Richard Connells "The Most Dangerous Game" is a short story that illustrates that calm analytical thinking can increase your chances of survival and control panic. We are introduced to the protagonist and main character, Sanger Rainsford, a big game hunter and veteran of the First World War. The story begins with a conversation between Whitney and Rainsford discussing the island, so we can understand the reputation it holds. Whitney is a fellow hunter, a flat character and used primarily as a plot device. Whitney introduces the secondary theme that hunters generally have no empathy for their prey. This is one of the first uses of irony in history. Metaphors and similes are used often in this story, so the reader gets a better picture of the setting, that's something, and I think Connell did it incredibly well, for example when he refers to the darkness of the night like wet black velvet, the sea was as flat as a window and it was like trying to see through a blanket. Rainsford begins his epic struggle for survival after falling overboard while recklessly standing on the...