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 * Short Stories - Literary Devices Title: ** __The Most Dangerous Game__

Round and dynamic. Rainsford changes over the course of the story from being someone who doesn't care what or how the hunted (the animals feel) to really finding out what the animals feel when they are being hunted after he is put through a similar situation. I believe that the theme of the story is to try and put yourself in the place of someone else. Try imagining yourself in someone else's shoes before you judge them. The theme relates to the title because Rainsford was put into the shoes of the prey. Before he didn't care what the prey though because he was the predator. He was the prey of the most dangerous game. The main conflict illustrates the theme because he now has to think like the prey he hunts. Where would he hide? Would he attack Zaroff? These are some of the questions he'd have to think about. The climax of the story illustrates the theme because he had now felt what it was like to be the hunted. \he knows that General Zaroff needs to be stopped because he'll keep on killing more people. So, he battles Zaroff and kills him. The class theme of choices is incorperated into the story //The Most Dangerous Game// by the choices ansd decisions that are made in this story. There were many many choices that were made in the whole story, some of which lead to good things and others to bad. The choice of the general was to hunt humans instead of animals because he was getting bored of hunting animals. It was the choice of Zaroff to not kill Rainsford even though he knew where he was because he wanted to "play more with him". Rainsford too made many different choices. He chose to make traps and difficult trails to follow and succeeded with a few. Because of the choices that Rainsford made, he survived the most dangerous game!
 * Point of View: ** 3rd Person Omnicient (limited)
 * Protagonist: ** Sanger Rainsford
 * What type of character is the protagonist? **
 * Antagonist: ** General Zaroff
 * Describe the Setting: **
 * Time: ** 1920s
 * Mood: ** creepy, tense, suspenceful, scared, frightening, triumphant, exhausted
 * Place: ** Caribbean Sea
 * Type of Conflict: ** Man vs. Man
 * Decsribe the main conflict: ** The main conflict is that Rainsford is trapped on an island in the Caribb ean Sea after he fell overboard. He then meets General Zaroff. The General explains a games to Rainsford and he is forced to play it or he gets killed. He must play wisely or he will get caught and then also get killed.
 * Describe the climax of the story: ** The climax of the story happens when Rainsford jump off of the cliff. He does this so he could escape Zaroff. He then swims around towards Zaroff's house and hides in his bedroom. Rainsford battles Zaroff and he (Rainsford) wins.
 * How does the protagonist change over the course of the story? **
 * Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. **
 * How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? **
 * How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? **
 * 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: ** "...the general was a devil."
 * Personification: ** "...but the wash from the speeding yatch slapped him in the face..."
 * Symbol: ** The empty cartridge that Rainsford found symbolized civilization. It meant that Rainsford would be able to get something to eat, warm clothes, and a "safe" place to stay for a while.
 * Foreshadowing (give both elements): ** "The old charts call it 'Ship-Trap Island,' " Whitney replied. "A suggestive name, isn't it? Sailors have a curious dread of the place. I don't know why. Some superstition-" "This island is called Ship-Trap, " he answered. "Sometimes an angry god of the high seas sends them to me. Sometimes, when Providence is not so kind, I help Providence a bit. Come to the window with me." Rainsford went to the window and looked out toward the sea. "Watch! Out there!" exclaimed the general, pointing into thhe night. Rainsford's eyes saw only blackness, and then, as the general pressed a button, far out to sea Rainsford saw the flash of lights. The general chuckled. "They indicate a channel," he said, "where there's none: giant rocks with razor edges crouch like a sea monster with wide-open jaws. They can crush a ship as easily as I can cruch this nut." He dropped a walnut on the hardwood floor and brought his heel grinding down on it." The sailors get sort of like bad vibes whenever they pass Ship-Trap Island. This foreshadows that there's bad things that possibly take place on that island. There could be bad things that perviously happened that scares the sailors. The truth, though, is that there IS bad things happening. People are being hunted like animals by general Zaroff.
 * Irony: ** What's ironic about this story is that in the begining, Rainsford did not care whatsoever about what the animals felt or what they were going through wneh they were being hunted. As the story went on, he became more and more aware of the feelings that run through the "huntee's" mind while trying to hide from their predators. His opinion changed anout the animals.
 * Imagery: ** "There was no sound in the night as Rainsford sat there, but the muffled throb of the engine that drove the yatch swiftly through the darkness, and the swish and ripple of the wash of the propeller.
 * Describe the relationship between the class theme and the story. **

