LiteraryAnalysis

Return =Outline of Literary Analysis= Transitions Handout = = =Example of Introduction:= It is better to be the hunter than the hunted. These words spoken by Rainsford forshadow the horror he will endure in Richard McConnell's "Most Dangerous Game." Rainsford was a man who enjoyed the hunt and did not give much thought to what he hunted. He believed that animals did not have feelings therefore it was fine to hunt them. Rainsford's views were drastically changed and the question of murder or game is presented. In the story, Rainsford is shown as an avid hunter who travels the world to seek his prey. Through an accident he falls overboard on a trip and finds himself on Ship Trap Island. He meets General Zaroff and learns a whole new meaning to the words "most dangerous game." The avid hunter becomes the hunted and he must use his wits and courage to outsmart Zaroff if he is to survive. Rainsford blurs the line between hunter or murderer.

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=Example of Body= Rainsford had a definitive view of murder versus hunting. Rainsford believed that hunting was not murder. It was a sport, "The best sport in the world" (pg. 18). When Whitne y clarifies that it is "For the hunter, not for the jaguar" (pg. 18) Rainsford chastises him and states, "You're a big game hunter, not a philospher. Who cares how a jaguar feels?" Rainsford viewed animals as creatures whose life had no meaning and no understanding. This defines his view of murder as taking a life of a being who has understanding and feelings. Whitney continued to argue the point that animals did understand, "....they understand one thing--fear. The fear of pain and the fear of death" (pg. 19) Rainsford's view of hunting was challenged, but he held to his belief at this point. Rainsford continued to make a definitive difference between hunting and murder. Consequently, Rainsford had to experience a very different type of hunt.

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