Great question, as both of these stories have very strong
similarities but also some big differences too. Clearly the similarities are that both stories
contain two enemies that are engaged in a mortal struggle against each other. Both of these
struggles take place in a natural environment as both enemies seek to kill their opponent, and
thus both stories represent a desperate struggle to survive and to outlive the
other.
However, it is clear that there are also significant
differences. In "The Interlopers," for example, the two enemies become friends because of the
desperate situation they find themselves in and heal the breach between their two households,
which does not occur in "The Most Dangerous Game." Likewise, "The Interlopers" ends with a piece
of tragic, dark irony as instead of being rescued from the tree they are trapped by, a pack of
wolves comes and kills them. Tragically, instead of both surviving to live in peace, or even one
surviving having killed the other, as in "The Most Dangerous Game," both die terribly
together.
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