The most dangerous game by richard connell

Update: It's been almost five years since I read this short story as a freshman in high school and recently I read Zodiac by Robert Graysmith. Since becoming familiar with the killings the Zodiac executed, as well as the possible ones he may have committed, I wanted to reread this short story. Zodiac pretty much copies all of Zaroff's obsession with hunting humans.

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The most dangerous game by richard connell

Henry Award. Big-game hunter Sanger Rainsford and his friend Whitney are traveling by ship to the Amazon rainforest for a jaguar hunt. After a discussion about the nearby Ship-Trap Island, which has an evil reputation among sailors, Whitney goes to bed while Rainsford stays on deck to smoke his pipe. Hearing gunshots in the distance, he rushes to the rail for a better look and accidentally falls overboard. Rainsford swims to Ship-Trap and finds an opulent chateau inhabited by two Cossacks : the owner, General Zaroff, and his gigantic deaf-mute servant, Ivan. Zaroff, another big-game hunter, knows of Rainsford from his published account of hunting snow leopards in Tibet. Over dinner, he explains that although he has been hunting animals since he was a boy, he has decided that killing big game has become boring for him. After escaping the Russian Revolution , he purchased Ship-Trap, built a home for himself, and rigged the island with lights to lure passing ships into the jagged rocks that surround it. He takes the survivors captive and hunts them for sport, giving them food, clothing, a knife, and a three-hour head start, and using only a small-caliber pistol for himself. Any captives who can elude Zaroff, Ivan, and a pack of hunting dogs for three days are set free; to date, though, Zaroff has never lost a hunt. Captives are offered a choice between being hunted or turned over to Ivan, who once served as official knouter for the Great White Czar. Rainsford denounces the hunt as barbarism, but Zaroff replies by claiming that " life is for the strong. When Rainsford staunchly refuses and demands to leave the island, Zaroff decides to hunt him instead. Rainsford reluctantly accepts the challenge and receives his equipment from Ivan. During his head start, Rainsford lays an intricate trail in the forest and then climbs a tree.

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Their discussion centers on their chosen sport, big game hunting, and whether wild animals have any fear when they are being stalked by humans. Although he survives the fall, Rainsford is savvy enough to get to shore by following the direction suggested by the shots. However, upon his arrival at Ship Trap Island, the safety he anticipates is not evident; instead he is faced with a ragged jungle environment and evidence of a fierce struggle that has recently occurred there. Ultimately, Rainsford makes his way inland and, to his surprise, he discovers a palatial chateau, which he initially feels is a mirage, but he eventually finds that the house is occupied by a General Zaroff, a military aristocrat with a deaf mute servant of extraordinary strength whose name is Ivan. Indeed, his feudal dining room is decorated with the heads of many of his animal kills, including elephants, tigers, and bears. As the two discover what they consider to be the most dangerous game animal, the reader begins to recognize that the general is far from humane in his pursuit of the sport.

The most dangerous game by richard connell

On a yacht in the Caribbean, Sanger Rainsford is a hunter famed for his skills, preparing for a hunting trip up the Amazon in South America with his friend Whitney, who tells him about some strange superstitions involving a nearby island. That night, Rainsford hears gunshots and falls into the sea. He swims for the shore, and hears the strange cries of an animal he is unfamiliar with and realises it is being hunted. When he makes it to the shore, he collapses and falls asleep, but once he wakes he realises he is hungry and begins to search for people on the island he has washed up on. What he discovers initially baffles him. There are cartridges left over from the hunt which he heard, but the hunter was using a small gun to hunt a large animal. He knocks at the door of this chateau, and Ivan, a black-bearded giant of a man who cannot speak, opens the door to him. He goes to shoot Rainsford, who is saved when another man, General Zaroff, arrives.

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Rainsford heard a sound. The Cossack was the cat; he was the mouse. He came upon them as he turned a crook in the coast line, and his first thought was that he had come upon a village, for there were many lights. A delighted Zaroff responds that the loser will be fed to his dogs, while the winner will sleep in his bed. I have heard that in America businessmen often go to pieces when they give up the business that has been their life. It's a very interesting story, but it sets me on edge and I feel dirty reading it. Dense jungle came down to the very edge of the cliffs. The weak of the world were put here to give the strong pleasure. All of this simply makes Zaroff appear more diabolical. Me He made a hunter. By signing up you agree to our terms and privacy policy. You're joking. It has some really beautiful writing.

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In other projects. His need for rest was imperative and he thought: "I have played the fox, now I must play the cat of the fable. Poor specimens and more accustomed to the deck than to the jungle. Sanger, General Zaroff, and his towering right-hand man, Ivan, are memorable in this thrilling tale of adventure which also ponders larger questions. My whole life has been one prolonged hunt. The other will sleep in this very excellent bed. Your group members can use the joining link below to redeem their group membership. Henry Award. Your strength and stamina against mine. He nodded toward the corner to where the giant stood, scowling, his thick arms crossed on his hogshead of chest. Create Your Account. Or is Rainsford justified as he saved all the other sailors? So many Americans appear to have had.