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=The Most Dangerous Game =

By: Hannah Redhead and Hana Stoer

QUESTIONS: Answer the following questions. /32

1. What is meant by “He lived a year in a minute”? 2/2 To him it felt like it took longer than it did. He was overwhelmed by everything he was experiencing.

2. What is meant by “I am still a beast at bay”? 2/2 He is holding back and he is still being hunted. He had become a murderer.

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

4. How is Zaroff able to finance his life style? 1/2 He had stocks invested in American securities and had left Russia before the economy dropped.

5. If Rainsford wins the hunt, what does Zaroff promise him? 1/1 Zaroff promises him a way out and freedom.

6. What happened to Lazarus? 2/2 Lazarus was pulled down into the quicksand while chasing one of Zaroff's earlier quarries.

7. Where does Rainsford spend the first night of his hunt?1 /1 He spends the first night in a tree.

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

9. Why does Zarroff suggest Rainsford wear moccasins?1 /1 He suggested Rainsford wear moccasins because they left a finer, harder to find print.

10. What caused Rainsford to believe Zaroff knew he was hiding in the tree? Do you think he was right? Give reasons.3 /3 Rainsford believed that Zaroff knew he was hiding in the tree because:
 * Zaroff smiled up in his direction
 * He walked away casually as if he knew
 * He very deliberately blew a smoke ring into the air

11. How does Zaroff stock his island with “game”? 2/2 Zaroff stocks his island with "game" by putting flashing lights, used to indicate a channel, where there are giant rocks with razor sharp edges. He then invites the people into his home and traps them there. 12. What happened to General Zaroff at the end of the story?2 /2 In the end of the story, he thinks Rainsford is dead but is caught off guard when he is cornered in his room by him becausee Rainsford swam to the General's house. They exchange a few words and Zaroff says that one of them will sleep in his bed tonight and one with be fed to the dogs. The last sentence says that Rainsford had never slept in a more comfortable bed implying that Rainsford killed Zaroff.

13. Inspite of being hurt, Zaroff congratulates Rainsford on his “Malay mancatcher,” why?2 /2 He likes the challenge of trying to catch a person who is intelligent enough to elude him. General Zaroff considers the fact that he was able to hurt him, an added bonus to his game. 14. How do we know Rainsford is an exceptionally fit man?2 /2 He was able to swim all the way from where he fell off the boat to the island. He also swam from the shore to the general's house. 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 /5 Before Rainsford got to the island, he beleived that animals have no feeling when being hunted and all they have is instinct. When the General hunts Rainsford, he is put in the position of a hunted animal. He realizes that animals do have the fear of pain and death. Not only do they have those feelings, but instinct also kicks in. Rainsford starts acting in a do or die way.

16. How does Connell inspire fear without obvious bloodshed/grotesqueness? 3/3 He uses metaphors and similies and doesn't actually tell the reader exactly what happens. He hints at things that might happen. This lets the reader use their imagination and start guessing with the clues the author leaves behind.

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Short Stories - Literary Devises

Point of View: Third Person Omniscient

Protagonist: Rainsford

What type of character is the Protagonist? Dynamic and round.

Antagonist: General Zaroff

Describe the setting. The setting takes place on an island in the Caribbean called Ship-Trap Island and is after WWI. THe mood is kind of mysterious and creepy as well as threatening.

Type of Conflict: Man vs. man.

Describe the main conflict: The main conflict is between General Zaroff and Rainsford as Zaroff tries to hunt down and kill Rainsford.

Describe the Climax of the Story: The climax in the story is when Rainsford sees the water while running from the dog and jumps in.

How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? He comes to know what it is like to be hunted and finds that maybe animals do have fear.

Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. The theme of the story is inhumanity. The title //The Most Dangerous Game// relates to theme because is a game that is inhuman and unjust; a game that shows no feeling to other living beings.

How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? Zaroff is hunting humans and ends up hunting Rainsford which is murder. Murder is inhuman on an extreme level. To kill another human that has feelings and often innocent, is unjust and cruel. It ends their one chance at life.

How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? The climax shows that people will go to extremes to keep their life or to take another's.

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

Simile: "My whole life has been one prolonged hunt."

Metaphor: "The sea was as flat as a plate-glass window."

Personification: "The wash from the speeding yacht slapped him in the face."

Symbol:

Foreshadowing (give both elements): When Rainsford argues with Whitney that animals do not have feelings while hunted, it foreshadows that he will be hunted and understand those feelings.

Irony: In the story Rainsford states to Zaroff that he is a hunter not a murderer but ends up killing him anyway.

Imagery: "Jagged crags appeared to jut into the opaqueness..."

Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story. Power is present throughout this story. Zaroff says he has power over all animals and are no match for him. Hunting is also a game of power over animals. He then tries to have power over humans by hunting and killing them. These humans are trying to have power over him while they are being hunted and survive. Survival is one complex game of power. In the end, Rainsford has power over Zaroff with the element of surprise and kills him.

Completion 5/5 Effort 4.5/5 Content 4.5/5 total 14/15



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