“The Most Dangerous Game” and “The Interlopers”, are short stories that are suspenseful, as well as breathtaking. The setting in both of these stories impact the plot by adding conflict and excitement. Both stories have a setting that tests their mental and physical strength. However, the setting in both are so different it leaves the ending unpredictable. In the two stories that we read both of their settings caused conflict. In “The Most Dangerous Game”, they talk about how tropical and vibrant the rainforest is, “The vegetation grew ranker, denser, insects bit him savagely. Then as he stepped forward his foot sank into the ooze.” The complex setting cause Mr. Rainsford to have greater challenges, as he had to fight against the animals, the vegetation, and more, while still trying not to get hunted. On the other hand, in “The Interlopers” one monumental thing happened to the setting that changed the entire tone of the story, “A fierce shriek of the storm had been answered by a splitting crash over their heads and eve they could leap aside a mass of …show more content…
One of the main differences is how the characters ended up or how the story resolved itself. In “The Most Dangerous Game”, Mr. Rainsford ended up not being hunted and went on to live another day, “I congratulate you,” he said. You have won the game.” Rainsford outsmarted the hunter, the dogs, Ivan, and his surroundings. Contrast to this happy ended, in “The Interlopers” there is not such a happy ending. “Who are they? Asked Georg quickly, straining his eyes to see what the other would gladly not have seen. “Wolves.” This concluding sentence it doesn’t go into much detail about what exactly had happened to the two men, but we can infer that they had died. They had been trapped, badly hurt, and caught the attraction of wolves. Sadly, that’s where the stories divert from each other; one lives on, while the other story ends in