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Answer (select the one that best applies):1. None of them could act their way out of a puff of smoke.
2. They all starred in adaptations of Richard Connell'southward famous short story "The Almost Dangerous Game."
3. They are all very happy Not to exist Jan Michael Vincent.
four. All of the above.
Aye, it was an easy, soft ball of a question; the correct answer is four.
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2. They all starred in adaptations of Richard Connell's famous short story "The Nigh Dangerous Game."
3. They are all very happy Not to be January Michael Vincent.
4. All of the above.
Yes, it was an easy, soft ball of a question; the correct answer is 4.
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UNNECESSARY PLOT SUMMARY:
Given the number of movies and TV shows that take adapted the plot of this story, I experience dumb even summarizing information technology. Therefore, I will be brief, similar Kim Kardashian'southward wedlock.
Big game hunting good and luminary, Sanger Rainsford, falls off his yacht in the Caribbean and winds upward on the island of
Removing his moral compass and setting it behind the glass of rationalization never to exist touched again, the General has cured his malaise by tracking and hunting
Next target….Rainsford.
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Intelligent, well-written and a lot of fun. General Zaroff is a wonderful nemesis and Connell'due south development of him at the start of the story was impressive. He could have been content to portray Zaroff as a i-dimensional, cardboard sociopath, but Connell gives the general depth and a backstory. This does non alibi or provide a basis for acceptance of Zaroff's actions, just information technology does make him relatable and thus far more than sinister. He is cold, discrete and brutal just he is also well educated, polite and a rugged course of gentlemen who has, if not a sense of honor, at least a sense of proficient sportsmanship. All of this simply makes Zaroff announced more than diabolical.
Rainsford for his role is tough, clever and competent and provides a suitable counter-point to Zaroff in the tale. Rainsford navigates the plot effectively and makes reasoned decisions without inducing pangs of "don't do that idiot" from the reader. He is a more than worthy adversary for the General.
Oh, and I loved the ending of the story. I thought it was advisable and subtle and perfectly in keeping with the tone of the story.
To put a line at the lesser of this review, this is a classic curt story that claim the title and is 1 that I would politely impel people to peruse if they have not done so. Being acquainted with the plot didn't hamper my contentment of the story and I don't believe it will impede yours.
four.0 stars. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!
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Big Game hunter and author Sanger Rainsford and his friend Whitney are aboard a yacht somewhere in the Caribbean area, on their way to Brazil to hunt jaguars. There is talk of a nervous crew equally they pass Send-Trap Island, a mysterious place the sailors dread. The talk of Rainsford and Whitney turns to the hunt, and it is this conversation between the two men about what the jaguar does or does not feel while being stalked that lies at the heart of this tale.
Shots are fired, and in an effort to observe what is happening on deck, Sanger falls overboard, making a harrowing escape to said isle. There he discovers not madness, merely the ultimate extension of himself. The "hunt" which eventually ensues is tremendously exciting, the brevity of the story creating great motility in the narrative.
Sanger, Full general Zaroff, and his towering right-mitt man, Ivan, are memorable in this thrilling tale of take chances which likewise ponders larger questions. Connell was perhaps most successful at the short story, a slew of them published in The Saturday Evening Post and Collier'southward. But he was besides a announcer and screenwriter. Though Robert Riskin wrote the screenplay for Frank Capra's wonderful film, Meet John Doe, the original film treatment was written past Connell and Robert Presell, who received an Academy Accolade nomination for it.
Despite its age, this tale feels timeless, and is nigh perfect. On the technical side, there are a few typos in the transfer to Kindle, just rare, so not too distracting. A thrilling story everyone who loves the short story form should read. Marvelous stuff.
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The Most Unsafe Game, is a brusque story past Richard Connell, first published in Collier's on January 19, 1924.
The story features a big-game hunter from New York Urban center who falls off a yacht and swims to what seems to be an abandoned and isolated island in the Caribbean, where he is hunted by a Russian aristocrat. The story is inspired by the big-game hunting safaris in Africa and Southward America that were specially fashionable among
The Hounds of Zaroff = The About Dangerous Game, Richard ConnellThe Most Unsafe Game, is a short story by Richard Connell, first published in Collier's on January 19, 1924.
The story features a large-game hunter from New York City who falls off a yacht and swims to what seems to be an abased and isolated island in the Caribbean, where he is hunted past a Russian aristocrat. The story is inspired by the large-game hunting safaris in Africa and South America that were particularly fashionable among wealthy Americans in the 1920's.
Sanger Rainsford and his friend, Whitney, were traveling to the Amazon rain woods to hunt the region'southward big cat: the jaguar. After a discussion about how they are "the hunters" instead of "the hunted", Whitney goes to bed and Rainsford hears gunshots. He climbs onto the yacht's rails and accidentally falls overboard, pond to Ship-Trap Isle, which is notorious for shipwrecks. On the isle, he finds a deluxe chateau inhabited by two Cossacks: the owner, General Zaroff, and his gigantic deaf-mute servant, Ivan.
Zaroff, some other large-game hunter, knows of Rainsford from his published account of hunting snowfall leopards in Tibet. Later inviting him to dinner, General Zaroff tells Rainsford he is bored of hunting because it no longer challenges him; he has moved to Ship-Trap in order to capture shipwrecked sailors.
Any captives who tin elude Zaroff, Ivan, and a pack of hunting dogs for three days are set free. Zaroff reveals that no 1 has lasted that long, although a couple of sailors had come up shut.
Zaroff also says that he offers sailors a "choice"; should they decline to be hunted they volition be handed over to Ivan, who had in one case been official kn-outer for The Great White Czar.
Rainsford denounces this equally atrocity. Zaroff reacts in a cosmopolitan fashion that "life is for the strong". Realizing he has no way out, Rainsford reluctantly agrees to be hunted. ...
