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September 28, 2007 Ruby

//The Most Dangerous Game//

How would you feel if you were being hunted by a killer in the middle of no where? It’s basically a battle for your life and you have nothing except a knife, food and the surrounding jungle. This story shows great examples of all types of conflicts .The most obvious one is Man verses Man. This is shown throughout the story with the hunting of humans. Then there is Man verses Nature which has to do with Rainsford and how he deals with his environment. This is a difficult struggle for Rainsford because he is on an island in the middle of nowhere. The last type of conflict in “The Most Dangerous Game” is Man verses self. Rainsford character changes a lot throughout the story. So how do you think this story with so many conflicts will end? The basic way Man verses Man is shown in this story is General Zarrof hunting Rainsford. It is obviously Man verses Man because it is General Zarrof against Rainsford. This is Man verse Man because it is a battle going on between them. In the end when Rainsford is on the run for three days, the general is basically playing hide and kill with him. When Rainsford is in General Zarrof’s room in the end this is also man verses man because it is a physical battle to see who will survive. There is some type of struggle that occurs here between the two. The extreme conflict in “The Most Dangerous Game” is this. Another type of conflict in this short story is Man verse Nature. This has to do with Rainsford and his surrounding. Being stuck on an island in the middle of nowhere is definitely a big problem. This makes it more difficult for Rainsford to survive especially in the end. Cei-2 If there wasn’t a swamp or tons of water around the island, Rainsford would have had an easier chance of escaping. It would make it much easier to hide if it was a bigger area because it would take a longer time for the general to find him. I think it would be best to be anybody but Rainsford under these circumstances. The last type of conflict in this story is Man verses self. In the begin Rainsford thinks nothing of how the animals being hunted feel. He thinks they don’t matter and they don’t have emotions. This changes drastically once he is put in the animal’s situation. He is scared and practically going crazy under the stress of keeping himself alive. He now understands how the animals feel and he probably won’t hunt animals again. This is a bad way to learn a lesson but it is works really well. This story is about a man’s adventure in a battle against a killer, himself and his surroundings. There are all types of conflicts in “The Most Dangerous Game” including Man verses Man, Man verses Nature and Man verses self. They are all shown in different ways and at different times throughout the story. The most important is Man verses Man. Without it the story would be less exciting and entertaining. Man verses Nature and Man verses self are also important and the story couldn’t survive without them. Even though there are a lot of conflicts the short story is really interesting and couldn’t get any better.