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Essay Comparing Most Dangerous Game And High Noon

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A hunter stuck on an island with an insane murderer who is hunting him, and a Marshall stuck in an isolated part of the old West who needs to stay and fight an old enemy who is coming after him. Two completely different stories, completely different people, completely different experiences, but when looked at in a different light are more similar than they first seem. These experiences are exactly what happens to Rainsford from “The Most Dangerous Game”, and Will Kane from High Noon. The two stories are very different, but there are more similarities than it seems at first glance. While the two settings of a Wild West town, and a Caribbean island might seem very different they are actually more alike than they seem. They are alike because they are both isolated, and we can tell this because in High Noon it says “Ext. Main Street. It bakes in the sun, a rather crooked and winding street that seems …show more content…

In this quote we see that Kane has gone from a strong and brave Marshall to a scared man who doesn’t want to die “Kane’s hand - as it writes last will and testament” (Foreman 325) this shows that because Frank is back he is scared and thinks he will die, so he is writing his will. This is similar to what happened to Rainsford. In these two quotes it shows how he was a brave strong game hunter, but then is scared and unable to do anything “don’t talk rot, Whitney you’re a big game hunter, not a philosopher. Who cares how a jaguar feels” (Connell 212) showing that he is a strong hunter, but then he it says “Rainsford knew now how an animal at bay feels” (Connell 231) this quote shows that he is now scared and is unable to do anything, and this shows how he is not powerless and scared just like Kane. These two people are very different, but they have very similar qualities and

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Page eight. “I’m a hunter not a murder.” Page eight. These quotes connect to the theme of nothing is what it seems because Rainsford originally thought that the General was only hunting animals. But Rainsford was wrong, he finds out that the General wanted more of a challenge and started hunting humans which he called murder but the General just called it hunting.

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This quote proves that the conflict in the film is that Will Kane sent Frank Miller, a dangerous outlaw, to prison up north for murder. Frank was pardoned, and he is coming back for revenge on Will Kane. An example of the conflict from the short story is, “‘But they are men,’ said Rainsford hotly. ‘Precisely,’ said the general. ‘That is why I use them (for my hunting game).

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Film, "High Noon" and story, "The Most Dangerous Game", have a lot of similarities in characters and theme but very different in setting. In the story "The Most Dangerous Game" a sailor name Rainsford gets trapped on an isolated island and he has to survive there for three days. In the film "High Noon" a retired officer name Will had to go back to his job to save his town from four criminals that were coming back to get revenge. Even though both film and story are different they also have a lot of similarities in characters and theme. Referring to the theme of our story and the film, they are very similar.

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The two are facing death. For Kane it's him basically waiting to fight a murderer. "You get out of here, Will! You get out of town this minute!"(foreman 292). As for Rainsford, he is literally being hunted by another human. "

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“Trusting our intuition often saves us from disasters” (Brainy Quote). American clinical psychologist and author, Annie Wilson Schaef, makes it clear that trusting instincts can save you. The same thing can be said about Rainsford from The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell and Katniss from The Hunger Games by Gary Ross. Rainsford and Katniss both are put in danger many times throughout the story, relying on their instincts to save them. Katnss and Rainsford both face danger and rely on instincts while going against unfair and cruel opponents.

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Similarities and Differences Though they do have differences, the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell bears a great resemblance to William Goldberg’s Lord of the Flies. In both stories, morals of people are lost through time as they become more savage. Though the Lord of the Flies focuses on younger children, in both stories the setting, attitudes, and ironies have similarities and differences.

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K J. Parker said “To hunt successfully you must know your ground, your pack and your quarry.” What he means by is to hunt successfully you must know where you hunt and know what animal you are hunting. “The Most Dangerous Game” short story and The Most Dangerous Game movie share some similarities and differences in their beginning, traps, and ending. There are many differences and similarities between the movie and story. Here is an example of the beginning.

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The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is about a group of boys who crash land on an island and are forced to survive off the island. They struggle to maintain civilization, but in the end most turn to savagery lead by a character named Jack. In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell a hunter also crash lands on an island and is hunted by another big game hunter who has decided to hunt the most dangerous game known as humans. Rainsford then has to battle a savage character named Zaroff similar to Ralph in Lord of the Flies who have to battle Jack. Rainsford also has to live off the land to survive against Zaroff, so do the boys in Lord of the Flies.

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People instinctively spread apart because of their differences, but what people forget is that we’re all in a time of growing. An individual grows like a beautiful, unique tree but as we grow, another, equally beautiful and unique tree is planted next to you. It’s the differences in our leaves that bring our best friends planted next to us along our season of growth. The film, High Noon takes place in a western town, in the mid to late 1800s.

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Rainsford says there is no animal that uses logic and reason, and General Zaroff 's mentions the human. Zaroff hunts men for his personal pleasure. The antagonist in High Noon, Frank Miller, hunts men for revenge. His plan is to kill Will Kane, because Kane is the man that sent Miller to jail for murder. Although the protagonists of these two stories, Will Kane and Sanger Rainsford, each have their own lives, they both are put in similar situations, as they are both underdogs while their opponent has the upper hand.

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Theme, conflict, and characters are some important elements that are included in most stories. In the Most Dangerous Game and High Noon, they play an important part in making the story flow. The Most Dangerous Game and High Noon are stories that have a lot of action from the conflicts that take place. In the Most Dangerous Game, General Zaroff is the antagonist who likes killing and hunting men for fun, and Rainsford is the main character who is up for the challenge. High Noon takes place in the west and is about a sheriff named Will Kane who helped send a criminal to prison, but the criminal named Frank is coming back for revenge.

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In the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, suspense is created through the use of foreshadowing, different points of view, and cliffhangers. Without suspense, the book would be boring and uninteresting to read. The author uses these three main techniques to keep the reader engaged. First off, Connell uses foreshadowing to create suspense by using appalling words to map out the near future, and by using dialogue. The author uses dreadful words like “dark” and “cannibal” to foreshadow the daunting future.

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- ‘Even so, I rather think they understand one thing--fear. The fear of pain and the fear of death. ’”(Connell 18) By reading the theme the reader can infer the position Rainsford is in will drastically change. Although, Rainsford is not overtaken by the jaguar

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