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 * The Most Dangerous Game **

Short Stories - Literary Devises Title:The Most Dangerous Game

Point of View: Third person, omniscient

Protagonist: RainsFord

What type of character is the Protagonist? Round and Dynamic

Antagonist: General Zaroff

Describe the setting

Early 20th century, On a island near the Carribean Sea. and mood is Suspenseful and mysterious

Type of Conflict: Man vs Man

Describe the main conflict: The main conflict is when General Zaroff finds Rainsford stranded on his island and Zaroff invites him to hunt with him. Zaroff actually hunts people and Rainford is his prey. Describe the Climax of the Story: The climax of the story is when Rainsford jumps off the cliff because he thinks he would dead if Zaroff caught him.

How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? Rainsford changes in the story because at the beginning he thought that animals had no feelings and that there is only the hunter and the huntee. Rainsford became the huntee when Zaroff decided to play and game and make him the prey.

Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. The title is "The Most Dangerous Game" and the theme is about how the most dangerous thing to hunt is a human being. Humans have the ability to think and have the power of reason. The story is also about how the characters play a game that is dangerous because people's lives are at stake.

How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? The main conflict,,which is the conflict between Rainsford and Zaroff, shows how people are cruel and violent.

How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? Rainsford's struggles were the result of the man's cruelty and violence The climax is when Rainsford jumps off the cliff, that helps to illustrate the theme because it is like an animal trying to escape and divert the hunter away. The hunter would think that the prey would be dead because he jumped off the cliff, the chances of survival are slim.

Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes):

Simile: It was like trying to see through blanket. The truth was as evident as the sun.

Metaphor: He was a monster.

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Personification: Where the sea licked greedy lips in the shadows. The muttering and growling of the sea breaking on a rocky shore.

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Symbol: "One of us is to furnish a repast for the hounds. The other will sleep in this very excellent bed." The bed is a symbol of victory.

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Foreshadowing (give both elements): When Rainsford jumped off the cliff, it foreshadows that Zaroff would expect Rainsford to be dead. When I was only five years old he gave me a little gun, specially made in Moscow for me, to shoot sparrows with. When I shot some of his prize turkeys with it ,he did not punish me; he complimented me o my marksmanship.

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Irony: Rainsford was the famous hunter, but when he came to Zaroff's island, he became the huntee of the general

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Imagery: It's like moist black velvet.

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story. The class theme of "Humanity" relates to the story because humans like to play games and in this story, Zaroff plays a game where he traps people on an island, feed them, and then he hunts them down. Killing others is not a good characteristic of humanity.

1. What is meant by “He lived a year in a minute”? /2 A year is three hundred and sixty-five days, and a minute is sixty seconds. As Rainford was waiting, it felt like a really long time.

2. What is meant by “I am still a beast at bay”? /2 A beast at bay is a animal that is being hunted by attackers.

3. In which sea has Connell set Ship-Trap island? /1 Connell set Ship-Trap island by the Caribbean Sea.

4. How is Zaroff able to finance his life style? /2 Zaroff is able to finance his life style because when he traps people on the island, he'll take their money after he kills them.

5. If Rainsford wins the hunt, what does Zaroff promise him? 1 If Rainsford wins the hunt, Zaroff promises him that he will acknowledge defeat if he does not find him until the midnight of the third day and Rainsford will be placed on the mainland near town.

6. What happened to Lazarus? /2 Lazarus was foolish hound who travelled to the Death Swamp that has quicksand in it and died.

7. Where does Rainsford spend the first night of his hunt? /1 Rainsford spends the first night of his hunt in General Zaroff's room because he won the hunt.

8. How many acres did Zaroff’s father have in the Crimea? /1 Zaroff's father owned a quarter of a million acres in the Crimea.

9. Why does Zarroff suggest Rainsford wear moccasins? /1 Zaroff suggests that Rainsford should wear moccasins because they make less tracks.

10. What caused Rainsford to believe Zaroff knew he was hiding in the tree? Do you think he was right? Give reasons. /3 Rainsford believed that Zaroff knew he was hiding in the tree because Zaroff stopped near the tree, blew smoke and he smiled at where Rainsford could be and walked away.

11. How does Zaroff stock his island with “game”? /2 Zaroff uses flashes of light to indicate a safe channel where there are actually sharp rocks that ships filled with people crash into.

12. What happened to General Zaroff at the end of the story? /2 At the end of the story, General Zaroff admits defeat to Rainsford but Rainsford says that the game is still on. Zaroff and Rainsford have a battle and Zaroff dies.

13. Inspite of being hurt, Zaroff congratulates Rainsford on his “Malay mancatcher,” why? /2 Zaroff congratulates Rainsford on his "Malay mancatcher" because not many men know how to make one.

14. How do we know Rainsford is an exceptionally fit man? /2 Rainsford is an exceptionally fit man because he is an experienced hunter and does a lot of running, jumping and climbing.

15. Discuss the state of mind of Rainsford before he lands on the island versus that after he meets the General. What is different? (Especially about how he perceives animal feelings.) /5 Before he lands on the island he says that there are two types of classes in the world; the hunters and the huntees. He says that luckily he is a hunter. When he lands on the island and meets General Zaroff his opinion changes because then he is getting hunted.

16. How does Connell inspire fear without obvious bloodshed/grotesqueness. /3 The writer inspires fear without obvious bloodshed and grotesqueness by writing about a dangerous hunt against man without using any strong descriptive words that relate to bloodshed.

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