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Which sentences are good thesis statements for a literary analysis essay on “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell?
The plot of “The Most Dangerous Game” revolves around two vain hunters and the competition between them.
Rainsford and Zaroff have different views on the practice of game hunting.
Zaroff’s passion for hunting is not restricted to the animals; he equally enjoys savagely hunting down humans.
Richard Connell employs the element of irony to demonstrate the theme of terror when Rainsford, being a skillful hunter himself, is hunted by the equally skilled hunter Zaroff.
Richard Connell uses symbols such as blood and the color red to demonstrate the theme of violence and terror in “The Most Dangerous Game.”

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”