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Short Stories - Literary Devises Title: The Most Dangerous Game

Point of View: Third Person, omniscient.

Protagonist: Sanger Rainsford

What type of character is the Protagonist? Round, Dynamic

Antagonist: General Zaroff

Describe the setting: An island called "ship trap" with very dense jungle and a "...big swamp in the Southeast corner of the island." It is called "Death Swamp". The night is "...as black as velvet..." and there is mist in the air. It is a calm night too. The feeling is frightening and spooky. It is set in the early 1900's, somewhere in the Caribbean

Type of Conflict: Man vs Man

Describe the main conflict: When Rainsford is being hunted by General Zaroff. He is finally able to feel how prey feels when he is hunting it. Zaroff is really good and follows his trail easily. He has found Rainsford with ease but decides not to kill him because he wants to "play" with him another night. Rainsford is too fun to kill in one night.

Describe the Climax of the Story: When Rainsford jumps off the cliff as his only means of escape. He plunges onto the sea to evade capture and if he didn't he would have been shot by General Zaroff. He takes a huge risk at that moment and it pays off. He wins the game and triumphs over the General.

How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? At the start of the story the Protagonist thought all animals were stupid and ignorant. That they had no feelings and were only meant to be hunted. At the end of the story the Protagonist was being hunted, he was the prey. And then he knew what it felt like. He went from hunter to hunted.

Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. The Title "The Most Dangerous game" means that General Zaroff was bored with the game that he had hunted and he wanted a more dangerous one. An animal that could think for itself and try to outwit the General, instead of just instincts. The most dangerous of animals is a human, and that is what General Zaroff hunts. The theme is danger and that is what the title means, in a roundabout way.

How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? The main conflict is when Rainsford is being hunted by General Zaroff (see above). This is a very dangerous time for Rainsford and it illustrates the theme, danger, perfectly. Zaroff wants more danger in his life, Rainsfor is in a lot of danger, and that is the theme!

How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? The climax helps to illustrate the theme because the theme is danger and the climax is when Rainsford jums of the cliff. The jump was very dangerous, but the right choice at the time. Sometimes you have to risk doing something dangerous for the greater good. Like jumping off a cliff to live.

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

Simile: Pg. 35, paragraph 7. "...crawled slowly by like a wounded snake, and..."

Metaphor: Pg. 25, paragraph 4. "...a mental chill..." One does not really get a chilled brain, it is just a metaphor for fear. It means he was scared.

Personification: Pg. 35, paragraph 7. "An apprehensive night crawled by slowly..." Nights don't crawl.

Symbol: Pg. 26, paragraph 5. "...his enemy, the sea,..." In the beginning of the story the sea was a symbol for his enemy or death. Then, at the end of the story, Rainsford survived by jumping into the sea. He faced his enemy, he faced death and he won.

Foreshadowing (give both elements): Pg 24, paragraph 14. "Luckily, you and I are hunters." This is foreshadowing for when Rainsford becomes the "huntee". He is not so lucky anymore and becomes prey finally learning how it feels to be on the other end of the hunt.

Irony: Pg. 39, paragraph 6. "I am still a beast at bay," This is situational irony because in the beginning Rainsford was the hunter, and now he was the beast being hunted. It is the opposite of what is expected.

Imagery: Pg. 24, paragraph 6. "It's [the night] like moist, black velvet." Imagery for a humid, dark night.

Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story. The class theme is choices and in the story the Protagonist, Rainsford, has to choose to either hunt humans with General Zaroff, which he knows is wrong, and being hunted and possibly dying. He goes with his gut. Rainsford feels hunting humans is wrong and so becomes the huntee. He choses the harder, but more honorble choice. Good choices lead to good things and so Rainsford wins the game and lives!

Completion 5/5 Effort 4/5 Content 4/5 total 13/15

QUESTIONS: Answer the following questions. /32

1. What is meant by “He lived a year in a minute”? 2/2
 * He was so scared that he seemed to have aged a year in a minute
 * He learned as much information in that minute as should have been learned in a year
 * He saw all he needed to see in a year in that minute

2. What is meant by “I am still a beast at bay”? 2/2
 * He is still dangerous
 * He is still playing the game
 * He is still a prize to be won

3. In which sea has Connell set Ship-Trap island? 1/1
 * The Caribbean Sea

4. How is Zaroff able to finance his life style? 2/2
 * His father was a very rich man
 * His father was a nobleman
 * He was an officer of th Czar
 * He was a Cossack
 * He invested heavily in American securities.

5. If Rainsford wins the hunt, what does Zaroff promise him? 1/1
 * He will be returned back to civilization safely

6. What happened to Lazarus? 2/2
 * The dog followed a man into the Death Swamp's quicksand and died

7. Where does Rainsford spend the first night of his hunt? 1/1
 * In a tree
 * He was like the cat in the fable
 * Hiding there

8. How many acres did Zaroff’s father have in the Crimea? 1/1
 * A quarter of a million acres

9. Why does Zarroff suggest Rainsford wear moccasins? 1/1
 * They leave a worse trail for him to follow
 * Harder?

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 smiled
 * He blew a smoke ring at Rainsford
 * He stopped looking right below Rainsford
 * He said that he enjoyed a challenge so I think Zaroff wanted to save the cunning Rainsford for another night.

11. How does Zaroff stock his island with “game”? 2/2
 * He takes sailors
 * Sometimes ships just crash on his island because of the sea
 * He also has lights that indicate a channel where there is none and the ships crash on the rocks

12. What happened to General Zaroff at the end of the story? 2/2
 * He thought Rainsford was dead
 * Rainsford snuck up on him and killed him in a duel
 * He was finally outmatched

13. Inspite of being hurt, Zaroff congratulates Rainsford on his “Malay mancatcher,” why?2 /2
 * Zaroff is crazy
 * He likes danger
 * When he nearly gets hit he is impressed
 * Not many people know how to make one

14. How do we know Rainsford is an exceptionally fit man? 2/2
 * He ran all over the island
 * Ran in loops
 * He dug a huge hole in a short time
 * He rarely rested after the first night

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.)5/5
 * He used to thinks prey/the huntee had no feelings
 * That they were stupid
 * That he was meant to be a hunter
 * Now he knows the fear of being prey/the huntee
 * He has a new respect for them and he knows that man can be both.
 * In the end Rainsford is a "...beast at bay."

16. How does Connell inspire fear without obvious bloodshed/grotesqueness. 3/3 total 32/32
 * He does not go into detail
 * Just the minimum so the reader imagines the rest
 * He states that people/things die and how but does not explain what they look like
 * He creates fears that are more feeling then seeing
 * Rainsford is scared by the fact that Zaroff is playing with him
 * He is scared by just the realization

by Lindsay, Manmeet, Emily

Good detail, pace and formatting to your screenplay! 18/20

Screen Play: Black screen, Gun shot, wakes up. Knock on door, Ivan there suddenly with gun. Rainsford: What is this place? Scene showing the lights that trap the sailors and voice over of Zaroff: I invented a new animal... can see his reflection in the glass, Rainsford: You can't mean... Zaroff: yes, you will be hunting with me tonight. Suddenly goes black. quick pov shot at Rainsford's feet. (Dogs) barking sound effects. Rainsford trips. Shoulder shot.