November 29, 2013 The Most Dangerous Game

Richard Connell s short stor!, "The Most Dangerous Game,# is set on an island in the Caribbean, $ith a hunter $ho %aces the greatest %ear o% his li%e& 'ne im(ortant literar! element in this stor! is the setting& The stor! ta)es (lace on a m!sterious, but also ver! lonel! island& *t s an island in $hich games are (la!ed a di%%erent $a! including a huge +ungle $ith monstrous trees, a (it o% ,uic)sand, %erocious dogs, and a surrounding ocean& This is $here the "game# is (la!ed& 'n one o% the highest (ea)s o% the island, there is a castle or a (alatial chateau, $here General -aro%% lives& .hen !ou loo) out o% the $indo$ o% the castle !ou $ill see +agged roc)s and a %a)e lighthouse that lures the men on shi(s into thin)ing the! are sa%e on /hi(0Tra( *sland, but the! don t )no$ $hat s in store %or him %or them& -aro%% is $aiting %or them& -aro%% $ants to (la! a little game& -aro%% thin)s he has it all& 1ut then ever!thing changes& *n this stor!, the setting is ver! im(ortant because hunting ha((ens in the %orest $ith no (eo(le around& The setting ma)es the stor! come alive, because i% the stor! too) (lace in a cit!, then Rains%ord $ould have been able to get hel(& /ince it $as on an island in the middle o% no$here, nobod! could hear him& *n conclusion, the setting is the most im(ortant %actor in this stor! because $here it too) (lace leads to the survival o% Rains%ord&