The Most Dangerous Game: The Hunters and the HuntedRichard Connell's short story, The Most Dangerous Game, is about a famous hunter named Rainsford who falls from a yacht and ends up on an island called Ship. -Trap island. Later, Rainsford meets another man named; General Zaroff, who he later discovers, likes to hunt humans, as he was bored hunting animals. Zaroff later announces to Rainsford that he is the next player for his hunting game, and so Zaroff tells Rainsford that he is going to hunt him, and if Rainsford survives for 3 days without being killed, he can leave the island. Throughout this short story there is a continuing theme of the two classes of people in the world, the hunters and the hunted. General Zaroff as well as Rainsford find themselves outside of these roles at alternating times as the hunting game progresses. So, in this short story, Connell presents the idea that there are two classes of people in the world, the hunters and the hunted, in relation to Rainsford and Zaroff, through the use of foreshadowing. At the beginning of this short story, on On the Yacht, Rainsford declares to his friend Whitney: “The world is made up of two classes: the hunters and the hunted. » (Connell 40). This quote sets the stage for the rest of the story, as almost everything in this story reflects this idea. From Rainsford's perspective, his life is all about hunting. He only stood on the side of a hunter, and he views everything else as being hunted, which is a very narrow interpretation of the world. This is ironic, because he falls prey to playing a dangerous game with General Zaroff that he did not expect. This quote also foreshadows that there is going to be a dangerous game/hunt, which... middle of paper ......ht that Rainsford was already dead, until he saw him behind the curtains from his room. . Zaroff then says: “One of us must provide a meal for the dogs. The other will sleep in this very excellent bed. (Connell 58) The story then ends with Rainsford deciding that he has never slept in a better bed. Thus, the reader can infer that Zaroff was sent to provide a meal for the dogs. to be in power, as a hunter. Using foreshadowing helps predict the outcomes that will occur, so that the ending is not so surprising or confusing to the reader..