The+Most+Dangerous+Game

__Short Stories - Literary Devices __ __Title: The Most Dangerous Game __

Point of View: 3rd Person.

Protagonist: Rainsford.

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

Antagonist: General Zaroff.

Describe the setting. The story takes place on Ship-Trap island. It is a tropical forest island. This story is action-packed and suspenseful.

Type of Conflict: Person vs Person.

Describe the main conflict: The main conflict of the story is between General Zaroff and Rainsford. Rainsford is a hunter at the beginning of this story and turns out to be the hunted at the end. "Luckily you and I are hunters." Rainsford falls off the boat and swims to the island that General Zaroff owns. He hunts humans and the only way Rainsford could leave this island was to play the game. Rainsford was the hunted.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Describe the Climax of the Story: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The climax of the story was when Rainsford jumped into the water. He swam away from General Zaroff, the hounds, and saved his life. He also won the game.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Rainsford begins the story as a hunter and doesn't care at all about the hunted. When he reaches Ship-Trap island he becomes the hunted.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The theme of this story is how things can quickly change to the complete opposite of your plans. The title relates to the theme because Rainsford doesn't realize how dangerous hunting really is until he is the hunted.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The main conflict between Rainsford and General Zaroff illustrates the them because Rainsford never thought he would be hunted and then he is hunted which causes this conflict.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The climax of this story helps illustrate the theme because right when Rainsford jumps into the ocean his nerve is killing him and realizes what he has been doing to animals his whole life.

__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes): __

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Simile: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">"The general took from his pocket a gold cigarette case and offered his guest a long black cigarette with a silver tip; it was perfumed and gave off a smell like incense."

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Metaphor: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">"He gave no sign that he understood Rainsford's words, or that he had even heard them." A couple lines later it stated that Ivan was deaf and couldn't talk.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Personification: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">"The old charts call it 'Ship-Trap Island,'"

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Symbol: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">"some one had fired a gun three times." This is a symbol that there are hunters nearby and that Ship-Trap island rumors were true.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Foreshadowing (give both elements): <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">"This place has a reputation -- a bad one." "The first thing Rainsford's eyes discerned was the largest man Rainsford had ever seen -- a gigantic creature, solidly made and black-beared to the waist." When I read the first quote stated I knew that this island isn't going to be a happy magical land. It was going to be filled with animals and terrible, scary people.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Irony: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Rainsford never thought about being the hunted and he didn't care at all for the hunted. "You're a big-game hunter, not a philosopher. Who cares how a jaguar feels?"

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Imagery: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">"The place has a bad reputation -- a bad one," "Cannibals?" "Hardly. Even cannibals wouldn't live in such a God-forsaken place." This made me think of the movie Pirates of the Caribbean because it reminded me of Shipwreck Cove.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Describe the relationship between the class theme and the story. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Humans never realize how bad something can be until that bad thing is happening to them. Rainsford doesn't recognize what he is doing until it happens to him. He is hunting animals and doesn't care at all for any of them. When General Zaroff says he hunts humans he thinks it is a terrible thing and hunting animals is fine. When he is the huntee he realizes that hunting is not a good thing. This relates to humanity because it is our humanity to assume that what we are doing is right. We don't want to think about ourselves doing the worst thing. Humanity takes the positive response on what we are doing because we don't want to think of ourselves as terrible people.

__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Supporting Questions: __

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1. What is meant by “He lived a year in a minute”? /2 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This means that Rainsford was so nervous that it seemed that a year went by when it was really only a minute. He froze completely because if he moved at all General Zaroff would kill Rainsford.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2. What is meant by “I am still a beast at bay”? /2 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Rainsford means that he is still a monster not the good guy. He won the game although because of it he had General Zaroff killed.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3. In which sea has Connell set Ship-Trap island? /1 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The sea that Ship-Trap island is set is the Caribbean Sea.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">4. How is Zaroff able to finance his life style? /2 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">General Zaroff was in the army. He was the nobleman's son.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">5. If Rainsford wins the hunt, what does Zaroff promise him? /1 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">General Zaroff promises that he will let Rainsford leave the island.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">6. What happened to Lazarus? /2 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Lazarus was one of the hounds that followed of the players into the quicksand and died.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">7. Where does Rainsford spend the first night of his hunt? /1 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Rainsford spends the first night of his hunt in a tree.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">8. How many acres did Zaroff’s father have in the Crimea? /1 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">General Zaroff's father had a quarter of a million acres of land in the Crimea.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">9. Why does Zaroff suggest Rainsford wear moccasins? /1 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Zaroff suggested that Rainsford wore moccasins because they left less of a footprint in the dirt and it would help Rainsford to hide.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">10. What caused Rainsford to believe Zaroff knew he was hiding in the tree? Do you think he was right? Give reasons. /3 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Rainsford believed Zaroff knew he was hiding the tree because he said "Rainsford, if you are within sound of my voice, as i suppose you are, let me congratulate you." I don't think Rainsford was right because he Zaroff would have shot Rainsford but he didn't and General Zaroff didn't say anything like "I know your hiding in the tree."

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">11. How does Zaroff stock his island with “game”? /2 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">General Zaroff named his island "Ship-Trap" island because it scares sailors into coming to this island because nobody had escaped it until Rainsford did.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">12. What happened to General Zaroff at the end of the story? /2 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">At the end of the story General Zaroff was killed.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">13. Inspite of being hurt, Zaroff congratulates Rainsford on his “Malay mancatcher,” why? /2 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">General Zaroff congratulates Rainsford because Zaroff is a really cocky man. He has never lost the game so he believes he never will ever.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">14. How do we know Rainsford is an exceptionally fit man? /2 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We know Rainsford is an exceptionally fit man because at the beginning of the story he falls off the boat and swims to the island.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">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 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Before Rainsford lands on the island he doesn't think this is a very bad and island and is feeling good about himself. When he meets Ivan and General Zaroff he starts to have second thoughts. He starts to realize how killing animals for fun is almost identical to killing people for fun. Rainsford is really scared when he first gets to the island because Ivan is a really scary man.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">16. How does Connell inspire fear without obvious bloodshed/grotesqueness. /3 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">He shows how bad someone can do to someone/something until they are the one that is being treated this way. Rainsford is very selfish and doesn't care about the animals hes hunted. When he is the huntee he starts to recognize what he has been doing is bad.

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