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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? Round, Dynamic.

Antagonist: General Zaroff

Describe the setting After the First world war. In the Caribbean. Suspenseful. The islandin the carribean has very dense jungle and very little signs of civilization other than the mansion.

Type of Conflict: Man vs. Man

Describe the main conflict: Zaroff is hunting Rainsford in the game. Rainsford needs to survive several days in order to get off the island and win the game.

Describe the Climax of the Story: The climax is when Rainsford defeats Zaroff in a final duel.

How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? Rainsford learned that a animal has feelings too and does not like to be hunted.

Describe the relationship between the title and the theme.

The title is The Most Dangerous Game. The theme is related to this, because the theme is about hunting and being hunted, and game is another word for hunted animals.

How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? The theme is about hunting animals and how the animals feel about it. The main conflict puts Rainsford as the animal.

How does the climax help to illustrate the theme?

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

Simile: muck sucked viciously at his foot as if it were a giant leech

Metaphor: "It is moist black velvet"

Personification: "night crawled slowly by like a wounded snake"

Symbol: When Rainsford is washed up on the island, the mansion he sees is a symbol for hope of being rescued.

Foreshadowing (give both elements): Aboard the ship at the beggining, the two hunters talk about not wanting to be on the island, ironically, Rainsford ends up on it.

Irony: It is ironic that Rainsford is such a skilled hunter, and that he thinks that animals have no feelings, and he becomes the hunted.

Imagery: "It is moist black velvet"

Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story.

The class theme is choices. In the story Rainsford makes several choices, one being not to hunt humans with Zaroff.

Completion 5/5 Effort 3.5/5 Content 3.5/5 tota12/15

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QUESTIONS: Answer the following questions. /32

1. What is meant by “He lived a year in a minute”? 1/2 He felt as if time was passing so slowly that a minute felt like a year.

2. What is meant by “I am still a beast at bay”1? /2 He was still being hunted

3. In which sea has Connell set Ship-Trap island? /11 In the Carribean

4. How is Zaroff able to finance his life style? 0/2

5. If Rainsford wins the hunt, what does Zaroff promise him?1 /1 One of his ships to get off the island.

6. What happened to Lazarus? 1/2 Lazarus was killed in quicksand by a different person than Rainsford on the island.

7. Where does Rainsford spend the first night of his hunt?1/1 He spent the first night of the hunt, in a hollowed out tree.

8. How many acres did Zaroff’s father have in the Crimea? 0/1 100 thousand acres.

9. Why does Zarroff suggest Rainsford wear moccasins? 1/1 Because they leave a lighter trail.

10. What caused Rainsford to believe Zaroff knew he was hiding in the tree? Do you think he was right? Give reasons.3 /3 Zaroff looked at him, but did not show that he saw Rainsford. This may be because he was playing with Rainsford, leaving him for a better day. Rainsford knew Zaroff saw him because he looked right at him, because he stopped for a smoke, and because if he actually could follow a trail that intricate, he would be able to find him in a tree.

11. How does Zaroff stock his island with “game”? 1/2 He uses bright lights to crash ships on his island.

12. What happened to General Zaroff at the end of the story? 1/2 Rainsford kills him when Zaroff retires for the night. Rainsford ambushes him in his own bedroom.

13. Inspite of being hurt, Zaroff congratulates Rainsford on his “Malay mancatcher,” why? /2/2 Zaroff enjoys a challenge and found his trap to be amusing. Zaroff congratulates him because Rainsford was actually putting up a decent fight.

14. How do we know Rainsford is an exceptionally fit man? 2/2 He is fit because he manages to run for several hours straight, climb trees, and dig holes quite quickly.

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.)2/5 Rainsford changes by learning that animals have feelings too and that they dislike being hunted. He also learns how it feels to be hunted.

16. How does Connell inspire fear without obvious bloodshed/grotesqueness. 2/3 Conell inspired fear by using suspense and assumptions to create fear. Justin & Daniel total:20/32

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