عنوانها: «خطرناک ترین بازی»؛ «خطرناک ترین شکار»؛ نویسنده: ریچارد کانل؛ تاریخ نخستین خوانش روز ششم ماه اکتبر سال 2007میلادی
عنوان: خطرناک ترین بازی؛ نویسنده: ریچارد کانل؛ مترجم: سعید مدرسی قزوینی؛ تصاویر متن حبیب اکبرزاده سیستانکی؛ قزوین پرک، 1384؛ در 42ص؛ مصور؛ موضوع داستانهای کوتاه از نویسنگان ایالات متحده آمریکا - سده 20م
عنوان: خطرناک ترین شکار؛ نویسنده: ریچارد کانل؛ مترجم: لیلا حسینی؛ کرج: مدیر فلاح ، 1384؛ در 48ص؛ شابک 9648392361؛
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کشتیِ کوچکی در دریایِ «کارائیب»، به سویِ «امریکایِ جنوبی» در حرکت است؛ دریا بسیار آرام است، و در کشتی بجز از دو ملوانِ امریکایی به نامهایِ «رینزفورد» و «ویتنی» همه خوابیده اند؛ در تاریکیِ نیمه شب دریایِ «کارائیب»، «رینزفورد» و «ویتنی» روی عرشه یِ کشتی، درباره یِ شکار، و احساسِ جانورِ شکاری گفتگو میکنند؛ کشتی به جزیره یِ «تله کشتی» در سمتِ راستِ مسیرشان نزدیک شده است و «ویتنی»، همانند بیشتر دریانوردان، ترسِ ناشناخته ای از جزیره دارد؛ «رینزفورد» واقعبین به نظر میرسد؛ «رینزفورد» ریشه یِ این ترس را، خیال و خرافه میپندارد؛ او به احساسِ جانورِ شکاری هم بی توجه است، و باور دارد، که جهان از دو گروه انسان تشکیل شده است: «شکارچی و شکار»، و او خوشحال است که «ویتنی» و او شکارچی هستند؛ «ویتنی» برایِ خوابیدن به داخلِ کابین، و «رینزفورد» برایِ کشیدنِ پیپ به قسمتِ پشتِ عرشه یِ کشتی میرود؛ در سکوتِ شبانه، «رینزفورد»، رویِ صندلی پیپ میکشد، که ناگهان صدایِ شلیکِ گلوله ای را از سمتِ راست میشنود؛ گوشهایِ شکارچیِ بزرگی همچون «رینزفورد» اشتباه نمیکند؛ دو شلیکِ دیگر هم شنیده میشود؛ «رینزفورد» به لبه یِ کشتی میرود، و برایِ داشتنِ ارتفاع، بالا میپرد تا رویِ نرده بنشیند؛ برخوردِ پیپ به طنابی، پیپ را از دهانِ او میاندازد؛ خم میشود تا پیپ را در هوا بگیرد، اما دیر میفهمد که بیش از حد خم شده و تعادلش را از دست داده است.؛ رینزفورد به داخلِ آبِ دریا میافتد.؛ پس از آمدن به سطحِ آب، تلاش میکند شناکنان خود را به کشتی برساند؛ فشارِ موجِ بیرون آمده از زیرِ کشتی، و سرعتِ حرکتِ کشتی، «رینزفورد» را ناامید میکند؛ او به نورِ چراغهایِ کشتی نگاه میکند، که بسرعت دور و دمی دیگر در تاریکیِ شب پنهان میشوند؛
رینزفورد، با زحمت لباسهایش را از تن درآورد و به سمتِ جزیره در سمتِ راست شنا کرد؛ جزیره در تیرگیِ قیرگونِ شب پنهان بود؛ پس او با کنترل و شمرده شنا میکرد، تا نیرویش او را به ساحل برساند.؛ «رینزفورد» ناله یِِ دردناکِ یک حیوان، و صدایِ شلیک تپانچه ای را شنید.؛ سپس صدایِ برخوردِ موج، به صخره هایِ ساحل را شنید، و خسته، اما با آرامش به صخره هایِ بلندِ ساحل رسید؛ از دستِ دریا، دشمنِ بزرگش در آن دم، رها شده بود؛ راحتیِ فکر وخستگی بسیار، او را رویِ زمینِ سختِ جزیره، به خوابی ژرف فرو برد
هنگامیکه «رینزفورد» بیدار شد، آفتاب به سویِ غروب مایل شده بود، و دیرهنگامِ روز بود؛ گرسنگیِ شدید او را به جستجویِ انسان و خوراکی کشاند؛ تورِ فشرده یِ درختان، و تارهایِ به هم تنیده یِ گیاهانِ جنگل، اجازه یِ ورود به جنگل را نمیداد، پس ناچار کناره یِ ساحل را پیمود؛ پس از اندکی رفتن، به نقطه ای رسید، که چمنهایش لگدکوب شده، و خونِ بسیاری به زمین ریخته بود؛ نرینزفورد» از گستردگیِ محلِ پامال شده، دریافت که حیوانِ شکارشده خیلی بزرگ بوده است؛ ناگهان پوکه یِ فشنگِ کوچکی را پیدا کرد، و از شکارِ حیوانی بزرگ، با چنان گلوله یِ کوچکی دچارحیرت شد، و از مهارتِ شکارچی، سرشار از تحسین و ترس شد؛
گرسنگی بر احساسِ گنگِِ ترس پیروز شد، و «رینزفورد» به راهش ادامه داد؛ هوا تاریک میشد، که نورِ چراغهایِ زیادی را دید؛ فکر کرد به دهکده ای رسیده است، اما با نزدیک شدن دریافت، که آن همه روشنایی از یک قصر میتابد؛ در را زد؛ دمی گذشت و در باز شد؛ مردی غول پیکر با تپانچه ای آماده یِ شلیک نمایان شد؛ «رینزفورد» هراسیده خود را معرفیکرد؛ مردِ غول پیکر حرکتی نکرد، آماده یِ شلیک شد؛ «رینزفورد» بارِ دیگر با صدای بلند خود را معرفی کرد؛ مردِ دیگری پدیدار شد؛ غول کنار رفت، و مردِ دیگر به پیش آمد؛ او انسانی بود بلند قد، خوش هیکل، با قیافه ای نظامی که تازه میانسالی را پشت سر گذاشته بود، و موهایِ سرش سپید، و ابرو و سبیلش سیاه رنگ بود.؛ او خود را ژنرال «زارف» معرفی کرد؛
