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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? He is a Round Dynamic Character.

Antagonist: General Zaroff and the Island.

Describe the setting The Story is set on a ship at the beginning, then when Rainsford falls off the ship, he finds an Island named Ship-trap. It is covered in dense jungle and has a evil reputation. The mood is frantic and anxious as Rainsford runs from Zaroff.

Type of Conflict: Man Vs. Man and environment.

Describe the main conflict: Rainsford falls off the Ship he was travelling on and swims to the island, almost dying in the process. He finds a mansion and knocks. Ivan intimidates him but general Zaroff treats him as an honored guest. Then he tells him to run away so that he may be hunted by Zaroff. So he runs and must not be found and, presumably, killed by Zaroff. His creativity is restricted to the fact that he is surrounded by ocean.

Describe the Climax of the Story: There three "mini-climaxes" when Zaroff or his men falls victim to one of Rainsford's traps, but there is a main one, which is at the end, when he jumps out from behind the curtain and challenges Zaroff to a duel.

How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? At first, on the boat, he doesn't care about other animals' feelings, when he says //"who cares what the jaguar feels? The world is separated into two groups: the hunters and the hunted."// Afterwards, as he's running, it states //"He now knew what true terror feels like"// which means that he realized and cared for the fact that animals have feelings too.

Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. I think the theme of this story is "self pleasure over all other factors of life." This is related to the title because the title makes a double meaning out of the word "game." Zaroff uses these people as entertainment, even though he's killing them, but he doesn't care. Also, in hunting terms, "game" literally means what your hunting; the prey. This was derived because hunting became a sport, a game rather than for survival or food. and humans, in many aspects, are the most dangerous species to hunt because of our superior intelligence.

How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? Teh conflict, when he is being hunted, is directly related because this is the pleasure for Zaroff.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The moment he jumps out from behind the curtain and defeats Zaroff, the pleasure of Zaroff is ended by the very pleasure that caused it.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes):

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Simile: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//"but even you can't see four miles or so through a moonless Caribbean night."// <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//"Nor four yards," admitted Rainsford. "Ugh! It's like moist black velvet."//

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Metaphor: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//"the night would be my eyelids"//

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Personification: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//"but the wash from the speeding yacht slapped him in the face"//

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Symbol: small automatic pistol: a simple swift death, danger, pain, punishment.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Foreshadowing (give both elements): //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"And if I win--" began Rainsford huskily." // To //"The general sucked in his breath and smiled. "I congratulate you," he said. "You have won the game."//

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Imagery: //"The sea was as flat as a plate-glass window."//

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story. Our theme "humanity" is related to the story because sometimes, humans can be cruel and evil to things and don't care because they don't know any better. also, even if they do know, they may still value their own pleasure over others' feelings. For example, when someone takes cocaine, they value there pleasure over even their own well being. This blindness and stupidity is sadly, part of human nature.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">QUESTIONS: Answer the following questions. /32

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">1. What is meant by “He lived a year in a minute”? /2 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">He was so caught up in the moment, time slowed down for him and the minute seemed like a year because of his stress and danger

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">2. What is meant by “I am still a beast at bay”? /2 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">It means that the game wasn't over yet and it wouldn't be until someone ended it

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">3. In which sea has Connell set Ship-Trap island? /1 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The author has set it in the Caribbean Sea

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">4. How is Zaroff able to finance his life style? /2 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">He has his father's inheritance and he has a trap set up for passing ships that indicates a channel where in reality there is only sharp rocks

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">5. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">If Rainsford wins the hunt, what does Zaroff promise him? /1 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">He promises to send him to the mainland in a boat

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">6. What happened to Lazarus? /2 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">He died when he was following a huntee who drowned int the swamp

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">7. Where does Rainsford spend the first night of his hunt? /1 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">He spent it in a tree, hiding from the general

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">8. How many acres did Zaroff’s father have in the Crimea? /1 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">250 000 acres <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">9. Why does Zarroff suggest Rainsford wear moccasins? /1 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Moccasin tracks are harder to follow <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">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: Georgia,serif;">Rainsford thought that Zaroff knew because Zaroff stopped right before his line of sight fell on Rainsford, then Zaroff smiled. so Rainsford thought that he knew, but was playing with him like a cat toys with his mouse <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">11. How does Zaroff stock his island with “game”? <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Sometimes, Sailors that have bad enough luck get shipwrecked on the island, he also buys ship fulls of slaves from the slave trading industry. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">12. What happened to General Zaroff at the end of the story? /2 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">In the end, Rainsford challenged the general to a duel and won, so Zaroff fed his hunting dogs and Rainsford got to sleep in the bed. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">13. Inspite of being hurt, Zaroff congratulates Rainsford on his “Malay mancatcher,” why? /2 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">He likes to have game that has a exceptional level of intellect because it makes hunting so much more fun <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">14. How do we know Rainsford is an exceptionally fit man? /2 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">He was able to swim quite a distance to the island after falling off the ship and he was able to run around all day and still be able to elude Zaroff. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">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: Georgia,serif;">He doesn't give a thought about the animals he hunts and he speaks of them as if they had no brain, no significance rather than entertainment. After meeting general Zaroff, he was forced into the roll of the hunted animal, the prey, and he experienced true terror. In the end, he realizes that all beings, great or small, have feelings and comes to care for animals. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">16. How does Connell inspire fear without obvious bloodshed/grotesqueness. /3 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">He Describes the setting of the story with great detail, and gives you directly the cold hard fact that this man was a mass murderer of hundreds if not thousands of people. The way he describes the fear that Rainsford felt and the way he acted, and how however much he tried it still wasn't enough to stop the general, which tells you how dangerous and murderous he is.

Completion 5/5

Effort 5/5

Content 5/5

Questions 32/32

Total 47/47