...In the story “The Most Dangerous Game”, Rainsford’s ability to hunt, set up traps to kill Zaroff, and ultimately killing Zaroff, produced the fact of Rainsford becoming a human-hunter and losing his humanity. First of all, Rainsford was already a hunter before he went to the island, this leads his ability to hunt. When Rainsford and Whitney are talking at the beginning of the story, Whitney says to Rainsford, “I’ve see you pick off a moose moving in the brown bush at four hundred yards.” This proves that Rainsford can hunt as shown by his ability to hit a moose from 400 yards. Therefore, Rainsford can hunt humans as he can hunt animals very well. Second of all, Rainsford sets traps trying to kill the general throughout the story showing...
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...permanently driven into any tree on leased premises. Removable ground blinds, tree stands, are allowed. 8. All property brought on to the leased premises by members or guests, and any litter, especially cigarette butts, and shell casings shall be removed from the leased premises by member or guest responsible. 9. All members are responsible for any actions of guests they bring onto the leased premise. 10. All guests must be accompanied by a member and shall pay a guest fee of 20 dollars a day. All guests' reservations must be made at least one week in advance and approved by the Hunt Club President. Guests must ride with the member in member's vehicle to and from the premises. Only Hunt Club Members Vehicles will be allowed on the premises. Guest must sign a waiver to release Land Owner and Hunt club of all legal liability in the event of injury or death. See law 14. 11. We will have 4 guests hunts per...
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...Rainsford Justified Rainsford was justified in killing Zaroff because the general killed several people before attempting to kill Rainsford. Many more people would die if Rainsford didn’t kill him. While Rainsford and the general sat at the great table in general Zaroff’s palatial chateau. The two men start to talk about hunting and how the general has found a new animal to hunt when Rainsford figures out that he is hunting humans. So then Rainsford confronts him by saying, “But they are men” and the general replies with, “that is why I hunt them. It gives me pleasure” (Connell 4). This quote proves that the general hunts humans for pleasure and that he is crazy. As a general rule, no human with a right mind hunts humans for pleasure. They...
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...that something went wrong in the initial hunt, but the third person narration takes you through different point of views as the story begins. Wilson an overpowering hunt guide with the courage of a (Lion) sets out to prove he’s worthy of his reputation. From his witty confidence in selecting drinks after their hunt to his overseeing ways to make sure everyone get a good breakfast before the day start on their courageous expeditions day after day. The narration is letting the reader solely see that Wilson is in control of the first act of the story. He ensures that the hunter receive all rewards from the hunt, even if it didn’t go as plan as this story was told. I read in the narration where the men whom did not participate in the hunt, was updated on the events of the day, and change their character of the hunter, Mr. Macomber. Mr. Wilson intervenes to squash all negative talks of the paid guest. As the character tries to assert the triumph of the kill on to Mr. Wilson, he constantly relinquishes it back to the hunter, so that it seem theirs hasn’t been a problem in the day’s event, only a successful kill. I see a troublesome relationship with Mr. and Mrs. Macomber as the narrator encourages you to notice the attraction building for Wilson through Mrs. Macromber comments of his greatness on the hunt which happen earlier. You can notice the uncontrollable acts in Mrs. Macromber as she tells the men that she will participate in the next hunt although the tell her to stay in camp....
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...To end with, Rainsford doesn't want to be called a murderer. First of all, The general is talking to Rainsford about the hunt, but Rainsford was thinking about an animal until he fingers out what the animal is “Hunting? Good God, ...[what you] speak ...is murder”( Connell 27). After all the General is a big game hunter but after he hunted every animal he got bored, but now since Rainford land on the island, the general will what to play a game of hide and seek with a bonus point of killing, and since he won then the game may have been influenced Rainford on using the same game for the next people that come to the island. But, Rainsford is a “ hunter, not a murderer” unlike General Zaroff (Connell 27). When Rainford and the general we're talking about the game Rainsford thought that they were a strange animal on the island but it turned out they were going to kill each other or hunt each other but, Rainford is a hunter he wants to hunt animals not his own people....