ژنرال زارف، سنجر رینزفورد را میشناخت و کتابِ رینزفورد درباره یِ شکارِ پلنگ را خوانده بود؛ ژنرال، ایوان را هم قزاقی کر و لال معرفیکرد؛ به دستورِ ژنرال، ایوان رینزفورد را به اتاقی هدایت کرد، تا لباسهایش را عوضکند، و در میزِ شامِ ژنرال شرکت کند؛ رینزفورد وارد سالنِ غذاخوریِ بزرگِ ژنرال شد؛ سخنانِ سنجیده و فرهیخته یِ ژنرال، وجودِ بهترینِ ابزارِ زندگیِ مدرن، و همچنین لوازمِ غذاخوری بسیار لوکس، در چنین مکانِ خیلی دور از هر شهر و آبادی، سبب حیرتِ «رینزفورد» شد؛ سرِ حیواناتِ بزرگ و وحشتناکی، رویِ دیوارهایِ سالن بود.؛ سرِ حیوانات نشان میداد که ژنرال شکارچیِ بسیار بزرگیاست.؛ سرِ میزِ شام، ژنرال خود را از افسرانِ ارتشِ تزار معرفیکرد.؛ پس از انقلابِ سوسیالیستی 1917میلادی، او مانند بسیاری از افسرانِ تزار، از روسیه گریخته، و با پولِ زیادِ پساندازهایش در بانکهایِ غربی، به تفریحِ محبوبِ خود پرداخته بود؛ سراسرِ زندگیِ ژنرال «زارف»، در شکار سپری شده بود.؛ او هر جانوری را شکار کرده بود.؛ پس از سالها، شکار، برایِ ژنرال بسیار ساده، و در نتیجه بسیار خسته کننده شده بود.؛ این شکارچیِ بزرگ، نمیتوانسته بدونِ شکار زندگی کند.؛ روزی هنگامِ دراز کشیدن، شکارِ تازه ای را اختراع کرده بود.؛ «رینزفورد» در کمالِ شگفتی دریافت که ژنرال «زارف» در آن جزیره یِ وحشتناک، انسانها را شکار میکند، و شکارِ انسان را شطرنجِ صحرایی مینامد؛
ملوانان یا مانند «رینزفورد» دچارِ حادثه میشدند، و یا ژنرال با نیرویِ برق، در دریا موج ایجاد میکرد، و کشتیشان درهم میشکست، و به جزیره میآمدند؛ او ملوانان را آموزش میداد، و پس از آماده شدن در جنگل رها میکرد، و خود به دنبالشان راه میافتاد، تا شکارشان کند؛ او در شکار از تفنگ، تپانچه، «ایوان» و سگهایش استفاده میکرد؛
ژنرال شرطی داشت که اگر ملوانی، تا سه روزِ شکار نشود، برنده یِ شکار شناخته شده، و ژنرال قول میداد، که او را با قایقِ موتوری خود، به کشوری بفرستد؛ تا آن روز همیشه خودِ ژنرال برنده میشده است؛ گلایه یِ ژنرال از ملوانانی بود، که بسیارساده میگریختند، و شکارِ آنها هیجانی ایجاد نمیکرد؛ ژنرال اعتقاد داشت که زندگی از آنِ قدرتمندان است، و قدرتمندان میتوانند هنگامِ ضرورت زندگیِ انسانها را هم بگیرند؛ «رینزفورد» خود را، در وضعِ دشواری یافت؛ وحشتِ «رینزفورد»، این شکارچیِ نامدار، که تنها یکشب پیش، مردم را به دو گروهِ «شکارچی» و «شکار» تقسیم میکرد، هنگامی اوج گرفت، که ژنرال از او خواست خود را برایِ شکار شدن آماده کند؛ «رینزفورد» نپذیرفت، و خواست که جزیره را بسرعت ترک کند؛ ژنرال با لبخندی، روشِ انتخاب را به او گفت
رینزفورد میتوانست بینِ شکار شدن در جزیره بدستِ ژنرال، و کشته شدن به دستِ ایوان، یکی را انتخاب کند؛ «رینزفورد» با نگاهی به «ایوان»، ناچارگزینه یِ اول را انتخاب کرد؛ ژنرال آن شب را به «رینزفورد» استراحت داد، و خود برایِ شکارِ ملوانی سیاه به جنگل رفت؛ «رینزفورد» در اتاقی در بسته، در بالایِ برجی ماند، تا شاید بخوابد، اما خواب نمیآمد.؛ چند بارِ کنارِ پنجره رفت، ولی چند سگِ آماده یِ حمله را در بیرون دید.؛
سپیده میدمید که «رینزفورد» صدایِ شلیکِ ژنرال را، در جایی دور شنید، و با ناامیدیِ تمام رویِ تختخواب دراز کشید؛ تا زمانِ ناهار خوابید، و برایِ خوردنِ ناهار به سالنِ غذاخوری فراخوانده شد.؛ «رینزفورد» سر میزِ ناهار آرامش نداشت؛ پس از خوردن، ژنرال شرط شکار را باری دیگر گفت؛ اگر «رینزفورد» سه روز میگریخت و زنده میماند، برنده میشد، و ژنرال قول داد، که او را سالم به «امریکا» بفرستد؛
رینزفوردِ درمانده چیزی نمیشنید، تنها در فکر به تاخیر انداختنِ مرگِ حتمیِ خویش بود؛ ژنرال «زارف» توصیه کرد، که «رینزفورد» گریز در جنگل را، همان لحظه آغاز کند؛ راههایِ پیچیده یِ جنگل را به «رینزفورد» گفت، و خواست که به باتلاقِ مرگِ با شنِ روان نزدیک نشود؛ ژنرال برایِ خوابِ نیمروزی، به اتاقِ خود رفت؛ بدستورِ ژنرال، «ایوان» یک کاردِ شکار، یکدست لباس با کفشهاییکه ردپایِ اندکی برجای میگذاشت، و غذایِ کافی برای سه روز، به «رینزفورد» داد، و او شطرنجِ صحراییِ ژنرال، و یا گریز از مرگ را آغاز کرد.؛
رینزفورد پس از خارج شدن از قصر، هراسان دوید، تا فاصله یِ خود را از ژنرال بیشترکند.؛ جایی از جنگل، «رینزفورد» با کشاندن شاخه یِ درختی پشت سرش، تلاش کرد هرگونه ردی را از بین ببرد.؛ شب آمد و وحشت هم با شب فرا رسید.؛ «رینزفورد» میدانست که ژنرال «زارف» میآید؛ جایی «رینزفورد» در یک مسیرِ دایره ای چند بار گشت، تا ژنرال را گیج نماید؛ آنگاه در تاریکیِ قیرگونِ شبِ جنگل، از درختی بالا رفت، و با پریدن از شاخه یِ درختی به درختِ دیگر فاصله یِ تا حد زیادی را پیمود، و رویِ شاخه یِ پهنِ درختی کهن دراز کشید، و منتظر ماند؛
