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High Noon Character Analysis

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People disagree with each other, it is a fact of life. No matter if it is about how water is or is not wet or whether you put the milk or the cereal in the bowl first, people will always disagree. Everyone has small arguments with each other, but they always have something similar in common. Everyone has different opinions depending on where they are coming from or what they believe in. In the movie High Noon and the story “The Most Dangerous Game”, there are characters who have different opinions that disagree because of what they are surrounded by. In both stories, the characters have enemies that fight against them, making them fight back. In High Noon and “The Most Dangerous Game”, the tables are turned and the protagonists learn what it feels like to be hunted, through many difficult situations that are similar and different in both stories. Every story …show more content…

In High Noon and “The Most Dangerous Game”, the main characters are Will Kane and Sanger Rainsford. They were both put into situations that changed their point of view on everything. In High Noon, Will Kane says, “You risk your skin catching killers and the juries let them go so they can come back and shoot at you again” (Foreman 307). In this situation, Kane is being forced to hide, which is changing him from a hunter to hunted. “‘For the hunter,’ amended Whitney. ‘Not for the jaguar.’ ‘Don’t talk rot, Whitney,’ said Rainsford. ‘You’re a big-game hunter, not a philosopher. Who cares how a jaguar feels?” (Connell 212). When Rainsford says this, he does not realize how the game will change and he will be hunted by General Zeroff. Once Rainsford was put into these situations, he used his head and fought back by setting traps, instead of attacking Zeroff like some of the other “visitors”. Will Kane and Sanger Rainsford were both put into challenging situations that changed them from the hunters to the

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In the story The Most Dangerous Game, written by Richard Connel, a hunter finds himself on an isolated island being hunted by a narcissistic and aristocratic Cossack. In the movie High Noon, by Carl Foreman, the newly wed marshal of a small western town has to face a convict charged with murder when he is released from prison. Throughout The Most Dangerous Game and High Noon, the theme and setting help convey the story in similar ways, but the differences of personality and opinion in Rainsford and Kane take them down separate paths. During High Noon, Will Kane has to decide whether or not he should kill Frank, just like Rainsford has to decide whether to leave the island or kill General Zaroff. "

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High Noon, which was written by Carl Foreman, is a film about a marshal who has to protect his town and himself from a man who is returning from prison on the noon train for revenge with the help of his gang. “The Most Dangerous Game,” which was written by Richard Connell, is a short story about a man who ends up on an island known as ‘Ship Trap Island’ and has to survive from an expert hunter for three days by hiding from the hunter, his dogs, and his accomplice. Even though High Noon and “The Most Dangerous Game” are stories that have little in common, there are instances where we see similarities between the two settings; the protagonists and conflicts also have many differences. The film, High Noon, and the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game,” have two different conflicts that affect the story.

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First off, one thing Rainsford faced was strong versus the weak. In the beginning of the story Rainsford fell off a yacht by, what Richard called, “Ship-Trap Island.” Once he

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Rainsford is on his own in the woods with General Zaroff. General Zaroff character trait of challenging, motivates Zaroff to tell Rainsford, “you’ll find this game worth playing,” the general said enthusiastically. “[Rainsford] brain against [Zaroff]. [Rainsford] woodcraft against [Zaroff], [Rainsford] strength and stamina against [Zaroff]”(30). Rainsford now knows that he’s in this game with General Zaroff and that he’s being put to the test of hunting.

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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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Two completely different storylines, one film and one short story, yet there’s so much in common about them both. The story “The Most Dangerous Game” stars a hunter who feels what it’s like to be hunted, and fears death in an isolated island. The film High Noon tells a story about a marshal who wants to protect his western town when a criminal is coming back for revenge. Both the short story and film are two completely different stories including their characters, yet they also have many similarities such as the conflict and theme that make up the plot.

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To convey the theme of competition can enhance a person’s character, Richard Connell has Rainsford succeed at the Most Dangerous Game. Rainsford shows through the big hunt growth because he knows strategies and ways to win the big hunt. The frightening event is when he has to build his traps to stay away from the General. The exciting is when he meets him back at the house and kills the General and win the Most Dangerous

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“Rainsford did not want to believe what his reason told him was true- the general was playing him, saving him for another day’s sport…. Then it was that Rainsford knew the meaning of terror” (184). This reveals that Rainsford is realizing that Zaroff knows where he is, and that he is being manipulated by Zaroff. Rainsford's internal conflict is developing in this section of the story since he is becoming more fearful and agitated.

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In the short stories “A Sound of Thunder” by Ray Bradbury and “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, both main characters are great, experienced and risky hunters. Travis from “A Sound of Thunder” takes people through a time machine back in time to hunt dinosaurs. General Zaroff from “The Most Dangerous Game” has found a new interest instead of hunting animals, and he now hunts people. Both of these stories involve hunting out of the ordinary things and show why each character chooses to do so. Although Travis and General Zaroff are both great, experienced hunters, they differ in the game they hunt, their attitudes towards others, and their motivation for shooting people.

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Sanger Rainsford believed in himself and trust his expertise as a huntsman as he put

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Rainford exposes his selfishness and lack of empathy by saying, “‘Be a realist. The world is made up of two classes-the hunters and the huntees. Luckily you and I are hunters’”(2). His actions throughout the story show his cruelty too. Rainsfords profession is killing animals, and while he does

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Sometimes in life you have to fight or die the story “The Most Dangerous Game” and High Noon show this very well. “The Most Dangerous Game” is about a profession hunter who got stuck on a island with a hunter and to leave he has to play this game where he stays alive for three days when the hunter tries to hunt him. High noon is about a Marshall who sent up a criminal and the criminal got out of jail and is coming for revenge on him, no one will help the Marshall so it’s him verse their gang. Even though High Noon and “ The Most Dangerous Game” are very different, there are many similarities in the theme, and the main character, however there are many differences in the setting also.

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Furthermore, if you underestimate your opponent, you will not perform your personal best. This could result in something very dreadful happening. In the story, one of the main characters, Rainsford felt that it was acceptable to hunt jaguars. In his opinion, “The world is made up of two classes the hunters and the huntees (Connell 216)”. As a result of his wrong opinion, the tables turn in the story and Rainsford becomes the one being hunted.

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The book For One More Day shows us many human experiences that we can compare to our lives or people that we may know. Every character in the book has a different backstory and different situations they go through. Posey Benetto. Being one of the main characters in the story she has very interesting situations she had to go through. Posey Benetto is your usual pretty married women with two kids.

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