The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell

I have just finished the short story, The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell. It is a suspensful action story that takes place on an a scary, abandoned island. General Zaroff, a Cossack hunter, hunts humans for sport because he is tired of the other animals that could only run from him and were not able to reason. His victim is Sanger Rainsford, a respected hunter himself. This hunt on the island is filled with chilling suspense and fast-paced action. The title is very well fitting because hunting humans is the most dangerous game because both can reason and think for themselves and are more than capable of killing the other. The story is about Rainsford trying to keep himself alive while trying to kill General Zaroff.

The best part of this story is the action-filled chase between Zaroff and Rainsford. In the chase, Rainsford uses a variety of traps to catch Zaroff. This is exciting because the author wrote the story in great detail and shows you well how Rainsford makes these traps. But the worst part is the long-winded introductory conversation between Zaroff and Rainsford. It is quite tedious and I think that the author could have made the story a little better by eliminating some parts of the conversation.

The ending is almost ubrupt. Rainsford returns from the forests on the island and kills Zaroff with his knife. I think this ended the story a little to soon. I would have liked to see what Rainsford would do next on the jungle. I really don't think there really was anything that the author hadn't tied up.