Sanger Rainsford In The Most Dangerous Game By Richard Connell

In Richard Connell's short story "The Most Dangerous Game" is about well-known

American hunter, Sanger Rainsford, in route to South America, but his journey is hindered when he is startled by gunshots heard in the distance night and falls off his yacht and swims to the nearest island, Ship-Trap Island. He awoke the next afternoon to remember the gunshots and suggested there must be people living on this island. As he follows, the direction of the shots he heard from the night before Rainsford stumbles upon a large building in which he introduces the owner, a Cossack General, of his situation. The General informs Rainsford he has read his hunting books and graciously accommodates Rainsford. The two chat during dinner about hunting and Rainsford

These crucial moments display Rainsford a round and dynamic character. The General is a great character description of a static and flat character. In the story the General's beliefs, attitude, and perspective never change. Other than his boredom of traditional hunting that led him to develop his inhuman and unconventional game, he is not fundamentally challenged or influenced. His character influences the protagonist's character, and this is a significant part of the relation of the central idea. The Most Dangerous Game is written in the third person limited omniscient narrative, allowing the reader only to access the main characters thoughts, Rainsford. The direct method is considerably used to describe and help the reader understand the characters in the story by directly providing details about the character or essentially picking up judgment through the character's direct

Limited omniscient particularly because the story if from the focus of Rainsford. Although Rainford is not telling the story himself, someone else is describing his story and details from his outlook. Even though the story is in the third person narrative, the focus on the description is of Rainsford's perspective, and this is purposeful for the influence of the central idea. If the story were focused, the General's perspective the storyline and central idea would be entirely different. Deeming the dominant point of view to be Rainsford character's importance to the relation of the central idea; however, the point of view of Rainsford's focus is consistent almost entirely throughout the story until the end where the point of view briefly shifts to the General's and back to Rainsford. This shift is necessary for the understanding of the whereabouts of the General before the big finish in the