Today I finished reading the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard E. Connell. A complex, but engaging and suspenseful book, “The Most Dangerous Game” is an amazing short story. The main character, Sanger Rainsford, is a hunter heading to the Amazon in search of jaguars to hunt. It is during a conversation with another hunter, Whitney, that the issue of inhumanity is first brought up, though it is referred to multiple times in the book. The tables are soon turned, however, and Rainsford is no longer the hunter, but the hunted. It is a suspenseful story that parallels that of “The Lord Of the Flies” by William Golding, including the action but not the detail, instead implying certain facts and leaving readers to infer the rest. While the plot is most decidedly different, the books center around similar themes. I enjoyed reading the book and would recommend it to anyone in search of a good short story. On the surface, it’s about a man who uses resourcefulness to survive, though he is changed in the end, much like the typical survival story–but on a deeper level, it is a complex story exploring the issue of inhumanity. I would rate the book 9.6/10 and hope that you decide to read it.
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