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The Most Dangerous Game = Please complete this assignment. = = Assignment #4 Paragraph: What aspects of human nature are examined in the story "The Most Dangerous Game"? = = =

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1. What is meant by “He lived a year in a minute”? /2 It means the minute he was waiting for was very long. 2. What is meant by “I am still a beast at bay”? /2 It means he is still a animal that hasn't been caught. 3. In which sea has Connell set Ship-Trap island? /1 Ship-Trap is in the caribbean. 4. How is Zaroff able to finance his life style? /2 He invested a large amount of money in American securities after WWII 5. If Rainsford wins the hunt, what does Zaroff promise him? /1 Zaroff promises Rainsford that he will take him back to the shore near civilization. 6. What happened to Lazarus? /2 He died on the hunt in the death swamp 7. Where does Rainsford spend the first night of his hunt? /1 He spends the first night hiding at the bottom of a tree. 8. How many acres did Zaroff’s father have in the Crimea? /1 He had a quarter million acres 9. Why does Zarroff suggest Rainsford wear moccasins? /1 Because they leave a poorer trail so it would be harder for the general to track him. 10. What caused Rainsford to believe Zaroff knew he was hiding in the tree? Do you think he was right? Give reasons. /3 Because the general smiled. He might have known but i think he didn't. Because the general just walked off the way he came. 11. How does Zaroff stock his island with “game”? /2 He uses a lighthouse to signal that theres a canal through the island when theres nothing but sharp rocks which makes the sailors stranded. 12. What happened to General Zaroff at the end of the story? /2 Him and rainsford had a fight and whoever lost got fed to the dogs and Zaroff lost. 13. Inspite of being hurt, Zaroff congratulates Rainsford on his “Malay mancatcher,” why? /2 Because not very many people that the general hunted could make one. 14. How do we know Rainsford is an exceptionally fit man? /2 Because he would have to be fit to run away for 3 days and swim to the island from the boat. 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 doesn't care about animal feelings, then after he meets the general he feels uncomfortable and scared and then when he is hunted by the general he feels exactly how an animal feels when hes hunted. 16. How does Connell inspire fear without obvious bloodshed/grotesqueness. /3 _It inspires fear from in darkness at night. Because of his beady dark eyes.

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Short Stories - Literary Devises Title: The Most Dangerous Game

Point of View: Third Person

Protagonist: Rainsford

What type of character is the Protagonist?  Hes a big game hunter. Antagonist:  General Zaroff Describe the setting: (time, place, mood and atmosphere)  The time is modern and the place is on Ship-Trap island. The mood was silent and creepy and the atmosphere was basically a fear of Zaroff.

Type of Conflict:  Man vs Man Describe the main conflict: The main conflict is when Rainsford and General Zaroff are playing the hunting game and Rainsford was making man traps for General Zaroff to fall in.

Describe the Climax of the Story:

I think the climax is when General Zaroff tells Rainsford that he hunts humans and trains them to be hunted by him and Rainsford is shocked.

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? <span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;"> He started out as a big game hunter and he didn't care about any animals feelings. Then when he gets hunted by General Zaroff he knows what it is like to be prey.

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. <span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;"> The relationship is that it's a game hunting match instead of animal and human its human and human.

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? <span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;"> The main conflict illustrates the theme by having to people hunt each other <span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;"> and they use traps to stop their opponents which normal animals couldn't make therefore making it more dangerous

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? <span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;"> I think the climax helps to illustrate the theme by Rainsford realizing that he might have to risk his life to get off the island.

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

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Simile: <span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Ugh! It's like moist black velvet.

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Metaphor: <span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;"> The sensuous drowsiness of the night was on him. "It's so dark," he thought, "that I could sleep without closing my eyes;<range type="comment" id="201787"> the night would be my eyelids--"

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Personification: <span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;"> but the wash from the speeding yacht slapped him in the face. <span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Symbol: <span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Big heads of deer and bears and tigers in the chateau symbolized that he was a big game hunter.

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Foreshadowing (give both elements): <span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;"> the pistol shots Rainsford heard when he was on the boat foreshadowed that he was going to have ro fight and save is life in later in the story.

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Irony: <span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;"> General Zaroff gets killed after losing to Rainsford by his own dogs.

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Imagery:

He strained his eyes in the direction from which the reports had come, but it was like trying to see through a blanket.

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