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In the short story, The Most Dangerous Game, by Richard Connell, a guy, named Rainsford, get stuck on Ship Trap Island with a crazy psycho man, named General Zaroff, who turns from a hunter to a murderer that hunts other humans. Rainsford is a man who fell of a yacht. He fell into the ocean and swap to the nearest island, which is Ship Trap Island. He finds General Zaroff’s house. General Zaroff then hunts Rainsford. Rainsford has to survive being hunted. Rainsford is like a lion hunting its prey because he is stealthy, quick, and smart. Rainsford is stealthy because in the story, it said, “He shinned excitedly up a tree and looked back.” It also said, “He crouched behind the stump of a lightning-charred tree.” Stealthy means hard to find. This shows that he is stealthy because he cannot be seen in the tree that he hid in. He also could not be seen behind the lightning charred tree.Rainsford is quick because in the story, it said, “Then, he ran for his life.” This shows that he is quick because he was faster than the others hunting him. He also survived, and if he survived he had to be able to outrun General Zaroff. Rainsford is smart because in the story, it said, “Your Burmese tiger pit has claimed one of my best dogs. Again you score.” This shows that Rainsford is smart because he was able to not only create a Burmese tiger pit to kill General Zaroff’s dog, but he was able to come up the idea to create the pit. He did this all while he was being hunted in an isolated jungle. Rainsford is very much like a lion hunting its prey. He is smart, stealthy, and quick.
I learned that no matter the amount of resources you have you can still survive. I enjoyed the suspense in the story. One goal that I set for myself as a learner based on this story is to never give up even if I don’t understand something.
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"Wallpaper Animal Wallpapers Cartoon Zebra Wallpaper Wallpapers."Fasthink Blog Demo. Web. 19 Oct. 2015.
"Wallpaper Animal Wallpapers Cartoon Zebra Wallpaper Wallpapers."Fasthink Blog Demo. Web. 19 Oct. 2015.