The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell

The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell
Rainsford faces Gen.
Zaroff in his room.
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Rainsford sets the Ugandan’s
Knife trap and it killed Ivan.
Hunted by the hounds, Rainsford
jumped off the cliff into the sea.
Rainsford sets the Burmese Tiger
Pit and one of Gen. Zaroff’s best
hounds was killed.
Rainsford sets the Malay Man
Catcher which caused a slight
injury to Gen. Zaroff. Gen. Zaroff
knew where Rainsford was hiding
(up at the tree) but he didn’t shoot
him.
Setting: Ship Trap Island
Characters: Protagonist: Sanger
Rainsford, Antagonist: General Zaroff,
and Ivan
Main Conflict: General Zaroff
challenged Rainsford to a game of
human hunting
Other External Conflicts
Man Vs. Man
• Rainsford vs. Ivan
• Rainsford vs. Zaroff
Man Vs. Nature
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Rainsford is believed to have
killed Gen. Zaroff
Rainsford says that he has
never slept in a better bed
before.
• Rainsford vs. forest
• Rainsford vs. sea
Man Vs. Fate
• It’s fated that
Rainsford heard the
pistol shot from Ship
Trap island
• It’s fated that he fell
into the waters and
was left behind by the
ship.
Rainsford has won
the game and
eliminated the man
who believed that
hunting ‘low cast’
humans is correct.
Internal Conflict
Man Vs. Self
• Rainsford has to
decide whether to
jump off the cliff or
not.
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