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...In my opinion of the theme of the most dangerous game is to hunt to hunted because Rainsford is a hunter and he doesn't care about animals feels, also anther reason is that Generel Zaroff like to hunt humans, and my last reason is that General Zaroff wants to play the game with Rainsford. My first reason is that Rainsford don't care about animals feels.This show that Rainsford is a bad men, he said that hunting is the best sport in the world, also he said "animals don't feel the pain." He is showing with this phrase that he doesn't care about animals. My second piece of evidence is General Zaroff is trying to hunt Rainsford because General is tired to hunt animals, he wants to try another level, now he hunt humans. He said " Life...
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...Paulsen,G.(2003). Brian's Hunt. New York: Scholastic In the book Brian's Hunt, Brian is 16 year’s old and is canoeing through the Canadian wilderness. He remembers back when he was younger and on a plane when the pilot died, and he had to live by himself for 48 days. Brian spends his time fishing and hunting, and he also home schools himself too. He sees someone he remembered from the book Brian's Winter and that was Susan. Susan saved Brian in the book. Now Susan's parents were killed by a bear and the bear chased Susan away. A rescue team comes for Susan but Brian stays to kill the bear. Brian realizes when he tries to hunt for the bear. The bear is hunting him. He finally found a way to kill the bear and he did. Brian is determined to...
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...In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, there are two characters named Sanger Rainsford and General Zaroff. Only one of those two characters is civilized, but in the beginning of the story they both seem to be civilized. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, civilized is marked by well-organized laws and rules about how people behave with each other. Using this definition, Rainsford can be determined the more civilized person compared to Zaroff. Rainsford is more civilized because he refuses to kill another person, he treats other people appropriately, and he uses the best of his abilities to get out of a bad situation. First of all, Rainsford is more civilized than Zaroff because he refuses to kill people...
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...wonderful job on shining a light on the questionable hunting practices on dolphins in Japan. Dolphin hunting in Japan as practiced in The Cove are unnecessary and cruel. Dolphins killed in the Taji dolphin drive hunts are several times greater than those in the antarctic and most other seas. (WDC Dolphin Hunts). Almost 23,000 dolphins and other sea mammals are killed or captured in Japan every year, by the ever-growing countries whaling industry (WDC Dolphin Hunts). The typical practices used in Japan to hunt their dolphins is very unnecessary, cruel and should have greater consequences towards those unethical practices of dolphin hunting and capturing. The way in which the Japanese gather dolphins and kill them is flat-out unnecessary. The fishermen herd the dolphins towards land into a sheltered cove and then cover them with a net to prevent their escape. They then used to...
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...who still hunt animals. People shouldn’t be allowed to hunt because this practice is cruel and inhumane; it´s a real crime because animals are living beings; besides that they kill endangered species, an also, they do it not for eat them, but to trade animal’s skin or fur and their ivory. Hunting animals is a cruel practice; it´s a crime because animals are living beings, and like us they deserve to live in peace without being killed by humans. Animals have rights; humans who kill animals are committing one of the worst crimes, and they should be severely punished for that. Unfortunately, laws about these types of crimes against animals are really bad. Animals can be used to satisfy legitimate needs, like food and clothing, but in other cases hunting is a sport and a business. In the market, animal´s skin, ivory and horns are very popular and people make lots of money with this. They get their skin and ivory to decorate houses. Also, they sell their skin to create luxury coats and shoes. The sad thing is that people still buy these objects and they don’t care how many innocent animals were killed for this purpose. People who practice hunting, in most of the cases, kill endangered species and they don´t realize or they don’t care about that. This is one of the strongest reasons why hunting shouldn’t be allowed. It is very important to be aware that hunting is exterminating endangered animals. Governments must create stricter laws that prohibit indiscriminate hunt of endangered...
