The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell Essay

The Most Dangerous plot by Richard Connell - Essay ExampleRainsford becomes the prey and in doing so the author unveils the resourcefulness and animal instinct(predicate) that lies below Rainsfords pompous exterior. Here we glimpse the evil that lies at the primal core of all custody such as Rainsford.Rainsford is portrayed as a man of breeding and good manners. He hunts animals because he believes they have no understanding and are incapable of feeling fear or pain. He shows his self-confidence on the yacht by insisting he knows the mind of the jaguar and rebuffing the anecdotal tales of Ship-Trap Island as nonsense. Rainsfords self-complacent attitude is further revealed as he indolently puffed on his favorite brier. However, in his first physical challenge, Rainsford falls overboard as he struggles to retain the symbol of his self-indulgent aristocracy, his wanted pipe.The pompous Rainsford now confronts the sea and a more resourceful man is revealed. He wrestled himself out of his turn, as the yacht became a dim drone in the distance. The keen-witted Rainsford is able to make his way to the centering of the gunshots and locate the chateau of General Zarnoff. Zarnoff feeds and clothes Rainsford and tells him of his grisly preoccupation with hunting humans. Rainsford is repulsed by the idea and demonstrates his basic thought in puritan civilization by perceiving Zarnoff as a murderer.