Forgive me: I don’t know exactly what a plot arc is so hopefully I’m doing it correctly.
The short story”The Most Dangerous Game”, by Richard Connell was a twisted tale about the hunters and the hunted (predators and prey) and fear. The story began with the main character, Sanger Rainsford, having a chat about hunting with a friend on his yacht in the Caribbean. The plot starts to arc when the first conflict arises: Rainsford fell overboard. He couldn’t get the crew’s attention because it was dark and night, so he had to swim to the closest island. Darkness and the color black were motifs throughout the story. The arc continues to build up when Rainsford met General Zaroff on the island and found out that he too is a hunter. The only difference between their hunting styles is that Rainsford hunts big game and Zaroff finds a thrill hunting weak humans. Considering his condition, Rainsford is a weak human and has to experience the role reversal of being the prey instead of the predator. The peak of the arc is when Rainsford is being hunted by General Zaroff. The conflict was resolved and the arc dropped back down at the end with Rainsford killing Zaroff. The “Most Dangerous Game” was a role reversal for the protagonist, so he felt the way all of the game he hunted and killed did.
