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The Sin Of Monsieur Pettipon By Richard Connell

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Richard Connell, a now deceased author, has written many books, one of them being the short story “The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon.” Even though many books have had the honor of being written by the hand of Richard Connell, the one most referenced with his name is “The Most Dangerous Game.” Sanger Rainsford is the protagonist of the story that goes up against a psychotic General Zaroff, who kills men for pleasure and sport. Sanger Rainsford has a very particular set of survival skills that helped him persevere through the traumatizing life predicament. First of all, he was notoriously strategic. He outwitted General Zaroff on all trials which, in the end, helped him immensely in extricating himself. Secondly, Sanger Rainsford was not only qualified, …show more content…

When Sanger Rainsford made his path nearly untraceable after General Zaroff gave him a three-hour advantage, Zaroff took amusement to his approach. After Rainsford made his trail confusing, he climbed up a tree and laid on a thick branch. General Zaroff eventually made his way through. He scanned the tree inch by inch but stopped before reaching Sanger Rainsford, but because the general had smiled, Rainsford could only assume that Zaroff was indeed playing with him. “The general was playing with him! The general was saving him for another day’s sport! The Cossack was the cat; he was the mouse.” (Connell) Another decisive act made by Sanger Rainsford, was making a Burmese tiger trap. He dug a hole up to his shoulders and placed spikes, made from hard saplings, at the bottom. Next, he knitted a rough blanket using weeds and branches. Rainsford heard the crackling sound of branches coming from the pit. The trap was meant to kill the general, but one of his best hounds fell in instead. “Then he felt the impulse to cry aloud with joy, for he heard the sharp crackle of the breaking branches as the cover of the pit gave way; he heard the sharp scream of pain as the pointed stakes found their mark. He leaped up from his place of concealment…‘You’ve done well, Rainsford. Your Burmese tiger pit claimed one of my best dogs.’” (Connell) The last example of strategy, was when he hung a knife

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