Emily Dickinson once said, “The brain is wider than the sky." This explains the broad imagination humans have. This can also explain the vast array of thoughts everyone has. Humans think instantly, which allows them to adapt to most situations. To adapt, most people change their actions or even their personality traits. Everyone has a variety of personality traits, to begin with, but other people can change that basic makeup. However, the sky never stays the same; it always changes. People can completely change who they are based on one simple event or person. This isn’t always a change for the better, as people can adapt and worsen a situation. A sunny sky can instantly become a cloudy one due to outside forces. Regardless of the aftermath,…show more content… It can also change the state of a person instantly, especially when they are facing danger and possible death. In a safe place, when asked about a jaguar’s feeling at the beginning, Rainsford-from The Most Dangerous Game- said,“‘Be a realist. The world is made up of two classes--the hunters and the huntees. Luckily, you and I are hunters.’” Rainsford was in no danger whatsoever at that moment, as he is shown being a practical, conventional and realistic human being, explaining that the jaguar is just his prey. This means this sense of conventionalism is Rainsford’s resting state. His current mindset and morals changed through the plot, as General Zaroff spoke of his prey. “‘Hunting? Great Guns, General Zaroff, what you speak of is murder...Do not make me condone cold-blooded murder...’” Though he was wary of the murders on the island, Rainsford was still in his resting state. At that moment, Rainsford was shown with morals, but not throwing his realistic self away. He condoned the idea of humans being hunted, connecting with his earlier answer to the jaguar’s emotions. Regardless, he was still a hunter, and though he has always been a determined and resourceful hunter. These traits were stored in his quiver, waiting for the right moment. “They would be on him any minute now. His mind worked frantically. He thought of a native trick he had learned in Uganda...” Rainsford soon becomes the hunted, but he was only given khakis and a knife…show more content… Everyone gets affected by outside forces, but what makes them human is that they react and change due to these forces. Emily Dickinson’s quote, “the brain is wider than the sky,” states exactly that: human characteristics and personality cannot be contained. It is inevitable that people change, but the question is whether or not the result can be prevented. When in a new or threatening situation, most people tend to be impulsive. Even people repressed from their true self will eventually spring up, but with much more force. They awaken from their “resting” state and enter a new enhanced state, which can result in destruction. People have killed, or been the one to die because of their “new” self. Sure the change cannot be controlled, but the aftermath can. People’s actions must be controlled, otherwise the very thing that makes up a human will be the destruction of
