The Most Dangerous Game, written by Richard Connell, is a thrilling short story about a hunter named Sanger Rainsford who becomes the prey in a twisted hunting game organized by a wealthy Russian aristocrat named General Zaroff.
The story begins with Rainsford and his friend, Whitney, discussing their differing beliefs about the value of hunting. Rainsford, an experienced hunter, believes that hunting is the ultimate sport because it requires skill and strategy, while Whitney sees it as a barbaric and unnecessary activity.
As the story progresses, Rainsford finds himself stranded on an island after falling overboard from his yacht. He is eventually discovered by General Zaroff, who invites him to stay at his mansion on the island. However, Rainsford soon learns that Zaroff has a twisted hobby: he hunts humans as the ultimate prey.
Zaroff tells Rainsford that he has grown bored of hunting animals and has turned to hunting humans because they provide a more challenging and exciting hunt. He offers Rainsford the chance to join him in the hunt, but Rainsford refuses and becomes the target instead.
The story reaches its climax as Rainsford uses his skills as a hunter to outwit Zaroff and turn the tables on him. In the end, Rainsford emerges as the victor, having proven himself to be the better hunter.
The Most Dangerous Game is a thrilling and suspenseful story that explores the themes of survival, the value of human life, and the dark side of human nature. It highlights the dangerous consequences of allowing one's desires and ego to override moral principles and shows the power of intelligence and resourcefulness in overcoming adversity.
Overall, The Most Dangerous Game is a thought-provoking and entertaining tale that serves as a cautionary warning about the dangers of indulging in dangerous and unethical pursuits.
Gunga Din by Rudyard Kipling
These include but are not limited to Another important technique commonly used in poetry is enjambment. Go, sweat that off again! He was always fifty paces or so right behind them ready to bring water if they needed it. Readers will find in this choice selection of 44 poems, reprinted from authoritative editions, not only a glimpse of the Empire, but the works of a vigorous and original poet who brought the language apt and colorful turns of phrase we still cherish. Gunga Din died, leaving the soldier with this memory and a changed opinion of the man and his own actions. Everything changed when the speaker was shot on the battlefield. They were the Indians that worked alongside the English and this poem is about one of them whose job it was to carry water, Gunga Din. The English soldiers take out their anger, frustrations, and fears on this man.
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The last lines are the best-remembered of all eight-four. You Lazarushian-leather Gunga Din! Mine at the lastâwhen all is done it all comes back to me, The fault that leaves six thousand ton a log upon the sea. In such poems as "Gunga Din, " "Mandalay, " "Tommy, " "Danny Deever, " "If â, " "The White Man's Burden, " and "The Female of the Species, " Rudyard Kipling 1865â1936 evoked stirring images and created archetypes of British character at the height of the Empire. Maybe they steam from grace to wrathâto sin by folly led,â It isna mine to judge their pathâtheir lives are on my head. His strength, good nature, perseverance, and patience are ignored by the English. The bullets and fighting were nothing to him. The perfect rhymes in these lines are disconcerting.
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These men, including the speaker, beat and mistreated Gunga Din. The man was shot. You may talk o' gin and beer When you're An' you're sent to penny-fights an' But when it You will do your work on water, An' you'll lick the bloomin' Now in Injia's Where I used to A-servin' of 'Er Of all them The Was our He was "Din! Filled with character study, dramatic incident, and rousing language, the poems delineate the time, place, and ethos of British ascendancy as surely as a novel or history of the period, yet they possess a timelessness and universality that lifts them above the purely temporal. They call him names, insult him, beat him, and generally treat him as a slave. He used to hate and pick on Gunga Din like the rest of them but finally, he saw through clear eyes.
You limpin' lump o' brick-dust, Hi! It occurs when a line is cut off before its natural stopping point. SeventyâOneâTwoâThree since he beganâ Three turns for Mistress Ferguson. Gunga Din came to him, gave him water, and helped staunch his wound. If your style isn't in the list, you can start a free trial to access over 20 additional styles from the Perlego eReader. The men would shout things out at Gunga Din. I have the marks to show. Third on the Mary Gloster then, and first that night in Hell! How far, O Lord, from Thee? He was suffering, mad with thirst, and the Rather than passing him by in revenge for the way he had been treated, Gunga Din stops and helps the soldier.
