The+Most+Dangerous+Game

QUESTIONS: Answer the following questions. /32

1. What is meant by “He lived a year in a minute”? /2 Rainsford had been waiting for Zaroff, in the minute he was waiting it felt like a year to him because of the fear he had, because when one has negative emotions, time seems to go slower for that person. When one has positive emotions, time seems to go faster for that person.

2. What is meant by “I am still a beast at bay”? /2 He still feels threatened.

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

4. How is Zaroff able to finance his life style? /2 He was already rich because of his father. His father had a 250 000 acres in Crimea. Zaroff left Russia with all of his money before the noble Russians lost everything.

5. If Rainsford wins the hunt, what does Zaroff promise him? /1

"I'll cheerfully acknowledge myself defeated if I do not find you by midnight of the third day"- General Zaroff

6. What happened to Lazarus? /2 The lead dog followed a man into the death swamp

7. Where does Rainsford spend the first night of his hunt? /1 "A big tree with a thick trunk and outspread branches...he climbed up into the crotch, and stretching out on one of the broad limbs, after a fashion, rested"

8. How many acres did Zaroff’s father have in the Crimea? /1 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">250,000 (0.25 million)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">9. Why does Zaroff suggest Rainsford wear moccasins? /1 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">To leave a less obvious trail.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">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="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">He smiled, and blew a smoke ring into the air, then turned his back on the tree, walking away carelessly, demonstrating that he was confident because he knew where his prey was.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">11. How does Zaroff stock his island with “game”? /2

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Zaroff either waits for a storm, "Sometimes an angry god of the high seas sends them to me. Sometimes, when Providence is not so kind, I help Providence a bit". General Zaroff has marked a channel where there is none. "giant rocks with razor edges crouch like a sea monster with wide-open jaws".

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">12. What happened to General Zaroff at the end of the story? /2

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Rainsford sneaks into Zaroffs bedroom at the end of the third day and eventually kills Zaroff

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">13. Inspite of being hurt, Zaroff congratulates Rainsford on his “Malay mancatcher,” why? /2

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">He congratulates him because not many men know how to make one, and this proves Rainsford to be a worthy opponent for Zaroff.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">14. How do we know Rainsford is an exceptionally fit man? /2

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">He swam from the boat to the island.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">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="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Rainsford thought that animals who were hunted had no feelings, then he was the hunted. During and after Rainsford was being hunted, he realizes what the animals must be feeling when they are hunted.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">16. How does Connell inspire fear without obvious bloodshed/grotesqueness. /3

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">He uses suspense to illustrate the fear of Rainsford to give it a thrilling, eerie atmosphere. He also creates more questions than he answers.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Short Stories - Literary Devices Title: The Most Dangerous Game

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Point of View: 3rd person

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Protagonist: Rainsford

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What type of character is the Protagonist? Round, Dynamic

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Antagonist: General Zaroff

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Describe the setting: The setting takes place right after the Russian Revolution (1917) on a tropical island in the middle of the Caribbean Sea. The island is inhabited by General Zaroff, Ivan, General Zaroff's dogs, and his prey. The mood of the setting should make one alert. Some may say that it is creepy/scary/eerie.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Type of Conflict: Man vs. Man

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Describe the main conflict: The main conflict exists between General Zaroff and Rainsfield, it is a fight to the death for survival.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Describe the Climax of the Story: The climax of the story is when Rainsfield jumps into the ocean.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? The protagonist realizes that animals also have feelings too.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. The title is "The most Dangerous Game". The theme is about being "human" to others, and the game that General Zaroff plays is very dangerous, because, in the end, he gets killed.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? The main conflict helps to illustrate the theme because it shows that Rainsfield, the huntee, also had emotions.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? The climax helps to illustrate the theme because during the climax, the huntee's emotions are completely expressed.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes):

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Simile: "The sea was as flat as a plate-glass window."

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Metaphor: "I am still a beast at bay."

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Personification: "where the sea licked greedy lips in the shadows"

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Symbol: The huge bed is a symbol of "every man for himself" Only one person can sleep in the comfortable bed.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Foreshadowing (give both elements): When Rainsford heard shrieks and gunshots, it foreshadowed the fact that General Zaroff was hunting humans.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Irony: Rainsford was the hunter, not caring what the animals felt. All of a sudden, he was the hunted, playing the animal's role, and feeling what it was like to be the animal.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Imagery: " The ground grew softer under his moccasins; the vegetation grew ranker, denser, insects bit him savagely."

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story. The relationship between the class theme and the story can be described as follows: General Zaroff did not care about what other people felt; they were only improvements over animals because humans can reason and think in a logical manner. Sometimes they can hold back some emotions such as fear, desperation, etc. The class theme is humanities. A part of human nature is to be able to reason, to think logically. Because of our higher intelligence, we have become the dominant race on this planet.

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