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QUESTIONS: Answer the following questions. /32

1. What is meant by “He lived a year in a minute”? /2 The adrenaline that Rainsford had was making time go by slowly, and the fact that he was anticipating the arrival of the general made time go by even slower.

2. What is meant by “I am still a beast at bay”? /2 He is still very angry and wishes to get back at the general. He has spent a lot of time running away to stay alive that he has a very intense mood.

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

4. How is Zaroff able to finance his life style? /2 His father was a very rich man so he could easily afford his life style.

5. If Rainsford wins the hunt, what does Zaroff promise him? /1 He promises him that he will let him go freely and his sloop will send him to a town near the mainland.

6. What happened to Lazarus? /2 Lazarus followed on of the hunted men into Death Swamp and sunk in the quicksand.

7. Where does Rainsford spend the first night of his hunt? /1 He spent the first night somewhere in the jungle, hiding up a tree.

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

9. Why does Zarroff suggest Rainsford wear moccasins? /1 So that it will leave a poorer trail.

10. What caused Rainsford to believe Zaroff knew he was hiding in the tree? Do you think he was right? Give reasons. /3 He believed he knew this because Zaroff smiled to himself and walked away. I think he was right, because Zaroff wanted the hunt to be more entertaing so he must not have wanted it to end so early.

11. How does Zaroff stock his island with “game”? /2 He either lures sailors in by causing them to crash into rocks, or he a storm sends the ships to his island.

12. What happened to General Zaroff at the end of the story? /2 General Zaroff was killed by Rainsford in a duel. One would consider this because the story sais that only one man will leave alive and sleep on an excellent bed, which is told that Rainsford slept on in the end.

13. Inspite of being hurt, Zaroff congratulates Rainsford on his “Malay mancatcher,” why? /2 Because he has finally found someone worthy of his standards to hunt, and he is also impressed with the fact that Rainsford can create such a thing.

14. How do we know Rainsford is an exceptionally fit man? /2 Because he goes hunting a lot and has been in the army.

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 He is very curious about what is going on in the island, and wants to know what is going on. After he meets the General, he becomes more nervous and surprised that someone would go and murder people. He becomes terrified when the General suggests that he hunt him, and begins to become more primitive to protect his life. He has gone from easy going and curious to completely terrified.

16. How does Connell inspire fear without obvious bloodshed/grotesqueness. /3

Short Stories - Literary Devises Title: //__The Most Dangerous Game__//

Point of View: 3rd person, omniscient

Protagonist: Rainsford

Antagonist: General Zaroff

Describe the setting: The setting takes place on an island located somewhere in the Caribbean Sea.

Type of Conflict: Man vs. Man

Describe the main conflict: The main conflict is when the protagonist is sent out into the jungle to be hunted by the antagonist.

Describe the Climax of the Story: The climax of the story is when the antagonist releases the hounds on the protagonist.

How does the Protagonist change overthe course of the story? He becomes more nervous and has more acute senses, for he is fighting for his life.

Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. The title relates because humans can be very dangerous if they lose their humanity and become more animal like.

How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? The main conflict shows what humans can do when they are forced to fight for their lives.

How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? The climax shows what humans can do when they think they are going to lost something.

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

Simile: //“The revolver pointed as rigidly as if the giant were a statue.”//

Metaphor: //“They can crush a ship as easily as I crush this nut.”//

Personification: //…: giant rocks with razor edges crouch like a sea monster with wide-open jaws.”//

Symbol: A symbol is the “trap knife”. It symbolizes how humans will go to the point of killing just to keep their lives.

Foreshadowing: The antagonist goes on and on about how he gets people on his island and trains them to be worthy enough to hunt. We can guess by this that he will hunt the protagonist because he is in such good form and is very intelligent.

Irony: The protagonist is a hunter who is now being hunted, which is ironic because he now knows how the animals he has hunted must have felt.

Imagery: thick warm blackness, muffled throb of the engine, bloodwarm, jagged crags, opaqueness, sharp hunger, lofty structure, medieval magnificence, perfumed, razor edges, hardwood floor

Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story. This story relates very well to humanity because it shows how animal like people can get when they are fighting for their lives, which is one of the biggest traits of humanity.

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