Value Of Life In The Most Dangerous Game By Richard Connell

Imagine if you went on a vacation with a friend and somehow ended up on a jungle island fighting for your life! That’s what happened to Rainsford, the main character in Richard Connell’s thriller, The Most Dangerous Game. During this “vacation” Rainsford learned just how valuable a human life is . The value of life is the main theme in this story, but it is also important in the world around us and in my own personal life.

In the story, The Most Dangerous Game, the value of life is shown multiple times. Rainsford went on a ravishing vacation with his friend Whitney aboard his yacht. One night he fell off the boat and swam to a seemingly uninhabited island. AS he made his way through the island, he met a man named General Zaroff, a hunter

And the answer was of course: It must have courage, cunning, and , above all, it must be able to reason.But no animal can reason, objected Rainsford. My dear fellow, said the general there is one that can. But you can’t mean--- gasped Rainsford. And why not? said the general. If you didn’t pick up on what they were talking about, the general just told Rainsford that he was hunting humans, which is murder. He then proceeded to tell Rainsford that he would be hunting him, but he would get a head start. Rainsford couldn’t sleep at all the night before because he was so scared. The next day is when it started, he got his head start but by the end of the first

When somebody gets into a situation like that, they need to decide how much they value their life, because if they really truly value it, then they will do whatever it takes to survive.For example, “In January 1982, Steven Callahan set sail from the CAnary Islands on a small boat he built himself. The boat sank six days into the trip, and Callahan was left adrift on a 5-foot life raft. With only three pounds of food and eight pints of water, a solar still and a makeshift spear Callahan managed to until his rescue 76 days later. Callahan had to contend with malnourishment, sunburn and repeated shark attacks. When his raft sprung a leak, Callahan was able to keep the raft afloat and managed the leak for 33 more days until his rescue. Like other survivors before him the most important factor in his survival seems to be his unwavering determination to live.” In the real world the people who survive are the people who have the will to live and appreciate their