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...I believe that hunting for sport is wrong. Did you know that nine hundred five animals are extinct and 16,928 are listed as threatened to be extinct? Well, a big amount of those animals were extinct due to hunting. Now I'm not saying that all hunting is wrong because some third world countries have to hunt to survive. Yet in richer countries, people can go to a store to buy their food and they still hunt just for the fun of it. If you ask me, I don’t see the fun of killing an animal that has no chance against someone with a gun. Hunting makes people have the mentality that it’s okay to kill animals and that leads to people killing endangered animals, even if it’s illegal. People just shouldn’t be able to hunt just for the fun of it. One day...
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...illegal to own, hunt or trap tigers, poachers continue to trap and sell tiger parts on the black market. Furthermore, tigers are being separated by “population fragmentation” which prevents them from mating and producing healthy cubs. Although conservation centers are providing safe havens for tigers, they are not seeing the results they expected. Royal Bengal Tigers are a majestic and alluring animal that will no longer exist if humans continue to poach them and take away their natural habitat. Due to massive human population increase in India, tigers have lost most of their natural habitat in the rain forest. According to the World Wildlife Federation, “Royal Bengal Tigers have lost 93% of their range and habitat in the last forty years. At the expense of tigers, forestry and grass lands were destroyed to develop land for agricultural and housing use to accommodate the accelerated population of humans. Jonathan Wright, an expert on Royal Bengal Tigers, explains that male tigers are loners and do not share their hunting grounds, with other males’ only females; they need a large home range. Each male tiger requires 20-30 square miles to mate, hunt and roam, however, this natural process cannot take place without the sanctuary of trees, grasslands and vegetation tigers need to exist. A large amount of forest range in Asia as has been destroyed to improve the lives of humans but has endangered the existence of tigers. Although, it is illegal to hunt, own or kill a tiger, the...
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...The Most Dangerous Game The story The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Cornell states that “ The world is made up of two classes-- the hunters and the hunted.” The hunters are strong and are looking for the hunted. The Hunted are week and are hiding from the hunters. Hunter and hunted do not get along, the hunted are like lions and hunted are like zebras always looking behind every corner to look for a hunter because they are afraid. In the story people were hunted by the General because he got tired of hunting plain animals like lions zebras and other animals. The hunted was mr. Rains ford, he was hunted by the General. In the story the General hunted animals but then he moved on to hunting people because he became bored of animals...
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...When our main priority is physical survival we lose our innocence. For instance, before the island the boys had never killed anything, but they realize they must hunt the pigs to stay alive. Jack comes back from a hunt and says proudly, “ I cut the pigs throat” (69). This shows that we lose our innocence when our main priority is living. Others may argue that not everyone will lose their innocence when a person is forced into survival mode. However, since food is necessary for survival, it would be very difficult to not kill any animals in the process. For example, after Piggy is killed by the rock, Jack, “[v]iciously, with full intention... hurled his spear at Ralph” (181). This shows that he is no...
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...voracious creatures who hunt and kill people, but they're nothing like that at all. In fact, they are not aggressive unless you’re the one causing a ruckus or being a threat around their cubs or food sources. Grizzly bears are quite intelligent, beautiful and unique creatures who have great memory, senses of hearing, and smell. But, since they are incorrectly portrayed as a threat, people are most likely to not be in favor of them. The FEDS are ready to delist grizzly bears and hunters are ready to make them trophies. David Suzuki, author of Grizzly Bear Trophy Hunt Is a Sport Like Dogfighting is one of many who oppose to killing grizzly bears. David Suzuki finds it inhumane to kill these animals for your own selfish and pleasurable means. On the contrary, Steven Rinella, author of The Problem with Protecting Grizzly Bears is in favor of killing grizzly bears. Due to the amount of money put into protecting these bears from harm's way, it's a waste of money. By reading both positions, it becomes apparent that it is inhumane to kill a grizzly bear as a trophy you hang...
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