Most+Dangerous+Game

The point of view in //The Most Dangerous Game// is third person.
 * Short Stories - Literary Devises** **Title: The Most Dangerous Game**
 * Point of View:**

The protagonist in //The Most Dangerous Game// is Sanger Rainsford. He is the protagonist because he is the most important character, and the story revolves around him.
 * Protagonist:**

The protagonist in this story is a dynamic, round character.
 * What type of character is the Protagonist?**

The antagonist in //The Most Dangerous Game// would be Man vs Man, Gerneral Zaroff.
 * Antagonist:**

The setting in //The Most Dangerous Game// takes place on an island named called "Ship-Trap" Island in the Caribbean Sea. On this island there was a great huge house with a beam-ceilinged bedroom with a huge conopy bed that could fit six people. There was also a remarkable dining room with oaken panels and perfect heads of many animals. The island itself had an area called "Death Swamp" which was full of quicksand. The majority of the land was covered in forests. It had a tropical moist climate and was quite hot.
 * Describe the setting:**

The type of conflict in the story is Man vs Man and Man vs Self.
 * Types of Conflict:**

The main conflict is that the general wants to kill Rainsford for pleasure, and that Rainsford is put into the huntees shoes, instead of the hunter. The hunter has become the hunted.
 * Describe the main conflict:**

I think that the climax of the story is when General Zaroff is killed by Rainsford. We know this because he says "One of us will furnish a repast for the hounds. Th other will sleep in this very excellent bed." and at the end Rainsford decides "he has never slept in a better bed." I think this is the climax because notthing important happens after it.
 * Describe the Climax of the Story:**

Before, Rainsford has no pity for the prey. He says "Who cares how the jaguar feels?". When Rainsford becomes the prey though, he becomes scared. Rainsford realizes how cruel he has been to these animals. He sees his life through the preys point of view. He also changes because he thinks it is horrible the general is killing people, but he kills him in the end.
 * How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story?**

The title is realating to the theme for two reasons. The first one is saying "Game" means type of game. The story is about how humans are the most dangerous type of game to hunt. The second option is the "Game" meaning the game the general wants to play with Rainsford. That is a very dangerous game for Rainsford to play because the general had never lost, and winning, would be practically impossible. The main conflict is about the general attempting to kill Rainsford for pleasure, and that the hunter has become the hunted. The theme of the story is that the hunter becomes the hunted, and sees life in a different way. It shows how cruel we can be when we do not know what it is like to be the prey.
 * Describe the relationship between the title and the theme.**
 * How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme?**

The climax of the story was when General Zaroff was killed by Rainsford. It shows how Rainsford became the prey, and now how the general becomes the prey instead. It shows how we need to see life in other peoples shoes.
 * How does the climax help to illustrate the theme?**
 * Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes):**

"The revolver pointed as rigidly as if the giant were a statue."
 * Simile:**

"Your strength ans stamina against mine. Outdoor Chess!" "Rainsford stood blinking in the river of glaring gold light." "The cry was pinched off short." "The speeding yacht slapped him in the face."
 * Metaphor:**
 * Personification:**

A symbol in the story would be the bed. It represents Rainsford victory against the gerneral. Foreshadow: "No you are wrong sir, the Cape Buffalo is not the most dangerous game." Result: The general hunts humans. "The world is made up of two classes- the hunters and the huntees. Luckily, you and I are the hunters." Rainsford is hunted by General Zaroff.
 * Symbol:**
 * F****oreshadowing (give both elements):**
 * I****rony:**

**Imagery:** "...the dark tropical night that was palpapble as it pressed its thick warm blackness in upon the yacht."

The realationship between the class theme and the story is that both Rainsford and the general show no positive humanity. Rainsford changes though, throughout the story but then kills the general. Even though it was deserved, it still was the wrong thing to do. The general kills for fun, which is unhuman. Both men learn a lesson. Rainsford just learnt his sooner.
 * Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story. **

**QUESTIONS: Answer the following questions: /32**

 **1. What is meant by “He lived a year in a minute”? /2** The quote, "He lived a year in a minute” means that Rainsford was living life to its fullest. He was trying to treasured every moment of his life because he thought he was going to die.

**2. What is meant by “I am still a beast at bay”? /2** The quote, “I am still a beast at bay” means that Rainsford still feels threatend and unsafe even though he has won the game. He has a wild mood, and wants to seek revenge on the general.

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

Zaroff invested heavily in American securities. He also has a rich father, and has always grown up around money.
 * 4. How is Zaroff able to finance his life style? /2 **

Zaroff promises him that he will cheerfully acknowledge his defeat and will take him to the mainland near a town as long as Rainsford does not tell anyone about his experience.
 * 5. If Rainsford wins the hunt, what does Zaroff promise him? /1 **

Lazarus was the gerneals favorite hunting dog. Lazarus followed a man into the area of the island called Death Swamp. It is full of quicksand. Lazarus probably died from the quicksand.
 * 6. What happened to Lazarus? /2 **

Rainsford spends the first night of the game in a tree.
 * 7. Where does Rainsford spend the first night of his hunt? /1 **

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

Zaroff suggests Rainsford should wear moccasins because they leave a poorer trail.
 * 9. Why does Zaroff suggest Rainsford wear moccasins? /1 **

Rainsford thinks Zaroff was hiding in the tree because he paused, practically under the tree and studied ther ground, he lights a cigarette to see where the smoke goes, he looked up the tree, smiled, and he walked carelessly away. I think Rainsford was right because the general had smiled and walked carelessly away. He was not running trying to find Rainsford.
 * 10. What caused Rainsford to believe Zaroff knew he was hiding in the tree? Do you think he was right? Give reasons. /3 **

Zaroff stocks his island with humans by waiting and by tricking them. He sometimes presses a button that flashes lights in the ocean where there is susposed to be a chanel. There actually is no chanel, but there are giant rocks that destroy ships. The survivors swim to the island where the find the house and become part of his game.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">11. How does Zaroff stock his island with “game”? /2 **

General Zaroff is killed by Rainsford. We know this because he says "One of us will furnish a repast for the hounds. Th other will sleep in this very excellent bed." and at the end Rainsford decides "he has never slept in a better bed."
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">12. What happened to General Zaroff at the end of the story? /2 **

Zaroff congradulates Rainsford on his Malay mancatcher because not many men know how to make one. He likes that Rainsford is proving to be interesting.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">13. Inspite of being hurt, Zaroff congratulates Rainsford on his “Malay mancatcher,” why? /2 **

We know that Rainsford is an exceptionally fit man because he was able to swim arond the island before the gerneal was able to walk back to his house.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">14. How do we know Rainsford is an exceptionally fit man? /2 **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Before Rainsford came to the island he does not care for the prey. "Who cares how the jaguar feels?" proves that. It is not until Rainsford becomes the prey that he actually cares and feels bad. Rainsford can not believe how savage and cruel the general could be to humans, even though it is the same thing Rainsford has been doing to aniamls all of his life. He sees his life through the preys point of view. Whitney says at the begining: "Even so, I rather think they understand one thing-fear." Rainsford does not understand Whitneys point until the end when he came close to dying.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-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.) /5 **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Connell writes "One of us will furnish a repast for the hounds. Th other will sleep in this very excellent bed." and at the end Rainsford decides "he has never slept in a better bed." so we know Rainsford had killed the general. The general also says
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> 16. How does Connell inspire fear without obvious bloodshed/grotesqueness. /3 **

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