Question

In at least 150 words, provide a synopsis of the plot of “The Most Dangerous Game.” Be sure to include the major elements of a story.

Answer 1

The story "The Most Dangerous Game" was written by the author Richard Connell. The author begin the plot with a big game hunter named Rainsford. Rainsford is on his way to the Amazon basin on a yacht to hunt jaguar. While passing "Ship-Trap Island" Rainsford falls overboard and nobody notices so the yacht keeps going. Rainsford is forced to swim to this dreadful island or end up drowning. Without much choice, Rainsford ends up swimming to the island for refuge exhausted. He meets a character named the general who helps Rainsford by feeding him and giving him a dry place to sleep. This was very unexpected but there is something off about this man. By the time Rainsford wakes up, it is revealed to him that the general is also a hunter but craves for a more intense hunt. He hunts humans. The general gives Rainsford a head start before beginning his demented game.

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Answer 2

A man named Rainsford, who was a big game hunter, was traveling to the Amazon. He falls overboard and finds himself stuck on Ship Trap Island. Upon further inspection, he finds that there is a rather large house that is inhabited by a Russian aristocrat and his servant. At first things seem normal, but then Zaroff, the Russian aristocrat, pressures Rainsford and two other shipwreck survivors to play a rather deadly game of cat and mouse.