Irony In The Most Dangerous Game

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Throughout the story of “The Most Dangerous Game”, Richard Connell selected the characters Sanger Rainsford and General Zaroff as the victims of irony. In the beginning of the short story, Rainsford stated, “You’re a big game hunter, not a philosopher. Who cares how a jaguar feels?” to his hunting acquaintance, Whitney ( ). This quote depicts situational irony, for he is shortly placed in a state where he becomes the jaguar/ prey. Soon afterwards, Rainsford fell overboard undetected and became abandoned at Ship-Trap Island as the others sailed towards the Amazon to hunt jaguars. Although finding what he though was civilization, he actually found savagery. Stranded, Sanger Rainsford discovered an enormous chateau that belonged to