دمی دیگر، صدایِ پایِ ژنرال را شنید، و در جا خشکید؛ ژنرال بیاشتباه میآمد؛ او با حسِ بویاییِ تیزِ یک شکارچیِ بزرگ، و یک حسِ فرابشری در تاریکی گام در جایِ گام «رینزفورد» میگذاشت، و جاییکه «رینزفورد» حرکت رویِ شاخه هایِ درختان را آغاز کرده بود، نگاهش را رویِ شاخه ها گردانده بود، تا درست به درختی رسیده بود، که «رینزفورد» رویِ یک شاخه یِ تنومندش دراز کشیده بود؛ «رینزفورد» احساس کرد، که ژنرال از هوشِ شکارش خوشنود است؛ ژنرال زیرِ شاخه یِ درخت ایستاده بود، و نگاهش را به همان شاخه دوخته بود؛ اندامِ «رینزفورد» در زیرِ فشارِ ترسِ مرگ خرد میشد.؛ دمی خواست مانند ببری بپرد، و ژنرال را از پای درآورد، اما متوجه شد انگشتِ ژنرال رویِ ماشه یِ تپانچه ای آماده یِ شلیک است؛ ژنرال سیگاری روشن کرد، دود را در دهانش جمع کرد، و به بالا فرستاد، تا درست به دماغِ «رینزفورد» برسد؛ لبخندی زد و برگشت؛ «رینزفورد» از پای درآمد.؛ ژنرال میتوانست با شلیکِ گلوله ای «رینزفورد» را بکشد، اما او را نکشته بود.؛ «رینزفورد» با وحشت پی برد، که ژنرال با او بازی میکند، و او را برایِ شبی دیگر نگه داشته است.؛
آنگاه صدایِزنگدار ژنرال را شنید، که میگفت از شکارِ آن شب خیلی لذت برده است، و اینکه برایِ استراحت به قصر برمیگردد، تا شبِ دیگر باز گردد؛ «رینزفورد» با احساسِ شکست، از درخت پایین آمد، و سیصد یارد دور از محلِ پایین آمدن از درخت، دست به کار شد؛ تنه ی تنومندِ درختی تکیه داده به درختِ دیگری را، از پایین با کاردش برید، و سنگینیِ آن را رویِ شاخه یِ بریده شده ی دیگری انداخت؛ تنه یِ تنومندِ درخت با کوچکترین تماسی میافتاد؛ دور از تله یِ جدید، ایستاد و منتظر شد؛ ژنرال میآمد؛ پایش به تله خورد؛ درخت با صدایِ شدید افتاد؛ «رینزفورد» شاد شد، اما دمی دیگر ژنرال را دید، که در کناری ایستاده، و شانه یِ راستِ خود را، با دست مالش میدهد؛
صدایِ شادِ ژنرال شنیده شد، که میگفت از تله یِ آدمِ مالیِ ساخته شده توسط «رینزفورد» خوشش آمده، اما خود او نیز در «مالاکا» شکار کرده، و آن را میشناسد؛ ژنرال همچنین گفت که شانه اش اندکی زخمی شده، و برایِ پانسمان به قصر برمیگردد، اما قول هم میداد که زود برمیگردد؛ روز با سرعت سپریشد؛ «رینزفورد» تمام روز را دوید؛ هنگامِ غروب استراحتی کرد؛ شب مانند مارِ زخمی میآمد؛ «رینزفورد» نیشِ پشه ها را حس کرد، و دریافت که به باتلاق نزدیک شده است؛ برگشت.؛ نرم بودنِ زمین فکری را به ذهنش آورد؛ در تیرگی شب با کاردِ شکار در زمینِ جنگل گودالیِ عمیق حفرکرد؛ سرشاخه هایِ نوک تیزی را، در تهِ گودال کاشت، و دهنه یِ گودال را با دقت پوشاند؛ در فاصله یِ اندکی از تله، منتظرِ آمدنِ ژنرال شد؛ ژنرال همراهِ سگهایش، با سرعت و بدونِ اشتباه پیش میآمد؛ گروه به تله رسید؛ صدایِ درهم ریختنِ پوششِ دهانه «رینزفورد» را شاد کرد، اما خوشحالی تنها دمی پایید؛ صدایِ ژنرال شنیده میشد، که حسرت از دست دادنِ یکی از سگهایش را در تله باز میگفت، و به «رینزفورد» بخاطرِ ساختنِ تله یِ ببرِ برمه ای تبریک میگفت؛ ژنرال از «رینزفورد» بخاطرِ ارائه یِ بازیِ بسیار سرگرم کننده تشکر کرد، و برگشت تا شبِ دیگر بازگردد؛ «رینزفورد» احساس کرد، که ژنرال شکست ناپذیر، و گریز از او ناممکناست، پس باز به راه افتاد
شبِ سوم با وحشتِ مرگ در راه بود؛ «رینزفورد» آخرین کار خود را انجام داد؛ او کاردِ خود را به شاخه یِ پاجوشِ درختی بست، و شاخه را با گیاهی به تنه یِ درختی بست؛ تصورش این بود که با کوچکترینِ لرزش، کارد خواهد جهید و در سینه یِ ژنرال خواهد نشست؛ ژنرال میآمد؛ گوشهایِ «رینزفورد» صدایِ شتابناکِ سگها را شنید؛ دمی دیگر، چشمانِ تیزِ «رینزفورد»، «ایوان» را دید، که دسته ای سگ را در بندِ قلاده، و در ردپایِ «رینزفورد» هدایت میکند؛ ژنرال تمامِ ابزارِ شکارش را آورده بود؛ دمی دسته یِ پیشآیند ایستاد؛ «رینزفورد» با ناامیدی دید که کارد «ایوان» را بر زمین انداخته است؛ ژنرال با سگهایش میآمد؛ «رینزفورد» جدیتِ گامهایِ ژنرال را حسکرد، و در آن دم درک کرد، که جانورِ شکاریِ رو در رویِ مرگ، چه احساسی دارد؛ دوید؛ او واقعیتِ خوفناکِ مرگ را حسکرده بود، و ناامید از مرگِ حتمی میگریخت؛ ایستادن به معنایِ مرگِ حتمی بود، پس «رینزفورد» فرار کرد؛ به کناره یِ جنگل رسید، که تا لبه ی دریا کشیده شده بود؛ بالایِ صخره یِ بلندی ایستاد؛ موجهایِ دریا در آن پایین به صخره هایی میخورد، که بیش از بیست متر بلندی داشتند.