Brief Summary Of The Most Dangerous Game By Richard Connell

“The Most Dangerous Game” is a short story from Richard Connell. About a man named Sanger Rainsford, and his adventures on an island. In his adventures, he meets a strange man, lives three days being hunted, and successfully lives. Rainsford was in his thirties and had been hunting all his life, in this short story, Rainsford is the person being hunted. When Sanger Rainsford meets a strange man after being thrown off a yacht, and landing on an island, the author states, “Rainsford’s first impression was that the man was singularly handsome; his second was that there was an original, almost bizarre quality about the general’s face.” Rainsford also states that “Whenever he looked up from his plate he found the general studying him, appraising

“I must keep my nerve, I must keep my nerve.” He said through tight teeth.” On the first night, of being hunted by the general named Zaroff, Rainsford made a very long trail for Zaroff to follow. Rainsford walked for two whole hours trying to push Zaroff off of his trail. On the second night, Rainsford created a Malay mancatcher, which then caught Zaroff and injured Zaroff’s shoulder. “It was flight now, a desperate, hopeless flight, that carried him on for hours.” Rainsford also found a quicksand pit, and was able to trick Zaroff’s best hound to fall into the quicksand by creating a Burmese tiger pit. On the third night, Ivan, Zaroff’s blind and deaf friend was following Rainsford. Ivan had all of the other hounds that Zaroff had kept at his country house. “But the hope that was Rainsford’s brain when he climbed died, for he saw in the shallow valley that General Zaroff was still on his feet.” The author exclaims here, that Rainsford was being chased by general Zaroff before Ivan got out the hounds and started chasing him. Also on the third day, Ivan, Zaroff, and the hounds chased Rainsford to the edge of a cliff, and Rainsford figured that it was better to jump than face all three of

“A man, who had been hiding in the curtains of the bed, was standing there. “Rainsford!” Screamed the general. “How in God’s name did you get here?”. Rainsford had been hiding in the curtains for a while, because he was dry when Zaroff found him hiding. “The general sucked in his breath and smiled. “I congratulate you,” he said. “You have won the game.” General Zaroff had said that his game was to hunt people and humans for three days. Rainsford won when he showed up at Zaroff’s house. After Zaroff had congratulated him, Zaroff challenged him again with a sword fight, and whoever won would be able to sleep in Zaroff’s bed at his house on the island, and whoever lost would have to leave the island immediately. “He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford