Analysis on “The Most Dangerous Game”
The universal nature of humans proves to be that all human beings are born evil. The desire of humans to be above another being is a common instinct that causes them to do evil. Many depictions of malicious events caused by these instincts can be observed throughout history. In the Holocaust, German Nazis killed a countless number of Jews, claiming that the Jews are lowly beings that don’t deserve to exist. Although doing evil, the Nazis had their own reasons to the massacre. However, what if the evildoer had no logical reasoning behind their crimes? In "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell, the use of expressive imagery, foreshadowing, and repetition of words portray the tension between the oppressor and the victim.
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As Rainsford enters the island, still unsure about what it will bring to him, Connell uses descriptive and mysterious words to generate a suspenseful theme, which is certainly enough to draw the reader's attention. When Rainsford encounters "a lofty structure with pointed towers plunging upward into the gloom" (3) along the shores of a "sea [licking] greedy lips in the shadows" (3), readers sense a dark and mysterious theme starting to unveil. Their fingers struggle to stay still, eager to flip the page to find out what the odd building is. Describing each scene in detail, Connell starts to create tension, as readers are able to picture each event in their heads, causing them to feel like they are directly looking at the scene rather than simply reading off a sheet of