The+Most+Dangerous+Game



Short Stories - Literary Devises

**Title:** The Most Dangerous Game

**Point of View: **  3rd Person

**Protagonist: **  Sanger Rainsford

**What type of character is the Protagonist? **
 * Antagonist: General **  Zaroff

**Describe the setting: **  Isolated Island, Caribbean Sea.

**Type of Conflict: **  Man vs Man, Man vs Environment.

**Describe the main conflict: Rainsford is trapped on an island, and is being hunted by Zaroff. **

**Describe the Climax of the Story: ** The climax is when Rainsford is being hunted by Zaroff in the forest and tries several trapping techniques to kill him.

**How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? ** At the beginning of the story, Rainsford shows no care for the feelings of the animals he hunts. When Rainsford starts getting hunted by Zaroff, he begins to know how it feels to be hunted.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes): **

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Simile: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">"Ugh! It's Like moist black velvet."

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Personification: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">the speeding yacht slapped him in the face


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Foreshadowing (give both elements): ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Zaroff tells Rainsford that Ivan is savage, like all his race, and Zaroff turns out to be savage too.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Irony: Rainsford goes from being a hunter, to being hunted. **

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Imagery: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The night crawled like a wounded snake

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">1. What is meant by “He lived a year in a minute”? **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> It means that the time he spent hiding from Zaroff felt like a whole year.

2. What is meant by “I am still a beast at bay”? ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> It refers to an animal that is being hunted by a pack of dogs, but is not yet cornered, or caught.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">3. In which sea has Connell set Ship-Trap island? ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> "blood warm waters of the Caribbean sea"

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">4. How is Zaroff able to finance his life style? ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> He invested in American securities and became wealthy that way.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">5. If Rainsford wins the hunt, what does Zaroff promise him? ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Zaroff promises him to let him go free from the island to continue his pursuits as a hunter.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">6. What happened to Lazarus? ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Lazarus followed one of Zarroff's "huntees" into the quicksand.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">7. Where does Rainsford spend the first night of his hunt? ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> He rests in a tree at one point, and Zaroff tracks him but never looks up in the tree.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">8. How many acres did Zaroff’s father have in the Crimea? ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> A quarter of a million acres.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">9. Why does Zarroff suggest Rainsford wear moccasins? ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Because they would leave a poorer trail, therefor, making the hunt more challenging for Zaroff.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">10. What caused Rainsford to believe Zaroff knew he was hiding in the tree? Do you think he was right? Give reasons. ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> From Zaroff's careless behavior stopping his search and smoking, Rainsford realizes that the general plans on prolonging the game.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">11. How does Zaroff stock his island with “game”? ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Zaroff turns on the lights for his fake channel to trap ships, he makes the approach deadly because he misdirects the ships to "giant rocks with razor edges that crouch like a sea monster with wide-open jaws."

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">12. What happened to General Zaroff at the end of the story? ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> He was killed by Rainsford and fed to the dogs. Zaroff mentioned that the winner would sleep in his bed, at the end, it says "it was the most comfortable bed Rainsford had ever slept in".

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">13. Inspite of being hurt, Zaroff congratulates Rainsford on his “Malay mancatcher,” why? **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-weight: normal;">Zaroff admired the talent and brains of Rainsford even while being beaten by him, Zaroff had never had a "huntee" use such techniques..

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> 14. How do we know Rainsford is an exceptionally fit man? Rainsford fell off the boat and swam all of the way to the shore, also when he was being hunted, he could run a great amount of distance, this proves his great stamina. ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">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.) ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Before Rainsford had landed on the island, he had no concern for how an animal felt when he hunted them. When Rainsford landed on the island and Zaroff began to hunt him, he began to know what it was like to be hunted. 16. How does Connell inspire fear without obvious bloodshed/grotesqueness. ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Connell sets an eerie, dark atmosphere in Rainsford's situation without any gore or grotesqueness. Instead he uses the scarily confident attitude of Zaroff, and the fact that he traps and hunts humans for his own entertainment.
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