The Most Dangerous Game Essay

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The House on Mango Street: Socratic Seminar

Level Two Questions:

1. Why would Esperanza intentionally accept and offer a passing bum shelter?

Esperanza would intentionally accept and offer a passing bum shelter because she feels sympathy towards them. Even when she finally owns a decent house, she claims she “won’t forget who [she] is or where [she] came from” (87). Her past let her experience “how it is to be without a house” which again reiterates that she once was similar to these financially challenged wonderers” (87).

2. What really is the reason Mama encourages Esperanza to study and finish school?

Mama encourages Esperanza to study and finish school because she doesn’t want her daughter to follow her footsteps. Mama is a multitalented woman who can “speak two languages…sing opera…draw” yet she never left the city (90). Mama quit school “because [she] didn’t have nice clothes” and regrets it deeply. She pushes Esperanza to fulfill the dreams of becoming an independent woman, something that Mama can never be.

3. How did Esperanza finally accept that Mango Street was a part of her?

Esperanza finally accepts that Mango Street is a part of her when she realizes that it made her what she was. Mango “does not hold [her] with both arms” but instead “sets [her] free” through the beautiful language of writing (110”. Even though the “sad red house” mocked her childhood, too many memories were made which created a strong connection (110). Esperanza concluded that “she [is] too strong for her to keep me here forever” and perseveres to move through obstacles tossed towards her.

Level Three Questions:

4. Why is self-definition a struggle many face?

Self-definition is a struggle many face because as

The Most Dangerous Game

According to Merriam Webster Online Dictionary, a conflict is, “to be different in a way that prevents agreement : to say or express opposite things.” The short story, “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, is about a man named Mr. Rainsford who fell off his yacht and came across an island inhabited by a man named General Zaroff. General Zaroff is a hunter who hunts for his own amusement. But he doesn't hunt animals, he hunts people. He hunts down the sailors that crash onto “Ship Trap Island”…

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Most Dangerous Game

James.D.Lowe 9th English In Richard Connell's short story, "The Most Dangerous Game", big game hunter Sanger Rainsford is tested in the following ways: strong vs the weak, the value of life, and becoming what he fears. In the story when Rainsford fell off the yacht he was swimming the way he heard gunshots. When he got to land he was going through the woods and found that there was a castle. He arrived and the gates/doors opened and he saw a man standing with a revolver, he was about to get…

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Essay on The Most Dangerous Game

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Theme Of The Most Dangerous Game

accomplishments come from the heart. The choices that Sanger Rainsford in “The Most Dangerous Game” kept him alive. Rainsford fights for his life against the evil of General Zaroff and Ivan, which are two Cossacks. The themes that are portrayed vary, but include hate and selflessness. They are expressed throughout the story, but some at climactic times. The use of the theme hate is used towards the beginning of “The Most Dangerous Game”, in Zaroff’s words. The text states,”I hunt the scum of the earth: sailors…

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Most Dangerous Game Comparison

Comparison Essay Being trapped on an island with a murder could be dangerous. Both Ralph and Rainsford were trapped on an island with Jack and General Zaroff, the murders. Jack and General Zaroff both symbolize violence in Lord of the Flies and in “The Most Dangerous Game”, by Zaroff killing humans, Zaroff is a hunter, and Jack gets Piggy ,and Simon killed. In “The Most Dangerous Game”, General Zaroff is a hunter, and to be a hunter you have to be a little violent or you wouldn’t be able to…

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The Most Dangerous Game Conflict

In “The Most Dangerous Game,” Rainsford states “Hunting? Good God, General Zaroff, what you speak of is murder.” General Zaroff replies, “I refuse to believe that so modern and civilized a young man as you seem to be harbors romantic ideas about the value of human life”(Connell…

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Irony In The Most Dangerous Game

Throughout the story of “The Most Dangerous Game”, Richard Connell selected the characters Sanger Rainsford and General Zaroff as the victims of irony. In the beginning of the short story, Rainsford stated, “You’re a big game hunter, not a philosopher. Who cares how a jaguar feels?” to his hunting acquaintance, Whitney ( ). This quote depicts situational irony, for he is shortly placed in a state where he becomes the jaguar/ prey. Soon afterwards, Rainsford fell overboard undetected and…

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The Most Dangerous Game Essay

The Most Dangerous Game “The Most Dangerous Game”(1924), by Richard Connell is a short story about a man who ends up on “Ship-trap Island”. On this island lives a man who seeks the ultimate game. He is referred to as General Zaroff, and Rainsford the protagonist, is “the most dangerous game”. The general sends Rainsford into the jungle, and gives himself three days to kill Rainsford. Rainsford is able to avoid the general, and kill him in the end of the story. Throughout “The Most Dangerous Game”…

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Suspense In The Most Dangerous Game

Benjamin Ayukachale Miss. Birnbrauer September 23, 2012 “The Most Dangerous Game.” The world today has a lot of suspense in it. In “The Most Dangerous Game” written by Richard Connell, there are two characters with completely different views about hunting. The short story is about two hunters, General Zaroff, and Ranisford. General Zaroff is a very skilled hunter who has created his own hunting game. Rainsford also a hunter has fallen off his boat, and landed on what he thought to be a deserted…

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Rainsford In The Most Dangerous Game

In “The Most Dangerous Game,” Rainsford proves himself to be a dynamic character. While on a trip to Rio to hunt Jaguars, Rainsford and his hunting companion, Whitney, come to talk about jaguars. Whitney speculates that jaguars must be able to feel fear and pain, to which Rainsford argues, “‘You’re a big-game hunter, not a philosopher. Who cares how a jaguar feels?;’” (Connell 60). His lack of sympathy for his quarry reveals how trivial animals’ emotions are to him. The two depart, leaving Rainsford…

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