The story "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connel and the movie The Most Dangerous Game are alike in some ways, but different in many others.

In the story "The Most Dangerous Game," Rainsford feel off the ship while trying to go through a channel. The lights were shifted which caused the ship to sink. He swam to the shore when he realized he was the only survivor. When he reached shore he heard this horrible scream and then three gunshots followed. Nearby in the bushes there was an indention that looked like something had fallen in the bushes. Rainsford kept walking when he found a house. He lifted the knocker and let it fall. The door opened and there was a big man standing in the doorway holding a long-barreled revolver and pointing …show more content…
His name is General Zaroff. Zaroff knew Rainsford because of the books Rainsford had wrote about his hunting experiences. Zaroff offered Rainsford food, clothes, and a place to sleep. While at dinner the men discussed hunting. General Zaroff was a big hunter himself. Zaroff told Rainsford about his hunting and how he became bored with it because he didn't feel he had a real bug competition. He moved to this island and found a new animal to hunt. One that was actually a challenge. Zaroff wanted an animal that could reason, but there isn't one. So now he hunts people. When people shipwreck they always find Zaroff's house because he is the only one on the island. He takes them in because they need a place to stay, but then he asks them to go hunting with him and if they say no then they have to play a game with Ivan. Ivan is the man who opened the door for Rainsford with a gun. Playing a game with Ivan is more painful than hunting so everybody choose hunting. In this game the person has three days to stay to be hunted by Zaroff. If Zaroff does not kill them by the third day at midnight then they when the game and can live. Nobody has won yet. After that Rainsford went to sleep. The next morning Rainsford told Zaroff he …show more content…
Rainsford was the only survivor so he decided to swim to shore. He came to a house. When he knocked on the door it opened, but nobody was there. When Rainsford walked in the door shut behind him and a man was standing there. The man would not speak, but just stare at Rainsford. Another man, known as General Zaroff, walked down the stairs. He informed Rainsford that the man's name is Ivan and he is deaf. Zaroff took Rainsford into a room where there was a man and woman. They were brother and sister and they had a shipwreck also. Zaroff allowed Rainsford to stay at his house like the other man and woman. Zaroff told them about his hunting, but wouldn't tell them his new big game that he hunts on the island. That night Zaroff wanted to take the man hunting. The man had been drinking so he thought it was going to be fun, but Zaroff's big game was humans. That night the man's sister came and got Rainsford from his room and said that her brother still hasn't came back and she was worried. She asked Rainsford to help look so they went downstairs. They walked up on Zaroff and his assistants. The woman asked where her brother was and there was a black bag in the shape of a body and she knew what had happened. Zaroff then captured the woman and Rainsford. He said he wanted to go hunting with Rainsford so Ivan gave Rainsford food and a knife.