Literary Analysis Of 'The Most Dangerous Game'

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Rachel Neugart
English 9A Hour 5
Mrs. Rice
Literary Essay
7 October 2014
A Drop in the Caribbean, A Ripple in Character "To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often" (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/topics/topic_change.html), this quote by Winston Churchill is something I can connect with as I often feel the need to improve myself which can only be done with change. It also relates to the protagonist, Sanger Rainsford, of the short story, "The Most Dangerous Game," by Richard Connell. Sanger Rainsford changes his views on some matters after being trapped on an island with a madman with no method of escape. He undergoes a major change in his character due to an awful experience in isolation with the psychopath, General …show more content…

He has successfully eluded General Zaroff. He stands in Zaroff 's bedroom where both men have no weapons except their bare fists. Rainsford has struggled with the relationship between the hunter and the huntee throughout the whole story. He has also floundered with what he believes to be right and wrong. The example of where he reaches a conclusion about right and wrong would be after the battle in the bedroom. "He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided" (236). This is when we know Rainsford has overpowered the evil madman. He has killed General Zaroff which he knows is wrong, but he also understands if he hadn 't killed the general, then he would not have lived. The general would have done everything in his power to make sure Rainsford would not have left the island and exploited his secret. Ultimately, Rainsford has to live with knowing he murdered another human being. Rainsford also learned the close bond shared between a hunter and a huntee. Anyone can debate whether or not this change was good or bad. I personally make an assumption about his persepctive being changed for the good. He experienced the ugly truth up close and personal and has now been on both sides of the brutal

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