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The Most Dangerous Game

QUESTIONS: Answer the following questions. /32

1. What is meant by “He lived a year in a minute”? /2 When Rainsford was waiting for General Zaroff to pass by him, "he lived a year in a minute". This means that time seemed to almost stand still because he was in a moment of great suspense.

2. What is meant by “I am still a beast at bay”? /2 Rainsford says this to General Zaroff after he won the game. It means that he still feels as if he is still in danger and that the game is still not truely over.

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

4. How is Zaroff able to finance his life style? /2 He is able to finance his life because he invested heavily in American securities when he left Russia.

5. If Rainsford wins the hunt, what does Zaroff promise him? /1 Zaroff promises to drop Rainsford on the mainland near a town.

6. What happened to Lazarus? /2 Lazarus died when he followed a man into quicksand.

7. Where does Rainsford spend the first night of his hunt? /1 Rainsford spends the first night of the hunt running from Zaroff, but at one point clmbs a tree and waits.

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

9. Why does Zarroff suggest Rainsford wear moccasins? /1 They leave a poorer trail.

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 the General smiled and turned back when he came to the tree. I think he was right because Zaroff seemed as if he were teasing Rainsford.

11. How does Zaroff stock his island with “game”? /2 Zaroff turns on the lights in the channel, where there are jagged rocks that could sink ships. The light lures in the sailors who's ships get destroyed by the rocks and he uses the sailors as 'game'.

12. What happened to General Zaroff at the end of the story? /2 At the end of the story, Rainsford says he is still a beast at bay and tells Zaroff to "get ready". Rainsford kills Zaroff. 13. Inspite of being hurt, Zaroff congratulates Rainsford on his “Malay mancatcher,” why? /2 Zaroff congratulates Rainsford because he likes a challenging hunt, otherwise he finds it boring. He is also impressed that Rainsford came up with the trap. Overall, Zaroff was pleased that Rainsford had made it all the more interesting.

14. How do we know Rainsford is an exceptionally fit man? /2 We know Rainsford is an exceptionally fit man because he was able to swim the distance from where he fell of the yacht, to land. Also, he was able to survive General Zaroff's game, unlike the other sailors.

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 Zaroff's island, he is a cocky, selfish hunter who has no care at all for the feelings of the game he is hunting. After the General pushes him into playing his game, Rainsford learns what it feels like to be the hunted, rather that the hunter.

16. How does Connell inspire fear without obvious bloodshed/grotesqueness. /3 Connell inspires fear by building up suspense. For example: when Rainsford is in the tree, Zaroff is inching his gaze up the tree and stops just before seeing Rainsford. This causes suspense that Zaroff will see Rainsford, therefore making it easy to kill him. It makes us fear for Rainsford's life.

Short Stories - Literary Devises Title: The Most Dangerous Game

Point of View: 3rd person, limited omniscient

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

Antagonist: General Zaroff.

Describe the setting: It starts at night time in The Caribbean Sea on a yacht. It then moves onto an island where there is a palatial chateau, set on a high bluff. On three sides of it, there were cliffs that went down to the waters edge.

Type of Conflict: man vs. man

Describe the main conflict: The main conflict is when Zaroff made Rainsford play his hunting game. Rainsford is constantly trying to avoid death.

Describe the Climax of the Story: The climax of the story is when Rainsford jumped off the cliff, into the water below, to escape Zaroff.

How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? At the beggining, the protagonist was blind to the feelings of others, especially the animals he hunted. He thought that they had no feelings. When he was being hunted by Zaroff, he learned what it felt like to be that animal.

Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. The title //The Most Dangerous Game// refers to hunting game. The theme, people are blind to the feelings of others unless they experience it themselves, relates to the title because in the story, Rainsford (the hunter) doesn't think that the animals have feelings and fear, until he is the one //in their shoes//.

How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? The main conflict helps to illustrate the theme because when Rainsford is being hunted by Zaroff, he experiences what it feels like to be the //game////.//

How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? When Rainsford jumps out into the sea, he is doing absolutely anything in his power to survive. That is exactly what any animal would do if they were being hunted, doing anything they could to survive. This is what Rainsford doesn't realize, before he is in that situation.

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

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

Metaphor: "...the night would be my eyelids."

Personification: "..the dank tropical night that was palpable as it pressed its thick warm blackness in upon the yacht."

Symbol: The island and channel were a symbol for a trap. Any one who entered, was shipwrecked.

Foreshadowing (give both elements): The name "Ship-Trap Island" foreshadows that someone will end up being trapped of the island if they are not careful. Rainsford, later on, gets trapped of the island.

Irony: It is ironic that Rainsford was talking about how little he cared about the feelings of whatever he was hunting, and later on, he becomes the hunted. It is also ironic that General Zaroff is usually the one hunting people, but at the end of the story, he is killed by the one who he was hunting.

Imagery: "...shadowy outlines of a palatial chateau; it was set on a high bluff, and on three sides of it cliffs dived down to where the sea licked greedy lips in the shadows."

Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story. The class theme, humanity, relates to the story because a negative aspect of humanity is how little we try to understand anyone else's thoughts and feelings and how that is the cause of a lot of problems that occur in our society. They story illustrates that idea very well.

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