The+Most+Dangerous+Game


 * __ Short Stories- ____ Literary Devises __**
 * __ Title: ____ The Most Dangerous Game __**
 * __ Name- ____ Jason Poon __**

Third Person- Limited Omniscient Narrator The protagonist is Sanger Rainsford.
 * __ Point of View: __**
 * __ Protagonist: __**

Sanger Rainsford is round and dynamic because at first he felt he was superior like a "hunter", and in the end, he was more conscious of his surrounding like the "huntee"
 * __ What type of character is the Protagonist? __**

The antagonist is General Zaroff.
 * __ Antagonist: __**

Time: Mid 1900's Place: Caribbeans Mood: Insecure
 * __ Describe the setting __**

The timeline is in the mid 1900's because General Zaroff left Russia after the debacle in 1917, which means it couldn't have been very long since that time. The place is in the Caribbeans because it said at the beginning that "...even you can't see four miles ahead or so through a moonless Caribbean night." The mood is usually insecure because Rainsford is always being hunted, so the setting is very insecure as to whether Rainsford will be caught or not.

Man vs. Man
 * __ Type of Conflict: __**

The main conflict is that Rainsford is stranded on an island and finds a man named General Zaroff. General Zaroff told Rainsford that he has been hunting for so long that he is too experienced to just hunt animals now, so he has decided to kill humans. He then challenged Rainsford to hide for three days to see if he could be found and killed by General Zaroff. Rainsford declines but General Zaroff basically owns this abandoned island, so Rainsford has two choices: try and hide for three days from General Zaroff, or instantly be tortured and killed by Ivan.
 * __ Describe the main conflict: __**

The climax in the story is when Rainsford appears in General Zaroff's bedroom and fought to the death, because no new information was introduced and it was the turning point of the story as wells as the highest point of tension in the whole short story.
 * __ Describe the Climax of the Story: __**

Rainsford changes quite over the course of the story. At first, he was the hunter and was very proud of himself. In the end, he was the hunted and became more aware of others and the ones that he would be hunting later on.
 * __ How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? __**

Title: The Most Dangerous Game Theme: Be aware of others and to not be too confident and prideful.
 * __ Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. __**

The relationship between the title and the theme is quite strong. The title is "The Most Dangerous Game", which refers to hunting as the game. Since hunting is the game, and the theme is that people must be aware of other and to not be too confident and prideful, the relationship is quite strong.

Main Conflict: Rainsford is being hunted by General Zaroff. Theme: Be aware of others and to not be too confident and prideful.
 * __ How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? __**

The main conflict helps to illustrate the theme because the main conflict that Rainsford is being hunted by General Zaroff, and the theme is that people should not be too confident and prideful, and General Zaroff got too confident in his hunting abilities, so it helped a lot to illustrate the theme.

Climax: Rainsford fighting General Zaroff to the death. Theme: Be aware of others and to not be too confident and prideful.
 * __ How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? __**

The climax helps to illustrate the theme because General Zaroff was shocked when Rainsford had appeared in his bedroom. General Zaroff was too confident and did not think that Rainsford was still alive. So altogether, General Zaroff's overconfidence made the climax a lot better and put more of a twist in the short story.


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

"It's like moist black velvet."
 * __ Simile: __**

"The sea was as flat as a plate-glass window."

"...that I could sleep without closing my eyes; the night would be my eyelids-"
 * __ Metaphor: __**

This is comparing that the night was so dark that the night sky is as dark as if he would close his eyes.

"...the muttering and growling of the sea breaking on a rocky shore."
 * __ Personification: __**

"...but the wash from th speeding yacht slapped him in the face..." "...most dangerous of all big game."
 * __ Symbol: __**

This symbolizes that something is the biggest and most dangerous of a game, or in this case, in hunting.

"The place has a reputation-a bad one."
 * __ Foreshadowing (give both elements): __**

"The cry was pinched off short as the blood-warm waters of the Caribbean Sea closed over his head."

This is an example of foreshadowing because it hints that something will happen to Rainsford since he said the island as a bad reputation, and soon later, his boat crashed and was destroyed, so he was then stranded on this island.

"The world is made up of two classes- the hunters and the huntees. Luckily, you and I are hunters."
 * __ Irony: __**

"I am still a beast at bay."

This is a piece of situational irony because he started out as a hunter, but in the end, he was the one being hunted. Rainsford explained that, "I am still a beast at bay."

"...a gigantic creature, solidly made and black-bearded to the waist. In his hand the man held a long-barreled revolver, and he was pointing it straight at Rainsford's heart."
 * __ Imagery: __**

This is a good piece of imagery as it thoroughly explains General Zaroff including his clothes, hair color, what he is wielding, and facial appearances. It also explains how he is pointing the revolver at Rainsford's heart.

Class Theme: Choices
 * __ Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story. __**

There is a different kind of relationship between the class theme and the story. The best example is when Rainsford either has to play the game with General Zaroff or be immediately killed by Ivan. So pretty much, he does not have much of a choice but to play the game with General Zaroff.

