Summary Of Most Dangerous Game By Richard Connell

In his short story “The Most Dangerous Game,” author Richard Connell shows his mastery of the craft of storytelling by his skillful use of a number of literary elements in the creation of his tale. Connell makes excellent use of Plot and Setting by creating a great deal of suspense in the mood he sets. He also surprises readers with a stunning climax and intense falling action to close out his story. He next develops narrators in the story using Narrator and Voice. Connell uses a third person limited narrator to emphasize his mysterious tone in this story. Since the reader only knows as much as the narrator, the reader can only guess about what is going to happen later in the story. In addition, Connell creates effective characters by using Character. Specifically, Connell shows Rainsford as a very round character. He both uses direct and indirect characterization to tell about Rainsford as well as General Zaroff and Ivan, who are both flat characters.
In the story, Connell uses plot and setting to

“‘and I’ve seen you pick off a moose moving in the brown fall bush at four hundred yards, but even you can’t see four miles or so through a moonless Caribbean night.’” (19). The author uses indirect characterization here to show that Rainsford’s eyes are great in the day, yet terrible at night. Also the dialogue hints that Rainsford is a great hunter, another example of indirect characterization “ ‘Ivan is an incredibly strong fellow,’ remarked the general, ‘but he has the misfortune to be deaf and dumb.’ ” (23). Here Connell is beginning to describe one of his flat characters, Ivan, whose few traits are strong, deaf, and dumb. Having many different types of characters in a story helps the story be easier for the reader to read, because the reader only has to keep up with a few main characters but still understands the difference between protagonists and antagonists as well as static and dynamic