Comparing Most Dangerous Game 'And Hunters In The Snow'

1. The main commercial element in both stories is the easy to follow plotline that is driven by action. In “The Most Dangerous Game” the narrator is trying to stay alive while being hunted. In ‘Hunters in the Snow” the characters are hunting and then working to get an injured friend to the hospital. The driving force is survival which is an external conflict. That being said there is an internal conflict presented in “The Most Dangerous Game” that helps it to feel more literary. The main character, Rainsford, must struggle with the decision to kill General Zaroff. This is a morality choice. The reader is forced to look at their own thoughts and feelings about General Zaroff’s death. Just because General Zaroff did something bad does Rainsford have the right to be judge, jury and executioner? This issue is one that literary fiction

In “A Family Supper” the author starts from the very beginning of the story to set the tone. The death of his mother puts a shadow on the story and makes the reader wonder why the author has chosen to tell us this fact. As the story continues it is like a puzzle that with each detail becomes more clear and yet more ominous. The foreshadowing that Kazuo Ishiguro uses leaves the reader feeling like he should be warning the family about what is possibly about to happen. The plot is enhanced layer by layer as the author reveals more details about the characters and their personalities and histories. In this story there isn’t really a stated conflict the reader must take the clues that are given to piece the story together. This style of writing builds that suspense and adds an air of mystery to the story. By not explaining the conflict in a straight forward way the author invites the reader to think more critically about all of the information that is being presented and to decide for himself which pieces are important to the development of the story. This technique keeps the reader fully engaged to the end of the