerous Game,” by Richard Connell is focused on the hunters and the huntees which is introduced by the main character , Rainsford in the beginning of the story. The beginning of the story starys with rainsford on anyacht talking to Whitney about animals having understanding or not. When rAinsford falls into the ocean when being startled by gunshots, he arrives at a forest that leads into a small village. At the village rainsofrd meets general and is put in a so called game where he has to not be found by the general. In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game,” we can see through a philisophical point of view what it means to be a human and if humans are better or worse than animals. This will be examined through symbolism and plot.

The symbolism used in this story shows if humans are better or worse than animals. In the being of the story Rainsford , the main character, is talking to whitney and says “Bah! They’ve no understanding” (Connell 1). This quote indicates that to be a human you need to have understanding and an animal doesn’t have understanding. Although we may have understanding that doesn’t mean that animals don’t have at least one emotion that they feel, which is what Whitney tries to explain to rainsford. Later on when Rainsford when rainsford is running for his life by a pack of hounds he “knew now how an animal feels at bay” (Connell 14) . Rainsford was wrong of thinking animal does not have understanding because he was put in the position of an animal being hunted and realized that an animal does experience emotions. Humans might be more advanced but we have the instinct to survive just like