 Completion 5/5  Effort 5/5  Content 5/5  total 15/15

What this means is that he (Rainsford) might have had a flush of emotions or thoughts that raced through his mind very quickly. This probably happened because he was very nervous and the thought of him dying was also racing through his mind. He was trying to remember the fun and good times he's had with his family and friends. "I am still a beast at bay" means that he's comparing himslef to a beast. He is trying to say that he has strengthened while he was being hunted and is ready to take on anything else that comes in his path. The Caribbean Sea. Zaroff is able to finance his lifestyle because he had heavily invested in American securities. His father was also a very rich man owning a quarter of a million acres. Freedom and a trip to the mainland as long as he doesn't speak of what happened on the island. Lazarus was killed by being sucked into quicksand after following some prey. During the first night of his hunt, Rainsford slept in a big tree with a thick trunk. A quarter of a million acres. Zaroff suggests that Rainsford wears moccasins because they leave a poorer trail. Some reasons that caused Rainsford to believe that Zaroff knew that he was hiding in the tree are that he (Zaroff) was smiling at him through the branches, he deliberately blew a smoke ring into the air, and he stopped right by the tree in which he was hiding in. I think that Rainsford was right because Zaroff knew the island too well. He has been hunting people like this for quite some time now and I'm pretty sure that he would be able to find then very quickly, even if they made tricky false trails. Zaroff stocks his island with "game" by making a false channel so that the ships will crash and then the people would have to come onto his island. General Zaroff dies at the end of the story because Rainsford kills him in a battle. Zaroff congratulates Rainsford on his Malay Mancatcher because not many people know how to make one, but also because it only makes the game more interesting for him. We know that Rainsford is an exceptionally fit man because he ran from the castle for two hours trying to make as much distance between him and Zaroff as he could before he started to hunt him down. Before Rainsford got stuck on the island, he had no feelings for animals whatsoever. He told Whitney that animals couldn't understand fear and only thought that there were two worlds- the hunters and the prey. After being trapped on the island with Zaroff and being hunted, Rainsford finally knew how it felt to be the hunted. After knowing this, I'm pretty sure that Rainsford is going to have a different view of hunting animals. Connell inspires fear without the obvious bloodshed or grotesqueness by telling the readers how Zaroff hunts people and how they are tortured. Then he tells the readers how Rainsford feels about Zaroffs hunting. Without having any actual "battle scenes" with bloodshed, he has planted the seed of fear in the reader's head. total: 27/32
 * 1. What is meant by “He lived a year in a minute”? 2/2 **
 * 2. What is meant by “I am still a beast at bay”? 2/2 **
 * 3. In which sea has Connell set Ship-Trap island?1 /1 **
 * 4. How is Zaroff able to finance his life style? 2/2 **
 * 5. If Rainsford wins the hunt, what does Zaroff promise him? 1/1 **
 * 6. What happened to Lazarus? 2/2 **
 * 7. Where does Rainsford spend the first night of his hunt? 1/1 **
 * 8. How many acres did Zaroff’s father have in the Crimea?1 /1 **
 * 9. Why does Zarroff suggest Rainsford wear moccasins? 1/1 **
 * 10. What caused Rainsford to believe Zaroff knew he was hiding in the tree? Do you think he was right? Give reasons. 3/3 **
 * 11. How does Zaroff stock his island with “game”? 1/2 **
 * 12. What happened to General Zaroff at the end of the story?1 /2 **
 * 13. Inspite of being hurt, Zaroff congratulates Rainsford on his “Malay mancatcher,” why?2 /2 **
 * 14. How do we know Rainsford is an exceptionally fit man?1 /2 **
 * 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.)/4/5 **
 * 16. How does Connell inspire fear without obvious bloodshed/grotesqueness.2 /3 **

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