How often does it happen, that an upset happens, and the underdog winner has been weighted against so heavily, that when he does win, it seems to shake the world? In “The Most Dangerous Game”, Connell perfectly depicts the idea of a loveable underdog winning a battle over a heavily favored opponent. He does this also with a very interesting twist. His victim, Rainsford, had predator-like characteristics about him until he became the prey. Then, after he gains an advantage over his hunter, General Zaroff, Zaroff can not fend for himself because he has never been in a victim position before. “I drink to a foeman worthy of my steel”(Connell, 34). This proves to the power of underestimation. If the ruffian underestimates his victim, he can fall behind in a battle in mere seconds. Often in books and stories, a character with a predator-like position loses that position, and he cannot defend himself nearly as well as the person that overtook him as the predator. This can happen with just the smallest advantage, it can be triggered by revenge, and it can open one’s eyes to another perspective of life. …show more content…
One of the Judah, Jesse, sends his son to duel with nothing but a few stones a sling. Although Goliath has David beat in mostly every category, when he finds a strong point of David’s- quickness- he can not fight against it, therefore finding himself vulnerable and eventually dying. This story proves an excellent point- that sometimes, when a person so dominant at something faces somebody that gets even a small advantage off of him, he cannot defend against it because he is not used to