Thursday, August 23, 2012

most dangerous game

So this may sound silly but while reading The Most Dangerous Game i thought it sounded kind of like The Hunger Games. When Zaroff was hunting Rainsford it reminded me of all the tributes hunting each other to stay alive. I know Rainsford wasnt hunting anyone but he was using his survival skills like Katniss. General Zaroff was more like President Snow, he was only hunting for the entertainment of it. Anyways Rainsford was like Katniss in more than the arena ways, he also had the will to stay alive and win the game Zaroff was playing. This will help him to overcome his opresser and win and also stay alive. In both stories the 'players' are picked randomly, but in different ways. In The Most Dangerous Game its whoever lands on the island is choosen to play General Zaroff's games, whereas in THe Hunger Games people are picked out of a bowl. There are more than just this differences between the books but the purpose for reading them are also the same. They are both literary reads. Literary reading is when the writing you are reading is purely for entertain not thought and adacemic teaching aids-like summer reading books :(. Personally i like the literary readings better because i just like the easy reads that dont take a lot of deep thinking to understand. I like to just enjoy the book.


       

1 comment:

  1. Lots of people have made the MDG vs. HG comparison. I would guess Collins had probably read MGD and let it influence her story to some degree.

    Remember that your blog is for class, so while the writing doesn't have to be perfect, you should use proper spelling, punctuation, capitalization, etc.

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