؛ «رینزفورد» درنگی کرد، اما صدایِ هراسیده و نزدیکِِ سگها او را ناچار کرد، برایِ نجات از دریده شدنِ وحشتناک، خود را پایین بیندازد؛ هنگامی که ژنرال به کناره یِ جنگل رسید، «رینزفورد» را نیافت؛ بسیار ناراحت شد که نتوانسته این امریکایی را بکشد، و او با حماقت خود را به کشتن داده است؛ ژنرال «زارف» به قصر برگشت؛ غذا خورد، در اتاقِ مطالعه اش کتابی خواند، و برایِ خوابیدن به اتاقِ خوابش رفت؛ چیزی ژنرال را آزار میداد: شکار از دست او گریخته بود؛ هر چند یقین داشت شکار با پریدن خودش را کشته است، اما این یقین او را آرام نمیساخت؛ شکار از دستِ او گریخته بود؛ وارد اتاقِ خوابش شد؛ «رینزفورد» از پشتِ پرده بیرون آمد، و گفت که پس از پریدن به دریا زنده مانده، مسیرِ میانبر صخره ها تا قصر را شناکنان پیموده، و زودتر از ژنرال «زارف» به قصر وارد شده است؛ ژنرال «زارف» اعلام کرد، که برنده شدنِ «رینزفورد» را میپذیرد، و قول داد که روزِ دیگر او را به «امریکا» برگرداند؛ «رینزفورد» نپذیرفت، و برایِ پایان دادن به کشتارِ دریانوردان، در یورشی ناگهانی ژنرال «زارف» را کشت، و در بسترِ نرمِ او خوابید
تاریخ بهنگام رسانی x/09/1399هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی
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"'Off there to the right—somewhere—is a large isle,' said Whitney.
'It's rather a mystery—'
'What island is it?'
Rainsford asked.'The old charts call it "Ship-Trap Island," Whitney replied. 'A suggestive name, isn't information technology? Sailors have a curious dread of the place. I don't know why. Some superstition—'
This is why I love short stories. Information technology'south a wonderful, well-known archetype, beginning published in 1924. Who needs a whole novel? Who needs The Hunger Games? I wouldn't be surprised if this was the inspi
5★"'Off there to the right—somewhere—is a large isle,' said Whitney.
'It's rather a mystery—'
'What island is it?'
Rainsford asked.'The onetime charts call information technology "Ship-Trap Island," Whitney replied. 'A suggestive proper noun, isn't it? Sailors have a curious dread of the place. I don't know why. Some superstition—'
This is why I love brusk stories. It's a wonderful, well-known classic, first published in 1924. Who needs a whole novel? Who needs The Hunger Games? I wouldn't be surprised if this was the inspiration (simply don't quote me) if only a hidden i.
It's a dark nighttime when Rainsford, an experienced American hunter is aboard a yacht with Whitney, headed for new hunting grounds. Whitney comments.
"'We should have some good hunting upwards the Amazon. Great sport, hunting.'
'The best sport in the world.'
agreed Rainsford.'For the hunter.' amended Whitney. 'Non for the jaguar.'
'Don't talk rot, Whitney,'
said Rainsford. 'Yous're a large-game hunter, not a philosopher. Who cares how a jaguar feels?''Perhaps the jaguar does,'
observed Whitney.'Bah! They've no understanding.'
'Even so, I rather recall they understand 1 affair—fright. The fright of pain and the fearfulness of death.'
'Nonsense,'
laughed Rainsford. 'This hot conditions is making you lot soft, Whitney. Exist a realist. The world is made up of two classes—the hunters and the huntees. Luckily, yous and I are hunters. Exercise yous think we've passed that island all the same?'"It'due south not giving anything away to say NO, they oasis't. Whitney goes below to turn in for the night while Rainsford enjoys a smoke of his favourite piping on deck. When the pipe falls overboard . . .
I've given information technology 5 stars for what I think it would have been like to read it for the first time, before condign jaded by the current overload of grisly thrillers. There was a short film also, which I haven't seen only which is also a classic of its kind, I think.
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This is now in the public domain and you tin download information technology on the Goodreads folio for the championship.
