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
They call him names, insult him, beat him, and generally treat him as a slave. Go, sweat that off again! The perfect rhymes in these lines are disconcerting. This brave and much-maligned man was responsible for bringing water to the soldiers whenever they needed it. Gunga Din came to him, gave him water, and helped staunch his wound. Her time, her own appointed time, the rocking link-head bides, Till—hear that note? Light on the engine-room—no more—clear as our carbons burn. Still, he pulled the speaker inside. In such poems as "Gunga Din, " "Mandalay, " "Tommy, " "Danny Deever, " "If —, " "The White Man's Burden, " and "The Female of the Species, " Rudyard Kipling 1865—1936 evoked stirring images and created archetypes of British character at the height of the Empire.
Gunga Din by Rudyard Kipling
Third on the Mary Gloster then, and first that night in Hell! This shows, at the very least, that he has taken notice of him for more than what he can provide or as an outlet for anger. In them, the soldier admits his faults and declares that Gunga Din had always been a better man than him. They feel upbeat and song-like and do not match the dark and fearful imagery that the speaker is depicting. The English soldiers take out their anger, frustrations, and fears on this man. I was not four and twenty then—Ye wadna judge a child? You Lazarushian-leather By the livin' Gawd that made you, You're a. Mine at the last—when all is done it all comes back to me, The fault that leaves six thousand ton a log upon the sea. Commeesion on my stores? These include but are not limited to Another important technique commonly used in poetry is enjambment.
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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. 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. He used to hate and pick on Gunga Din like the rest of them but finally, he saw through clear eyes. It is a refrain that appears at the end of each. These men, including the speaker, beat and mistreated Gunga Din. 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! His language is derogatory towards the Indian people and Gunga Din specifically.
You limpin' lump o' brick-dust, Hi! It occurs when a line is cut off before its natural stopping point. He was always fifty paces or so right behind them ready to bring water if they needed it. The bullets and fighting were nothing to him. His strength, good nature, perseverance, and patience are ignored by the English. Ten pound was all the pressure then—Eh! 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.
