The+Most+Dangerous+Game

1. What is meant by “He lived a year in a minute”? /2 2. What is meant by “I am still a beast at bay”? /2 3. In which sea has Connell set Ship-Trap island? /1 **Connell has set Ship-Trap island in the Caribbean sea.** 4. How is Zaroff able to finance his life style? /2 **He was able to finance his lifestyle because his father was rich.** 5. If Rainsford wins the hunt, what does Zaroff promise him? /1 **Zaroff promises him that he will be dropped off on a mainland near a town.** 6. What happened to Lazarus? /2 **Lazarus followed a man into Death Swamp where there is quicksand and died.** 7. Where does Rainsford spend the first night of his hunt? /1 **Rainsford spends the first night of his hunt high up in a tree.** 8. How many acres did Zaroff’s father have in the Crimea? /1 **Zaroff's father had a quarter of a million acres in the Crimea.** 9. Why does Zarroff suggest Rainsford wear moccasins? /1 **Zarroff suggests Rainsford wear moccasins because they are softer and will leave less of an obvious path.** 10. What caused Rainsford to believe Zaroff knew he was hiding in the tree? Do you think he was right? Give reasons. /3 11. How does Zaroff stock his island with “game”? /2 **He has misleading lights that indicate a channel where there isn't one, instead there are giant rocks with razor sharp edges that crush ships. Then, the ship's crew come looking for shelter and appear at Zaroff's door.** 12. What happened to General Zaroff at the end of the story? /2 **At the end of the story, General Zaroff gets killed by Rainsford. Rainsford hides out in Zaroff's closet and waits until he is ready to go to sleep, then jumps out of the closet and declares that he is "still a beast at bay", and then proceeds to kill Zaroff in a duel.** 13. Inspite of being hurt, Zaroff congratulates Rainsford on his “Malay mancatcher,” why? /2 **Zaroff congratulates Rainsford on his Malay Mancatcher because he wants to give off the impression that he's seen it all before, it's boring, old news. He wants Rainsford to think of him as not afraid of anything that will be thrown his way.** 14. How do we know Rainsford is an exceptionally fit man? /2 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 Rainsford arrives on the island, he considers animals to be just game, nothing more. But when the situation reverses and the hunter becomes the hunted, he begins to feel empathy for the animals that he so easily hunts without remorse. He finally knows what it's like to be running away from something that is going to kill you. He is also different because when he lands on the island he is fairly confident with his skills, but when he meets the General, fear shadows him throughout the visit.** 16. How does Connell inspire fear without obvious bloodshed/grotesqueness. /3
 * This statement suggests that time had flown by extremely quickly. It also suggests that maybe he gained a lot of life experience through certain events in a short period of time. **
 * This statement means that Rainsford is still dangerous, is not done the game yet. He is still playing, and he will not stop until he has won. **
 * Zaroff stopped and looked up the tree where Rainsford was. He then lit a cigarette, blew a perfect smoke ring, and walked back down the pathway from which he had come. **
 * I do think Rainsford was right for thinking this because it's highly unlikely that he would've just randomly happened to gaze up at tthe EXACT tree that Rainsford was hiding in. **
 * We know Rainsford is an exceptionally fit man because in the story he climbs trees, runs, makes traps, and does all sorts of physically challenging things. **
 * Connell inspires fear with how confident he is in the fact that he will win. He also inspires fear with how calm he is about everything, he shows no fear. **

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 * __ LITERARY DEVISES - THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME __**

Point of View: ** the point of view is 3rd person, as if a narrator is speaking. **

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

Antagonist: ** General Zaroff **

Describe the setting **This story takes place first on a ship in the Caribbean Sea, and then on an island. More specifically, it takes place in a giant mansion and in the forest. I'm guessing that by the way this story is written it takes place sometime in the recent past. The mood in this story changes drastically throughout the course of the story; the mood goes from desperate to happy to confused to disgusted to afraid and finally, triumphant.**

Type of Conflict: **Man vs. Man**

Describe the main conflict: **The main conflict in this story is Rainsford vs. General Zaroff. It is a literal conflict - the general is hunting Rainsford.**

Describe the Climax of the Story: **The climax of the story is when Rainsford appears in General Zaroff's closet. After that, not much happens (or not much is described to us).**

How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? **Rainsford changes his view on animals and prey in general. He experiences first hand what it's like to be the hunted instead of the hunter, so his whole attitude towards hunting changes (or so I assume).**

Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. **The title of this story is "The Most Dangerous Game", which could suggest many different things and thus does not help illustrate the theme too well. The theme of this story is empathy, which means being able to put yourself in another's shoes and be able to if not understand, to know what it's like for the other thing.**

How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? **The main conflict illustrates the theme fairly well as the main conflict is man vs. man and the theme is empathy, so the man vs. man conflict allows for some form of empathy to surface.**

How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? **The climax doesn't do a GREAT job of illustrating the theme, but it does help, as the climax is when Rainsford is in the closet, all he wants is for the general to be dead, which I guess is empathy in that he's feeling the same way a hunted animal would feel.** **I might've contradicted myself in that explanation, but it's the only way it made sense to me :P**

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

Simile: **"Nor four yards," admitted Rainsford. "Ugh! __It's like moist black velvet__."**

Metaphor**: " That Cape buffalo is the largest I ever saw." "Oh, that fellow. Yes, __he was a monster.__" **

Personification: ** '"Can't see it," remarked Rainsford, trying to peer through the dank tropical night that was palpable as it __pressed__ its thick warm blackness in upon the yacht." **

Symbol: **I can't find this in a direct quote, but the island is sort of like a symbol of Rainsford's situation, as he literally has no way out unless he wins and stays.**

Foreshadowing (give both elements): **Again, I can't find a direct quote, but foreshadowing in this story is present while General Zaroff is speaking about the animal he likes to stock his island with. The more he speaks about it the more you can kind of tell that he is talking about people.**

Irony: **Irony in this story is, to be quite frank, how the hunter becomes the hunted.**

Imagery: ** "Rainsford's first impression was that the man was singularly handsome; his second was that there was an original, almost bizarre quality about the general's face. He was a tall man past middle age, for his hair was a vivid white; but his thick eyebrows and pointed military mustache were as black as the night from which Rainsford had come. His eyes, too, were black and very bright. He had high cheekbones, a sharpcut nose, a spare, dark face--the face of a man used to giving orders, the face of an aristocrat." **

Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story. **The class theme is humanity and the stories' theme is empathy. Empathy is a big part of humanity because to be able to put yourself in someone else's shoes and see their view of the world is not exactly easy, but it's crucial in understanding each other.** **15/15**