I read it years agone and was reminded of it just today. Hope you enjoy it, too!
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Richard Connell'southward The Near Unsafe Game is, equally the name suggests, an exciting and adventurous game... A game of life and death!
The theme of this 1924 published short story is the Hunter vs the Hunted.
The sensuous drowsiness of the night was on him. "Information technology's so dark," he thought, "that I could slumber without closing my eyes; the night would be my eyelids -"Richard Connell'southward The Nigh Dangerous Game is, as the name suggests, an heady and adventurous game... A game of life and death!
The theme of this 1924 published brusque story is the Hunter vs the Hunted.
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"Not bad sport, hunting."Rainsford is a hunter who (very conveniently for the plot purposes of this very compact story) utters statements such as, "The world is fabricated up of two classes— My favorite part of this 1924 story was a brief just satisfying cameo appearance past BORSCH, as in "the rich, crimson soup with whipped cream and then beloved to Russian palates". Excuse me for a second while I salivate.
"The all-time sport in the globe," agreed Rainsford.
"For the hunter," amended Whitney. "Not for the jaguar."
"Great sport, hunting."Rainsford is a hunter who (very conveniently for the plot purposes of this very compact story) utters statements such as, "The earth is made up of ii classes—the hunters and the huntees. Luckily, you and I are hunters." Merely a few pages later, having fallen off his yacht, he comes across a depraved Russian emigree General Zaroff. The two man share a mutual passion - hunting. What they don't share is the idea that Rainsford should become prey in Zaroff's colorlessness-induced hunting game on a secluded tropical island. Rainsford, as yous tin imagine, is not too thrilled.
"The best sport in the world," agreed Rainsford.
"For the hunter," amended Whitney. "Non for the jaguar."
"Life is for the strong, to be lived by the strong, and, if needs be, taken past the strong. The weak of the earth were put here to give the strong pleasure. I am strong. Why should I non employ my gift? If I wish to hunt, why should I not?"The force of the story is the antagonist. General Zaroff is a perfect villain - gentlemanly at-home, savage, sociopatically-pleasant, competent, and rather sinister in his well-nigh-supernatural hunter skill. His attitude towards his cat-and-mouse hunting game with his prisoners is finer spooky.
This story of murder/hunt for amusement sake may have inspired The Running Human being, Battle Royale or The Hunger Games. Information technology aged well despite being almost 90 years old (spiffy Grandpa!). The story is well-written, quick and curt (only 48 pages) and has a non-contrived logical and satisfying (even if predictable) ending.
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By the mode, I graduated with honors in spite of butting heads with a couple of profs...
This is a well know story, it'south been made into a pic, been used as the footing of other movies, for episodes of various Idiot box series and copied unashamedly by hosts of writers. The rabid crazed hunter who, when people end up on his isle, forces them to serve as "game" for his hunt. The story begins when this has been going on for a while and a well known hunter (the sane variety who hunts every bit it should exist done) lands on the island and is in plough forced to be "the game".
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Afterwards crashing on an allegedly deserted island, big-game hunter Sanger Rainsford encounters a mysterious human named General Zaroff and his mute servant Ivan. Turns out, Zaroff is besides a hunter, just he hunts a more dangerous game...
Connell utilises irony, perspective, and tone to meld the reader'south perspective of the story. The murky, gothic-like atmosphere brings out a sense of dread, which not only increases the fearfulness-factor of the story, but also inspires animosity towards homo action, w
4 starsAfterwards crashing on an allegedly deserted island, big-game hunter Sanger Rainsford encounters a mysterious human named Full general Zaroff and his mute servant Ivan. Turns out, Zaroff is also a hunter, but he hunts a more than unsafe game...
Connell utilises irony, perspective, and tone to meld the reader'south perspective of the story. The murky, gothic-similar atmosphere brings out a sense of dread, which not only increases the fearfulness-factor of the story, but also inspires antagonism towards human action, whether Zaroff's cruelty or Rainsford'south hypocrisy. The shift in perspective, heavily foreshadowed with irony, forces to reader to exist on the tips on their toes as they see Zaroff and Rainsford go caput to head. My favorite surface area of this story was the parallels between Zaroff and Rainsford equally well as what those relationships mean virtually revenge and justifying violence. In fact, the violence itself was portrayed in a peculiar manner: throughout the novel it is in your face, until the ending, when possibly the about atrocious deed is comitted. (view spoiler)[I found it very interesting that the murder of Zaroff was skipped over. Zaroff e'er told Rainsford to omit the name murderer, when Rainsford told him of what he idea of the inhumane behaviour. As Rainsford becomes the murderer, his act is omitted... perhaps to signify that Zaroff and Rainsford aren't that different later all? Or is Rainsford justified equally he saved all the other sailors? (hide spoiler)]
A thought provoking, intense, 30 minute read. I recommend.
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Short but raised a lot of questions in my heed like what makes human being different than animals?
Is it the desire that i hunts for fun rather than for nutrient?
And the lines of psychopath Zaroff,
There is no greater bore than perfection!
Oh my!
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If you lot're out there for curt stories, this i is for you!Short but raised a lot of questions in my listen like what makes human different than animals?
Is it the desire that one hunts for fun rather than for food?
And the lines of psychopath Zaroff,
There is no greater bore than perfection!
Oh my!
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I've seen many film adaptations of The Most Dangerous Game, just I've never read it until now.
I liked it and I retrieve the ending was conforming of General Zaroff.
He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided.
Yous tin listen to this story on YouTube.I've seen many film adaptations of The Virtually Dangerous Game, simply I've never read information technology until now.
I liked it and I think the ending was befitting of General Zaroff.
He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided.
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"Ugh! It's like moist velvet." (Rainsford speaking of the nighttime.)
"The all-time sport in the world," agreed Rainsford.
"For the hunter," amended Whitney. "Not for the jaguar."
