Question

In “The Most Dangerous Game” and “The Sniper”, Rainsford and the sniper both pursue their prey knowing if they don’t kill them, they will be killed. Compare and contrast their responses to their successful pursuit. How are they different at the end of the story?

Write a paragraph and use details from both stories to support your answer.

Answer 1

Both these stories are different in the approach and also at the end.

Step-by-step explanation:

This is because of the distinct approaches taken by the characters for killing their preys. The mysterious twist at the end gives a different perspective to the reader about the story. Their behaviours and the characteristics are contrasting in nature. From the beginning, the different characters behave differently for murdering the prey and at the end their actions are different.

Answer 2

Both stories detail the survival of the protagonist in different circumstances. In ´The Most Dangerous Game´ the protagonist has to outwit a deranged thrill killer, General Zaroff, in order to survive. In ´The Sniper´ the protagonist is a sniper who is fighting in the Irish civil war, in the middle of a battlefield fought between two standing armies on opposing sides, like the North and the South in the American civil war. The difference between both protagonists fight to survive is that in killing General Zaroff it is mostly a form of justice being applied to an evil man, while in the other story, the killing of one sniper by another, who turns out being his own brother, is an example of the needless violence of national political conflict.