Question

Explain how beginning the story with the dialogue between rainsford and whitney contributes to both the author’s characterization of rainsford and the story’s mood. cite evidence from the story in your response.

Answer 1

Richard Connell “The Most Dangerous Game” with a conversation between Rainsford and Whitney to reveal their roles in a dark story.

Connell shows that Rainford is a confident man with a lot of experiences in terrifying situations. The author does this by making Rainford divide the world into “two classes—the hunters and the huntees.”

Rainford stresses that he and his friend Whitney are hunters. He believes Whitney as a “big-game hunter.” His words define their roles and also suggest that the story’s mood is supposed to create suspense.