The Most Dangerous Game is an action-packed story that includes the hunting of humans for sport. The story is full of violence and cruelty.
Additionally, the nuances of the levels of meaning would be lost on Middle Schoolers.
"Issues of violence and cruelty in "The Most Dangerous Game" exist not only on a literal level but on a symbolic level as well. As Connell directs the reader to sympathize with Rainsford, the reader feels what it is like to be a hunted animal. Zaroff shows off his animal heads and after describing his new prey, he refers to his "new collection of heads," which are supposedly human."
"This comparison of decapitated heads opens up parallels between the murder of humans and the murder of animals. If hunting humans for kicks is murder, Connell asks, then how does this differ from hunting animals?"
I wouldn't recommend this story for Middle Schoolers, the High School students that I teach just barely get it.
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