the most dangerous game story by richard connell

I n this episode of Welcome To The Party Pal, host Michael Shields, with the help of film historian Christian Niedan, explore the numerous adaptations of Richard Connell’s short story “The Most Dangerous Game” (also published as “The Hounds of Zaroff”). Rainsford was calm and patient the whole time while fighting against General Zaroff and this helped him to win in the end.Welcome To The Party Pal (Osiris Media) celebrates the many adaptations of Richard Connell’s captivating short story “The Most Dangerous Game,” from the 1932 RKO Studios adaptation, to 1994’s Surviving the Game with Ice-T, to the recently released Quibi series starring Liam Hemsworth and Christopher Waltz… All of the people that General Zaroff has hunted before Rainsford have lost their nerve and that was their downfall.

In his story, Richard Connell conveys how one can survive in harsh situations by being calm and working through their difficulties even if the odds aren’t in their favor. He is against himself in this part of the story because he loses his self-control and decides to defeat General Zaroff. This is a great example of character vs character but also a great example of character vs self. He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided.’ Rainsford has his opportunity and he kills General Zaroff and then sleeps in his bed. The other will sleep in this very excellent bed. “Splendid! One of us is to furnish a repast for the hounds.

In the story it states, ‘The general made one of his deepest bows. Rainsford goes with his instinct in this part of the story and he ends up living because of it.Īt the end of the story, Rainsford loses all of his patience and self-control as he has the opportunity to take out General Zaroff. Earlier in the story when he is in the water he has a hard time swimming to shore which helps us infer that the decision to jump off the 20 foot cliff wasn’t easy but it was better than taking a bullet to the head. Rainsford had to make a quick decision in which could result in death either way. ‘ This example could be considered different kinds of character conflicts but I see it best as character vs self. Twenty feet below him the sea rumbled and hissed. Across a cove he could see the gloomy gray stone of the chateau. Rainsford forced himself on toward that gap. In the story it states, ‘A blue gap showed between the trees dead ahead. There was another moment in the story when Rainsford had a life or death decision to make and it was actually the climax of the story.

The most dangerous game story by richard connell