Character Relationships In Richard Connell's The Most Dangerous Game

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“There is always someone who cares more, cries more, loves more, get hurt most and forgives more” -Unknown. In any given relationship ultimately one person has more power over the other. Throughout most stories they usually happen to have character relationships where one always has more power over the other. This theory comes from the multiple examples below. Zaroff and Rainsford are a key example of the thesis that one character has more power than the other. Zaroff has more power throughout the story because he is always willing to kill Rainsford, whether it be while engaged in the hunt or for refusing to play the game. “They are let out at seven every night. If anyone should try to get into-or-out of it something extremely regrettable would happen to him” (Connell …show more content…

In paragraph I the way I related the thesis to the story was that Zaroff held the dominance in the character relationship because he had a murderous desire to kill Rainsford through the duration of the story. Paragraph II the character relationship was related to thesis by the fact of Montresor having the power because he has an extremely adequate plan for killing Fortunato without him even being suspicious about Montresor being furious at him. Paragraph III is the most complicated to relate to the thesis because is not as straightforward as the other two. “Thank You Ma’am” has a very powerful message taught by Mrs. Jones. All of these in their own unique way tie to the thesis. The thesis itself relates to the real world because when you begin working you will have a boss or a superior and they in turn have more power over you. Just like when you go to school you have teachers and administrators who have power over you. In the end there's always an imbalance of power or dominance in all character relationships whether that be personal, professional, or a friendship level