The Most Dangerous Game Book Review
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The most dangerous game book review. Upvote 0 downvote 0 12 03 2014. Henry award winning tale that inspired the movie the hunt. The book was written in the 1960s and has a 60s sensibility to it. To sanger rainsford who fell off a yacht and washed up on its shores the abandoned isle was a welcome paradise.
5 0 out of 5 stars a timeless classic. The most dangerous game. That made it seem dated and caused several chuckles because things have changed so much since then. This is a modest and well organized thriller.
Its reputation is well deserved as connell grabs the reader instantly and spins a tale that while exciting has broader implications than a simple adventure tale. Braveness is a good quality to have. If you are not brave it can hold you back from so many things even if that thing if death. Rainsford justifies his hunting of animals because he believes that man is superior to animals because animals do not feel.
Dare daniel march 25 2020 even if it takes far too long to get to the twist that we all see coming from the first five minutes the pre code brutality of the most dangerous game makes it a. This paper briefly discusses how in the story the most. 3 9473684210526 19 reviews free download. In richard connell s story the most dangerous game rainsford.
The first and foremost question that the story bears is that of justifiable murder. A review of the them of irony in the short story the most dangerous game by richard connell. Richard connell s the most dangerous game is one of the most enduring and timeless short stories ever penned. The most dangerous game is a popular read within middle and high school curricula due to the strength of the themes within the story.
A subject of mysterious rumors and superstition the deserted caribbean island was shrouded in an air of peril. Regional setting in lapland and the russo finnish border during the cold war are well handled as is the final showdown between the pro and the amateur obsessed with hunting the most dangerous game. Nothing to say about the narrative it gets most from the naivish story but the book is for the easily impressed. The book had a compelling story line and the details were spot on.
The most dangerous game from one of america s most popular short story writers and an academy award nominee. Overall the ties to that period didn t affect the plot or the story it just made the characters seem dated.