Vital Setting In Richard Connell's The Most Dangerous Game

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“The Most Dangerous Game” and It's Vital Setting The setting of “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell is essential for the plot of the short story. For instance if the story did not take place on an isolated island there would be no privacy for Zaroff. If there is no solitary island then the police would arrest Zaroff. Also Rainsford could run to the nearest town and alert the authorities. At one point Rainsford thinks to himself, “He was in a picture with a frame of water, and his operations, clearly must take place within that frame”(11). This is clearly when Rainsford realizes that he is trapped. Also if General Zaroff had not built the false channel then the plot would not be grabbing. This is because Zaroff gets his prey off of