Most Dangerous Game Analysis

Personally this story was “Hunger Games” meets “Cast Away” because the main character Rainsford is on a deserted on a mysterious island and he's being hunted by a hunting expert General Zanoff. Richard Connell uses imagery throughout the story to enhance the setting and the characters.

Conell sets an eerie and uncertain mood right off the bat. “...trying to peer through the dank tropical night that was palpable as it pressed its thick warm blackness in upon the yacht.” (page 17) The quote gives the idea of the climate and how the night is. Gives an image of how heavy the air is, humid and thick. “...the blood-warm waters of the Caribbean Sea closed over his head.” (page 19) How Conell uses the term 'blood-warm waters' really is an interesting way to describe waters. When you think of blood the first thing that comes to mind is danger. That indicates that Rainsford is over board and is in the water as the yacht carries on without him.

Enhancing the eerie mood to the story was how Conell introduced the new

Using Rainsford's senses involved to really get the reader more into the story. “Then he straightened up and took from his case one of his black cigarettes; its pungent incense like smoke floated up to Rainsford's nostrils.” (page ) this was when Rainsford was in the tree above General Zanoff. Zanoff was confused and maybe frustrated that hunting Rainsford would be harder than he thought. You can almost picture Rainsford in a tree in panic, and the smoke floating up his nostrils. “He knew his pursuer was coming; he heard the padding sound of feet on the soft earth, and the night breeze brought him the perfume of the general's cigarette.” (page ) The suspense of knowing Zanoff is getting closer to where Rainsford was at. Close enough that he can smell the perfume of cigarette. A type of panic goes over knowing will somebody win the most dangerous