"Don't talk rot, Whitney," said Rainsford. "You're a big-game hunter, not a p
I loved it!!! One of my favorite stories. Very memorable and has stuck with me for years. Beginning read it when educatee teaching in 1996 in a 9th grade literature grade. What a thrilling story. Information technology has some really beautiful writing. Some of my favorites are:"Ugh! It'due south like moist velvet." (Rainsford speaking of the night.)
"The best sport in the world," agreed Rainsford.
"For the hunter," amended Whitney. "Non for the jaguar."
"Don't talk rot, Whitney," said Rainsford. "You're a big-game hunter, not a philosopher. Who cares how a jaguar feels?"
"Perhaps the jaguar does," observed Whitney.
"His eyes made out the shadowy outlines of a palatial chateau; it was set on a loftier barefaced, and three sides of it cliffs dived down to where the sea licked greedy lips in the shadows."
I don't like hunting. Personally I am an activist for animals. Rainsford's attitude is that of many. The story unfolds and without giving away much ...the plot is a fast paced and edge of seat thriller. The catastrophe is superb. If you want a quick read and take a chance story, this i will hold you til the end. My communication is to sit dorsum in front of the fire with a drink or hot tea and hold your kitty cat tight. Relish the ride.
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Although Richard Connell'southward story has been filmed many times (& adapted in many ways) it'southward incredible how refreshing this 1924 stor I've always enjoyed the 1932 film version of The Most Dangerous Game, just this is the first fourth dimension I've read the short story that it was based on. I was prompted to selection it upwardly later reading the latest Jack Reacher novel by Lee Child & idea that information technology reminded me of the quondam movie. Nonetheless, if you lot're going to borrow a plot thought then you might likewise infringe one of the best.
Although Richard Connell'due south story has been filmed many times (& adapted in many means) it's incredible how refreshing this 1924 story is for its age. In a world where authors produce always longer stories information technology'southward wonderful to encounter so much tension conveyed in so few words. What a classic. ...more than
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There is a scary amount of realism to the story, peculiarly in the time that information technology was written. All-time - or perhaps worst - is how easy it is for me to understand the Full general'southward POV.
An excellent short story of well-nigh 8000 words that I read every decade or so & still go a thrill out of. It should be well known by everyone later on all the movies, acknowledgements, & outright rip-offs of the plot. If yous don't know information technology, it is a must-read & is available for free here:http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Mos...
There is a scary amount of realism to the story, particularly in the time that it was written. Best - or perchance worst - is how like shooting fish in a barrel information technology is for me to understand the General's POV. His logic is perfectly horrible, the circumstances readily conceivable, & the ending always leaves me wondering about what comes next. Was it his injury that changed the General or just time & circumstance? What about Rainsford? Information technology's not just a question of how thin the veneer of civilization is, just merely how easily a man beingness can rationalize even the almost barbarous acts & clothe them in civility.
The economy of the writing is one of its biggest assets. Connell manages to paint a perfectly eerie setting, wonderfully full-blown characters, & carry through days worth of activeness with very few words. I never felt I wanted more than detail, though. What isn't said is either hands filled in by my own imagination or as intriguing every bit what is said.
The only thing I disliked about this story was (view spoiler)[ Rainsford's use of of his knife in the trap & his chagrin that he doesn't get the General with it. While this act heightens his & the story's tone of desperation, it'due south e'er struck a fake cord with me. He had just made stakes for the pit & past using the knife, deprives himself of his only weapon. He knows that Ivan is leading, so I don't know why he would expect the General to have died. (hide spoiler)] This isn't a terrible flaw, merely information technology never fails to detract merely a bit from the story.
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The three components of this book:
- misogyny
- Hitler'due south "perfect race" mindset
- insensitivity
The three components of this book:
- misogyny
- Hitler's "perfect race" mindset
- insensitivity
The offset two pages were amusing plenty, just the residue of information technology was a real boredom to me. God I simply wanted information technology to be over! Thank you to my dear brain which can connect lots of things together, I could guess the "sur
The whole reason of reading this short story was because I'd forgotten to bring a volume with me at work then I could read during my java break, So a colleague of mine handed a book over & insisted on reading specifically this story in it so we could talk almost it later. I did. & at present I regret!The kickoff 2 pages were amusing enough, simply the rest of it was a existent boredom to me. God I just wanted it to be over! Thanks to my love brain which tin connect lots of things together, I could guess the "surprise point", remembering an episode of the black mirror series, long before the talkative psychopath General Zarrof could reach to the indicate where that naive hunter-author Rainsford could spit some bow-wow out & rise confronting it. And I suppose Zarrof deeply misunderstood the point of Darwin'due south theory when he was talking nonsenses which meant that absolutely anything is allowed for the strong to be done; which was so selfish of him!
I cannot say it was a disaster considering it was not; there were some loftier ranked collocations to learn, just I actually didn't enjoy the story as I was expecting to. I made a good skimming-practice out of information technology, though. But if I don't enjoy, I don't learn.
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The Most Unsafe Game is a 1924 48-page story with suspense and action. Alleged, by Wikipedia, to exist the "most popular short story always written in English." That may be true, but I had not known of it until recently, nor had I heard of the author (who seems not to take written much). The Wiki also claimed the story served, in part, as inspiration for creating the game paintball in 1981. Little did I
"Sometimes I remember evil is a tangible thing - with moving ridge lengths, just as audio and calorie-free have."The Most Dangerous Game is a 1924 48-folio story with suspense and action. Alleged, by Wikipedia, to be the "most pop curt story ever written in English." That may be true, but I had not known of it until recently, nor had I heard of the writer (who seems not to have written much). The Wiki also claimed the story served, in part, as inspiration for creating the game paintball in 1981. Niggling did I know I'd come abroad with useless trivia when I was simply looking for a peachy audio book to salve my colorlessness doing yard chores.
The tense narration past Edward French had my attending from the first and was over likewise soon for my like. I hardly noticed my task was complete I was so riveted by the story unfolding. The ending was perfect besides!
