Imagery In The Most Dangerous Game And The Veldt

With vivid description in a story, readers can imagine and feel as if they are living the story with the characters. In the short stories “Scarlet Ibis,” “The Most Dangerous Game,” and “The Veldt,” each author uses detailed imagery to create a suspenseful atmosphere, keeping their readers on the edge of their seats. Short stories are a great way for authors to heighten the tension of the story because readers usually read these in one sitting, allowing them to quickly realize the outcome of the story. In all three short stories the authors use imagery to illustrate a suspenseful build up making readers excited to finish reading.
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Each and every detail leads to something more than what it portrays. In the beginning of the story the narrator describes Rainsford's plunge into the ocean, “The cry was pinched off short as the blood-warm waters of the Caribbean Sea dosed over his head” (Connell 2). When reading this phrase one cannot help but wonder what will happen to Rainsford and how will he overcome the blood warm waters and the danger that comes with it.. Because of the imagery Connell uses in his writing, he creates a mood of anxious uncertainty about the outcome of Rainsford's fate. After Rainsford's tragic fall off the yacht he swims to the nearest island, and the author describes what Rainsford views as he is trudging through the water, “Jagged crags appeared to jut up into the opaqueness; he forced himself upward, hand over hand” (Connell 3). Swimming in the night in the middle of an ocean towards an opaque island with jagged cliffs popping up out of the water certainly cannot lead to good things. Therefore, this imagery used forms a sense of doubt in readers leaving them to wonder if Rainsford will survive. With this doubt, readers cannot help but to pursue the story to discover Rainsford's fate to discover who will win The Most Dangerous