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QUESTIONS: Answer the following questions. /32

1. What is meant by “He lived a year in a minute”? /2 He was scared and to him it seemed as if the time passed much slower than it actually did. 2. What is meant by “I am still a beast at bay”? /2 He was still playing the game and he was still a cornered animal trying to escape and kill his enemy. 3. In which sea has Connell set Ship-Trap island? /1 The Caribbean Sea. 4. How is Zaroff able to finance his life style? /2 He comes from a very wealthy family. He's also an extremely good hunter and he makes money off of that too. 5. If Rainsford wins the hunt, what does Zaroff promise him? /1 A boat to take him back to civilization. 6. What happened to Lazarus? /2 Lazarus was a dog who, while his owner was hunting followed a man into some quicksand and died. 7. Where does Rainsford spend the first night of his hunt? /1 He spends it sleeping in a tree. 8. How many acres did Zaroff’s father have in the Crimea? /1 He had a quarter million acres. 9. Why does Zarroff suggest Rainsford wear moccasins? /1 He suggested it because there's swamp on the island. 10. What caused Rainsford to believe Zaroff knew he was hiding in the tree? Do you think he was right? Give reasons. /3 He watched Zaroff slowly look up the tree then purposefully blow a smoke ring at it and smile to himself. 11. How does Zaroff stock his island with “game”? /2 Sometimes people wash up on his island but other times he has to force ships to crash and he'll use the crew. 12. What happened to General Zaroff at the end of the story? /2 He ate dinner then went to his room, where Rainsford was waiting for him and he was murdered by Rainsford. 13. Inspite of being hurt, Zaroff congratulates Rainsford on his “Malay mancatcher,” why? /2 He congratulated him because not many people can make a "Malay mancatcher" and Rainsford was making his "game" much more interesting and challenging. 14. How do we know Rainsford is an exceptionally fit man? /2 He was able to keep moving for almost 3 days straight and swim around the island and swim //to// the island after falling overboard. He was also able to dig himself in in a short period of time. 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 Before Rainsford land s on the island he doesn't care how the animals feel; he's not even sure that they do feel. He doesn't think they fear and they are stupid. After he meets the General and he is made prey and put into the same position as the animals he hunts, he realizes that they //do// feel fear and terror. He also learns why when put into a tight spot animals will kill for their own safety, just like he killed the General. 16. How does Connell inspire fear without obvious bloodshed/grotesqueness. /3 They the story is written it really almost feels as if you're ingrossed within it. He doesn't need to describe the gore because he describes everything else well enough that our imaginations are already active enough to imagine it. Also the feeling of fright that you're supposed to get out of the story is not linked to grtesqueness, but to the feelings of Rainsford.

Short Stories - Literary Devises Title:_The Most Dangerous Game_

Point of View: Third person omniscent

Protagonist: Rainsford

What type of character is the Protagonist? Dynamic, he changes

Antagonist: General Zaroff

Describe the setting: It starts off on a boat, darkness is coming and the feeling of excitement is easy to feel for the coming of the hunt draws near. The island is lush and mysterious, slightly scary.

Type of Conflict: Man vs. Man

Describe the main conflict: The main conflict is The General hunting Rainsford.

Describe the Climax of the Story: I think the climax is when Rainsford emerges from his hiding spot behind the curtains at the end of the story.

How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? He realizes that animals do feel fear and I'm sure he has much more respect and sympathy for his prey, after being put into the position of prey.

Describe the relationship between the title and the theme.

The title "The Most Dangerous Game" is a pun on the word game. Game could mean either game as in animal or game as in activity. This is relevant because the "game " played by Rainsford and the General is about as dangerous as it gets; one being hunted by the other. There is also The General's referance to humans being the most dangerous prey because they can reason.

How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme?

It is illustrates the entire irony of the hunter becoming the hunted, which is the theme.

How does the climax help to illustrate the theme?

The climax illustrates the change that Rainsford for-gos through his experiences as being prey.

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

Simile:

"It's like moist black velvet" It compares the darkness to moist dark velvet using like.

Metaphor:

"Don't talk rot" It compares the words being spoken by Whitney to rot not using like or as.

Personification:

"Night was beginning to settle." The night was given the ability to settle.

Symbol:

The gun carried by The General "he saw that The General's right hand held something metallic-a small automatic pistol." is a symbol of the difference between animals and humans and humans clear advantage over them.

Foreshadowing (give both elements):

When Rainsford says: "You're a big-game hunter, not a philosopher. Who cares how a jaguar feels?" foreshadows that his opinion on thisa will change throughout the story.

Irony:

The fact that the hunter becomes the hunted. "The world is made up of two classes-the hunters and the huntees. Luckily, you and I are hunters."

Imagery:

"The dank tropical night that was palpable as it pressed it's thick warm blackness in upon the yacht."

Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story.

The theme in the story Identity is about the hunter becoming the hunted and how his opinion changes about the animals he hunted having feelings. This relates directly to our class theme of humanity. He realizes that the animalks do feel fear and he has more compassion for them.

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