Completion 5/5 Effort 5/5 Content 4.5/5 total 14.5/15


 * __ QUESTIONS: ____ Answer the following questions. /32 __**
 * __ Questions #1-16 __**
 * __ Jason Poon __**

What is meant by "He lived a year in a minute" is that the mood was tense and that it was so nerve-racking that it was like he lived a year in a minute by waiting to see if his trap would work against General Zaroff, or if he would avoid it and kill him. So it was basically very tense and a lot of pressure on Rainsford to wait for it to either succeed, or fail.
 * __ 1. What is meant by “He lived a year in a minute”? 2/2 __**

What is meant by that is that Rainsford has no mercy for General Zaroff because he put him through so much on the island that he would want to end it right there on now, and he was comparing himself to an animal and that he has no mercy for his prey.
 * __ 2. What is meant by “I am still a beast at bay”? 2/2 __**

Conell has set Ship-Trap island in the Caribbean Sea.
 * __ 3. In which sea has Connell set Ship-Trap island? 1/1 __**

Zaroff is able to finance his life style because he is also hunting humans, so he can ake the others possessions once he murders them. He also started off with some possessions because he vbrought some things from Russia and also had a decent amount of money to invest in and buy the island. He also started off wealthy because his father was very successful and owned many acres of land in Russia.
 * __ 4. How is Zaroff able to finance his life style?2 /2 __**

If Rainsford wins, which means successfully staying alive for three straight days from General Zaroff, he will release Rainsford from the island with one exception; that he cannot inform anyone about the island.
 * __ 5. If Rainsford wins the hunt, what does Zaroff promise him?1 /1 __**

Lazarus sniffed Rainsford but was too careless and was caught in Rainsford's Burmese Tiger trap and sunk into the quicksand to it's death.
 * __ 6. What happened to Lazarus? /0/2 __**

Rainsford hid in big trees thick trunk for the night to rest, but the next morning General Zaroff found him immediately.
 * __ 7. Where does Rainsford spend the first night of his hunt? 1/1 __**

His father owned a quarter of a million acres in Crimea, which shows that General Zaroff's family is very successful wealthy to begin with.
 * __ 8. How many acres did Zaroff’s father have in the Crimea? 1/1 __**

He suggests that Rainsford wear moccasins to make the hunt more challenging as the moccasins are supposed to hide some of people's scent.
 * __ 9. Why does Zarroff suggest Rainsford wear moccasins?1 /1 __**

I think that Rainsford was right when he guessed that Zaroff knew he was in the tree because he smiled and nodded his head showing that he was slightly disappointed in Rainsford. General Zaroff also deliberately blew smoke rings in Rainsford's face, which was quite a good hint that he knew exactly where he was. This nearly broke Rainsford apart mentally as General was toying with him.
 * __ 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 stocks the island with game as he chose the island that has tide going against the sharp rocks of the island that can easily tear boats apart, but he needs a fair amount of luck to hope for people to crash. He came up with an idea that raises his chances of people crashing, he set up lights to indicate the safe spots and the places without them are dangerous, so he hopes that the boats will avoid the lights and go where there are none which are where the sharp rocks that can crush boats like nothing are.
 * __ 11. How does Zaroff stock his island with “game”? 2/2 __**

General Zaroff died at the end of he story from being killed by Rainsford as he thought that the Genral had lost his mind. It says in the story that, "The other will sleep in this excellent bed. On guard, Rainsford..." and "He has never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided." Which clearly shows that Rainsford won the fight.
 * __ 12. What happened to General Zaroff at the end of the story? 2/2 __**

He congratulates him on wounding him because many people he has hunted rarely wound him, which shows that Rainsford is quite the exceptional hunter, and that he is worthy of winning the game. As a reward for wounding him, he stopped following him for the day to tend to his wound. Although Rainsford successfully wounded him, he knew that General Zaroff was just toying with him the whole time.
 * __ 13. Inspite of being hurt, Zaroff congratulates Rainsford on his “Malay mancatcher,” why?2 /2 __**

We know that he is an exceptionally fit man because as the story states, "Rainsford had dug himself in France," which means that he was in World War I since there is a not at the bottom of the page. Another example that he is a fit man is near the end of the story where he had to make a dash to the ocean and as the story states, "Even nearer drew the hounds. Rainsford forced himself through the gap. He reached it." Another example is when he had to swim all the way from where he had jumped, back to General Zaroff's home.
 * __ 14. How do we know Rainsford is an exceptionally fit man?2 /2 __**

Before he lands on the island, he was very prideful and confident and did not care very much for the things/animals he hunted and killed. Throughout the story, he starts to change and becomes more aware of his surroundings, Rainsford got an experience of what the animals felt like when they were being hunted by him, as General Zaroff played a game of hunting with him and the rules were that Rainsford must hide for three days. If he was successful, he would be allowed to leave the island, if he was found, he would be killed by no other than General Zaroff himself. In the end, he was less confident and more cautious of others. , he also seems like he will either be more cautious of the things he will hunt in the future, or simply quit the game of hunting from such a horrid life and death situation.
 * __ 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 __**

Connell inspires fear without bloodshed/grotesqueness with surprising thrills throughout the story, like when Rainsford has to wait to see if his trap works against General Zaroff, he either succeeds, or fails and dies. With that example, it inspires fear with the suspense of, "He lived a year in a minute," as the reader is forced to read on to see if he succeeds or fails. Another way he inspired fear is the personality of General Zaroff, as he has a cruel personality and a obsession of hunting, even to go so far as to murder humans, as the story hinted, " 'But no animal can reason,' objected Rainsford. 'My dear fellow,' said the general,"there is one that can.' " He implies the gore without describing it.
 * __ 16. How does Connell inspire fear without obvious bloodshed/grotesqueness. 2/3 __**

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