The Most Dangerous Game

The Most Dangerous Game

Conflict is a clash of actions, desires, ideas, or goals in the plot of a story. It is also

the most important part of the story. There are many different types of conflict. Three main

types of conflict are; man vs. man, man vs. nature, and man vs. himself. In The Most

Dangerous Game by Richard Connell these three types of conflict are expressed.

In the story, the conflict of man vs. man is used often. The first conflict of man vs.

man is when Sanger Rainsford falls off of a yacht and comes upon a house. He knocks on

the door to find a gigantic creature named Ivan, who was holding a long barreled revolver.

The second conflict of man vs. man happens when General Zaroff begins to hunt Rainsford.

General Zaroff, a hunter, was tired of hunting animals. When he came upon Rainsford,

an expert hunter, he wanted a challenging hunt.

Another Conflict, man vs nature, is used widely throughout the story. The first

conflict of man vs. nature is when Rainsford falls off of the yacht into the ocean. He tried

to swim back to the yacht, but the salt water made him gag and strangle. A different example

of this type of conflict is when Rainsford is trying to find his way through the jungle, but the

unbroken front of snarled and ragged jungle fringed the shore. Because of this, there was no

trail