The+Most+Dangerous+Game


 * __QUESTIONS: Answer the following questions. /32__ **

What is meant is that so much is happening all at once, so it seems like a year has gone by in a minute.
 * 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 **

It means the hunting game is not over until Zaroff is dead, because "a beast at bay" means an animal being hunted by something or someone.

The Caribbean Sea
 * 3. In which sea has Connell set Ship-Trap island? /1 **
 * 4. How is Zaroff able to finance his lifestyle? /2 **

He has invested heavily in American securities.


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

He promised he would take Rainsford to the nearest town


 * 6. What happened to Lazarus? /2 **

The hound died in a pit a quicksand


 * 7. Where does Rainsford spend the first night of his hunt? /1 **

He spends his first night in a big tree with broad limbs.


 * 8. How many acres did Zaroff’s father have in the Crimea? /1 **

Quarter of a million acres in Crimea.


 * 9. Why does Zaroff suggest Rainsford wear moccasins? /1 **

He said that the moccasins don’t leave a trail.


 * 10. What caused Rainsford to believe Zaroff knew he was hiding in the tree? Do you think he was right? Give reasons. /3 **

The general walked around the tree Rainsford was, and smoked to see if Rainsford is inhaling the soke and went by back to his home because he wanted to save him for tomorrow and have some fun for more.


 * 11. How does Zaroff stock his island with “game”? /2 **

He has a fake lighthouse on top of the island, so when boats come in, they hit the rock, and crash, so the men are forced to come on the island.


 * 12. What happened to General Zaroff at the end of the story? /2 **

The general had gone to the deepest sleep in the best bed. He died when Rainsford shot the gun.


 * 13. In spite of being hurt, Zaroff congratulates Rainsford on his “Malay man catcher,” why? /2 **

He congratulates Rainsford for beating the general up even though himself was hurted.


 * 14. How do we know Rainsford is an exceptionally fit man? /2 **

Because he could swim to the Ship-Trap Isalnd from the middle of the sea, and also, he swam to the place which was very far away.He was running faster than the hounds.


 * 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 **

He did not care about how huntees would feel like and thought they would not have feelings or thoughts. But after being a huntee himself, he now understands that hunting is not the most fun game.


 * 16. How does Connell inspire fear without obvious bloodshed/grotesqueness. /3 **

Connell says, "He had never slept in a better bed" which means that the general died peacefully. Also, General Zaroff suddenly stops talking which can mean that Rainsford shot the gun while the general is talking.

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 * Short Stories - Literary Devices Title: ** The Most Dangerous Game


 * Point of View: ** Third Person


 * Protagonist: ** Rainsford


 * What type of character is the Protagonist? ** Round, and dynamic


 * Antagonist: ** Zaroff


 * Describe the setting: **

In Ship-Trap Island middle of the sea, the forest where the general had made the training place, and his mediaeval house with dark and mysterious atmosphere.


 * Type of Conflict: **


 * Man vs. Man **

Rainsford, the most famous hunter, when he was going to an island to hunt, fell off from the yacht and swam to the island called Ship-Trap Island. Then he meets the psychic general, General Zaroff, and ironically, he becomes the most dangerous huntee. Rainsford escapes from the hunter, General Zaroff, to get out of the island alive. Describe the Climax of the Story:- When he does the trick he learned from the natives in Ugenda and quickly and cunningly running away from the dangerous hounds, and dive into the sea, the tension of the readers was going highest.
 * Describe the main conflict: **


 * Describe the Climax of the Story: **

The climax of the story is when Rainsford appears in General Zaroff's room taking him by surprise and Rainsford states that he is "still a beast at bay."


 * How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? **

At the beginning of the story Rainsford believed that the world was made up of two classes, the hunters and the huntees. He gave no consideration to the animals he hunted and simply believed they had no thought or feeling. After he arrives on the island where General Zaroff hunts people and Rainsford himself becomes the prey, his whole view changes. He realizes that a animals do feel, and when hunted they feel fear. Rainsford also learns that human beings are just as much animals as all other creatures and we can be reduced to our base animal instincts in order to survive.


 * Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. **

The title "The Most Dangerous Game", and the theme "Cruelty" are related because "The Most Dangerous Game" in this story is only possible with cruelty, and the game involves weapons, and hounds chasing after the victim.


 * How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? **

The main conflict of Man vs Man helped illustrate the theme of "Cruelty" because Zaroff made Rainsford play a cruel game with him, in which Zaroff tries to kill Rainsford, but in the end, Rainsford is a bit cruel, and kills Zaroff.


 * How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? **

The climax of the story of when Rainsford kills Zaroff helped illustrate the theme of "Cruelty" because Rainsford thinks that this will end his cruelty in his killing game, but he is a bit cruel himself because he also murders a man.


 * 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: ** "I have played the fox, now I must play the cat of the fable."


 * Personification: ** "the dead tree, delicately adjusted to rest on the cut living one"


 * Symbol: ** Gun was a symbol of death.


 * Foreshadowing (give both elements): **

Once hearing about General Zaroffs disastrous game, we the readers would expect the game to be played on Rainsford.


 * Irony: ** “He said he didn’t care about the feelings of the animal he hunted, and then he became the one being hunted”


 * Imagery: ** “Those fishy blue eyes”


 * Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story. **

This novel really shows how un-human like some people can be. In my opinion killing other humans for a thrill of entertainment is not very human like. The story really shows empathy, when Rainsford puts himself in the prey’s shoes.

Nice complete effort James 44/47