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Short Stories - Literary Devises Title: The Most Dangerous Game

Point of View:3rd person.

Protagonist: Rainsford

What type of character is the Protagonist? Round and static.

Antagonist: General Zaroff

Describe the setting: The setting was somewhere in the middle of the Caribbean Sea. The mood is suspicious, mysterious and slightly eerie. It was set within the last 100 years, I think, because of the quality of the life the General was living and everything he had. At first, it takes place in a ship but later moves on to the General's house. It starts in the evening and progresses, day by day, over a few days to about a week.

Type of Conflict: Man vs. Man

Describe the main conflict: The main conflict was that the General was so bored with his life that he was willing to kill off his own society, just so he could have something to live for. Even is he had killed the most brilliant people, he wouldn't care, as long as his wants were fufilled.

Describe the Climax of the Story: The climax of the story was from the part where the man was hiding from the General until the part where the General almost sees him, for the second time when he's with his dogs.

How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? Over the course of the story, the protagonist doesn't change too much. However, instead of seeing himself as just the hunter, he has also been given the chance to see what it's like for something when it's hunted. He gets to put himself in a diferent situation and learns new things about people and their hunting methods.

Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. The relationship between the title " The Most Dangerous Game" and the theme of putting your own entertainment above the lives of others reflects how the most dangerous thing you can do is die and this story is about losing your life to a game or someone else's entertainment.

How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? The main conflict of the General being so bored that he would carelessly kill others helps to illustrate how people would put their humanity over others' humanity easily, for their own entertainment. The conflict shows what he is willing to do just to make sure that he has lived his life filled with hunting and can have something to live for.

How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? The climax, when Rainford is hiding from the General and he thinks the General sees him, helps to illustrate how others will put their entertainment over the lives of others. It shows everything that the person/animal being hunted on goes through in order to keep its life. It shows the motives and struggles of both the hunter and the creature being hunted.

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

Simile: "'ugh! It's like moist black velvet'" Compares the darkness of the sky to black velvet. "The door opened then, opened as suddenly as if it were on a spring, " This compares how fast the door was opening to the door having springs. "Sometimes i think evil is a tangible thing- with wave lengths, just as sounds and light have." Compares evil to sound and light.

Metaphor: "...the night would be my eyelids" suggests that the night could be someone's eyelids, but it can't. "... as the bloodwarm waters of the Caribbean sea closed over his head." The sea can't actually close itself over him. Personification: "...hunger was picking at him." Hunger can't actually pick at someone. "...weariness was on him." Weariness can't literally be on someone. "But the hope that was in Rainsford's brain when he climbed died," His hope didn't literally die. Symbol: The palatial chateau could be a symbol for wealth and a good living. The physical description of Ivan and the way he acted could be a sign of protection and needing comfort. The big hounds could also be a symbol for protection and caring over a certain thing. Also, a sense of security. Foreshadowing (give both elements): Subtle- "They would be on him any minute now." Foreshadows that the General and his team will be in the story soon. Direct- "For some minutes he stood regarding the blue-green expanse of water. He shrugged his shoulders." Foreshadows that he will be jumping into the water soon.

Irony: Irony appears in the story when the General shows off about how he can 'beat' all of his prey and talks about how he is more knowledgable than everyone/everything that he has hunted. However, the General also gets to use a gun while hunting, so he is getting the aid of a gun to help him hunt. It is also ironic how, in the beggining of the story, the men talk about themselves being the hunters and not the hunted, but in the end, one of the men does become the hunted.

Imagery: "...you can't see four miles or so through a moonless Caribbean night.'" Paints the picture of a dark night where everything is barely visible beyond what is right infront of you. "...-a lofty structure with pointed towers plunging upward into the gloom.....shadowy outlines of a palatial chateau;" This makes me think about a castle-like place, everything is orderly and almost perfect.

Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story. The relationship between the class theme of humanity and the story is that the story shows another side of our humanity, the side that will do whatever it takes to get what we want out of our own humanity. It shows how our values can change depending on the situations that we are in and that there really is no perfect way to obtain humanity. We will do anything in order to keep what we love.

1. What is meant by “He lived a year in a minute”? /2 This means that he saw so much of his life flash before him in such a short amount of time that he was able to see every year that he had lived within a minute.

2. What is meant by “I am still a beast at bay”? /2 This means that Rainsford still has more to offer and feels like he is quite not over yet. He feels that the worst in him hasn't been shown and that his best techniques are yet to come. 3. In which sea has Connell set Ship-Trap island? /1 Connell has set Ship-Trap island in the Caribbean Sea.

4. How is Zaroff able to finance his life style? /2 Zaroff is able to finance his lifestyle through the previous hge investments that he made with American securities, when he didnt' live on the island.

5. If Rainsford wins the hunt, what does Zaroff promise him? /1 If Rainsford wins the hunt, Zaroff promised him that he would let him free into a small town, accept his defeat, but Rainsford could say nothing of his visit.

6. What happened to Lazarus? /2 Lazarus is killed by one of Rainfords Burmese Tiger Pits along the way of the hunt.

7. Where does Rainsford spend the first night of his hunt? /1 Rainsford spends the first night of his hunt among the branches of a big, thick tree.

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

9. Why does Zarroff suggest Rainsford wear moccasins? /1 Zaroff suggests that Rainsford wears moccasins because they leave less of a defined trail behind them. They're harder to follow than boots or shoes and the General wants more of a challenge an a harder hunt.

10. What caused Rainsford to believe Zaroff knew he was hiding in the tree? Do you think he was right? Give reasons. /3 Rainsford believed that Zaroff knew that he was hiding in the tree because the General was slowly looking up the tree but stopped before he could see Rainsford and then blew his cigaretter smoke up, on purpose. He had also smiled, indicating that he knew something about where Rainsford was. I think that Rainsford was right because the general did smile and avoided looking farther into the tree because he wanted more of a thrill, he knew what would come and knew that Rainsford could do better. Especially because it says he deliberatly blew smoke up into the tree, so he must have known.

11. How does Zaroff stock his island with “game”? /2 Zaroff stocks his island with 'game' by ordering special prey from other places. He buys his prey and has it imported.

12. What happened to General Zaroff at the end of the story? /2 At the end of the story, Genral Zaroff seems to be slightly surprised with Rainsford's skills but also seems happy for him. Zaroff is ready for all of his upcoming challenges with Rainsford and decides that he wants him to stay.

13. Inspite of being hurt, Zaroff congratulates Rainsford on his “Malay mancatcher,” why? /2 Zaroff congratulates Rainsford because, despite the fact that he beat him, he finally found someone to compare himself to and look up to. Zaroff now has a new goal to work towards and Zaroff knew that he was tough to beat so he thought that Rainsfors deserved a congratulations.

14. How do we know Rainsford is an exceptionally fit man? /2 We know that Rainsford is an exceptionally fit man because he has previous hunting experience, so he must be able to keep a good running pace with animals. Also, he was able to survive 3 days of intense, life or death, hiding. This involved running, he was able to swim a great distance and keep cover without getting that much sleep.

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 was on the island he wasn't as knowledgable about some things around him as when he left. When he got there, he though little about the way his prey felt, he doesn't think that they are able to have any feelings or emotions when they are being hunted. When he leaves, he knows what it's like to be in their position, he sees the hunted as different characters, now. He realizes that all animals are the same, we all have emotions, and what it's like to be in the hunted's shoes.

16. How does Connell inspire fear without obvious bloodshed/grotesqueness. /3 Conell is able to inspire fear without violence because humans are scared of things like death and tactics of survival. They can become very defensive and Connell is able to bring out that fear of losing in the characters of this story. Although it doesn't inolve violence, it still has the jist of fear. Connell is ale to connect us with our own deeper level of fear, and a fear that many of us have: losing.

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