Being a volume to film fan, I watched the 1932 movie adaption of this story by the same name. Information technology was amusing but not wholly positive. The acting and set had a cheesy feel, kind of like an old Tarzan motion picture. I was surprised by the gore (view spoiler)[I victim was shown being pulled under water by a shark and then it showed an underwater view of the shark surrounded by a night cloud in the water. While the ship was sinking, steam flare-up out of the boiler and people were screaming or being thrown into the water. A man was impaled by a spear. (hide spoiler)]– not something I would take guessed to be in a film of this period. The adaption mostly followed the volume with few alterations, like an added a love interest and mildly altered ending. I wouldn't rate it over iii-stars, although ane thing had me laughing (simply this wasn't a humorous movie) and was probably worth my time watching it. The opening scenes occurred on a transport in the water, and what I saw on screen was the image of the scene beingness tilted gently back and along in a rocking movement. How weird was that?
If y'all have an hour of time that you demand lightened, the audio is bachelor on Hoopla or read/listened at Open Library.
*Notation: The story involves hunting animals for sport.
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5 stars (Originally iv.25 stars)
Update: It's been about five years since I read this short story as a freshman in high school and recently I read Zodiac past Robert Graysmith. Since condign familiar with the killings the Zodiac executed, likewise as the possible ones he may have committed, I wanted to reread this short story. Zodiac pretty much copies all of Zaroff's obsession with hunting humans. It'due south quite fascinating to read such an old brusque story tha
The Virtually Dangerous Game by Richard Connellv stars (Originally iv.25 stars)
Update: It'southward been about 5 years since I read this brusk story as a freshman in high school and recently I read Zodiac by Robert Graysmith. Since becoming familiar with the killings the Zodiac executed, as well equally the possible ones he may have committed, I wanted to reread this brusk story. Zodiac pretty much copies all of Zaroff's obsession with hunting humans. It's quite fascinating to read such an old curt story that has hints of the psychological stamping that most serial killers have: a hatred of others (he is the same race and background as Ivan and undermines his intelligence), feeling superiority, the demand to dominate. It's a very interesting story, but it sets me on edge and I experience dirty reading information technology. Sometimes it's also much to be close to those who take no caring for human being life. I do however enjoy the story and highly recommend information technology. Connell captures a lot within a few pages and sets up a remarkable story. Even more than interesting is the implication of killers. Are men of war series killers? Does killing someone who is hunting you constitute every bit murder and how is that whatever different from an animal killing a person to save itself from decease? Is survival of the fittest a existent concept when information technology comes to free will or does it kick in when we are on the brink of death? These are interesting questions posed by this curt story and I don't know the respond to one of them. I think that's what makes this story so relevant even today.
Whimsical Writing Scale: 4.5
Villain Scale: v
Grapheme Scale: five
Plotastic Scale: v
Original Review
The Near Dangerous Game is a short story nigh a hunter who falls overboard and ends upwardly on an isolated island where he discovers a mansion that looks like a castle. The possessor of the mansion is a hunter every bit well and he wants to hunt play the almost dangerous game with Rainsford. I had to read this for schoolhouse and was surprised past how much I enjoyed it. It's a wonderful short story with vivid pictures of the island and the manner the story is told is suspenseful. Even though from the very beginning my class started guessing at what was going to happen (I was hoping cannibals and a human being cede) and though most of us seemed to have a valid or close estimate the story was nonetheless enjoyable. I experience young for saying this but I laughed at how Rainsford ended upwards becoming shipwrecked. I mean me and my friends were pretty much making fun of him for near the remainder of course. I would recommend The Nigh Dangerous Game if you're in for a short read and one that's entertaining and somewhat suspenseful.
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Just finished reading The Sound of His Horn and saw many references in the reviews to this brusk story. I now encounter why, equally this is the tale that kicked off the whole 'hunting humans' genre- from Sheckley's Tenth Victim to more movies and TV shows than I e'er could count.
Information technology tells the story of an American hunter who falls off his yacht and ends up on a tropical isle owned past a sinister Russian general, who's also a fanatical big game hunter. But the general'southward killed at to the lowest degree one of just about
3.5⭐Simply finished reading The Audio of His Horn and saw many references in the reviews to this short story. I now see why, as this is the tale that kicked off the whole 'hunting humans' genre- from Sheckley's Tenth Victim to more movies and TV shows than I ever could count.
It tells the story of an American hunter who falls off his yacht and ends upwards on a tropical island owned by a sinister Russian full general, who'due south also a fanatical big game hunter. Merely the general's killed at least one of just nigh everything and is bored, except by 'the nearly unsafe game of all.'
The story holds upwardly remarkably well for its historic period (1924). Certainly some of the language is dated but for the about office the prose is economic and descriptive. Certainly it may seem cliched but afterwards all, it was the first time out for many of these ideas. The whole story has an authentic 'roaring Twenties' feel to information technology which makes it more than convincing, imho.
Great manner to spend half an hour.
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An audacious short story, not something we normaly come up across.
Though a short story, we are gripped from the start to the end.
Information technology does spark some interesting thoughts about putting yourself in someone else'southward shoes. I liked this line:
Sometimes I think evil is a tangible affair--with moving ridge lengths, just as audio and light have. An evil place tin can, and so to speak, broadcast vibrations of evil."
I'chiliad not sure an evil place
This was non a new story for me. I read it years ago, probably in high school. I cannot remember the reaction I had and so, and this is one of those tales that you cannot react the same way once you know the outcome.Information technology does spark some interesting thoughts about putting yourself in someone else'due south shoes. I liked this line:
Sometimes I think evil is a tangible matter--with wave lengths, just as sound and light have. An evil place can, and so to speak, broadcast vibrations of evil."
I'm non sure an evil place circulate's vibrations of evil, just I do know that nosotros have a tiny voice in our heads that will warn us when nosotros are in the presence of evil. I have heard that voice, and sometimes even though it is muffled, it is there, hoping information technology will not be ignored.
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Because of the intense subject and some violence - this brusk story is best for older readers.
It was an interesting read.
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