People can become very baffling when their bored. In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, the protagonist, Rainsford starts out on a boat waiting to go hunt. Later that day, as the sunlight faded away, Rainsford hears gunshots and leans toward the edge to see but ends up falling overboard. He ends up on Ship-Trap Island where he meets a man named General Zaroff who loves hunting just as much as he does. Rainsford soon finds out that the General isnt a normal hunter, but got bored with it long ago so he now hunt a more dangerous game, human. When Rainsford refuses to hunt with him, the general gives him a harsh choice, he can be hunted or be handed off to be whipped. So he eventually realizes that he’ll have to survive three nights outside without sleep. He ended up staying …show more content…
His friend, Whitney, tries to tell him that their is something bad about Ship-Trap Island. Rainsford didn't believe him and just said “Pure imagination, one superstitious Sailor can taint the whole ship’s company with his fear” (Connell 41). This shows that even though his friend tried to explain what he felt, he still doubted him.
Rainsford is also very restless later on. General Zaroff tells Rainsford that he hunts human beings now and Rainsford flips. The General was gonna show him his collection of heads but Rainsford told him that he didn't feel well and went off to bed. “He was tired in every fiber of his being, but nevertheless Rainsford could not quiet his brain with the opiate of sleep” (51). This shows that with all the thoughts in his head of what could happen, he became restless.
Rainsford, above all, is resourceful. The dogs were chasing him and their was no where to go. He used the things he had in the jungle to help him escape. “He heard the hounds. Then he leaped far out into the sea”(57). This shows that even with nothing to help him escape he, in a panic, saved himself quickly with little though of