Explanation:
“The world is made up of two classes- the hunters and the hunted.” This famous quote can be found in Richard Connell’s short story The Most Dangerous Game. This quote is also mentioned in the film version of this short story. This is one of the similarities between these two versions. However, there are also differences between the two, including characters besides the two main, Robert Rainsford, and General Zaroff, plot events, setting, and resolution. The most differences are in the categories of characters, and plot events. Without some similarities in these two categories, the storyline would be altered.For the most part, the plot must stay the same, or the storyline will fall apart. Most of the events in the story occur in the visual as well. For instance, in both versions, Zaroff had never lost a hunt until Rainsford came along. In the written version, Zaroff had killed multiple people in his hunt until Rainsford swam to his island, was challenged, and eventually killed Zaroff, to stop him from his “hunting”. The same idea is applied in the movie. Another example of plot similarities, is that Rainsford sets the same traps in both versions of The Most Dangerous Game. In both interpretations of the story, when Rainsford is challenged to the hunting game by Zaroff, he sets a sapling trap, a hole trap, and a sand trap. Despite these and many more similarities, there are also notable differences in the two storylines. One example of a great difference is that there is a time difference in the versions of the story. In the book, Rainsford is challenged to survive for three days while being hunted by Zaroff. On the contrary, in the visual, Rainford is only challenged to survive for six hours, and must hunt with Eve. Another rather large difference between the two, is that Zaroff dies because of different causes and reasons. In the story, Rainsford hides in Zaroff’s bedroom and waits to kill him, which would be considered a pre-planned murder. While in the motion picture, Zaroff tries to shoot Rainsford.
