Blog #4

Blog #4


In the book, The Most Dangerous Game, by Richard Connell, there are many interesting ideas that the other used. When I heard that General Zaroff was hunting other kinds of animals that had their own thought, I was thinking of what kind of animal that is. I was thinking,"What kind of animal is there that can think on it's own?" Then when General Zaroff was telling Rainsford that he was hunting humans that came on this island by shipwreck, Rainsord and I were very surprised. Also when Rainsford said that he wanted to be off the island immediately, General Zaroff said that the only way for him to get off the island was to play the hunting game. If he won, he would get off the island. If he lost, Zaroff would kill him. I understood this, but when I read about him only getting a bag of food and a hunting nife, and General Zaroff getting a pistol and good quality food every day, I got kind of mad. Rainsford also had to sleep in the dirty and uncomfortable place, while Zaroff slept in a nice comfy bed.
After reading the first few pages of the book, I couldn't stop reading. There was all the ideas that I liked. Action, mystery, imagination, and many more. Throughout the book, I was thinking, "Is he going to die or live?" This book made me not want to put it down, and when the teacher said that we were going to read the rest the next day, I just read as fast as I could until the teacher came around to collect the packets. At the end I was happy that Rainsford won, but said that the story ended. The best parts of the book was when Rainsford used only the items he had to kill the dog, hurt Ivan, and partialy injured Zaroff's shoulder. This book was very interesting, and had many parts it to enjoy.