The+Most+Dangerous+Game

Title: The Most Dangerous Game
**Point of View:**3rd person full omniscient **Protagonist:** Mr. Rainsford **What type of character is the Protagonist?** Round, Dynamic **Antagonist:** General Zaroff

**-** **1. What is meant by “He lived a year in a minute”? ( /2)** By this quote, he means he was so focused on what was happening, time almost sped up. This was a moment of intensity and seemed to go faster than it really was because it was so suspenseful.

**2. What is meant by “I am still a beast at bay”? ( /2)** What this means is that he was too in-tuned with being the prey that he did not have the reasoning to be rational. Instead, he continued being an animal, who was being hunted.

**3. In which sea has Connell set Ship-Trap island? ( /1)** In the Caribbean sea.

**4. How is Zaroff able to finance his life style? ( /2)** Zaroff: "I, luckily, had invested heavily in American securities, so I shall never have to open a tea room in Monte Carlo or drive a taxi in Paris." Also,he made money working in the army.

**5. If Rainsford wins the hunt, what does Zaroff promise him? ( /1)** Zaroff promises he will acknowledge his loss and tells Rainsford, "my stoop will place you on the mainland near a town."

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**6. What happened to Lazarus? ( /2)** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Lazarus was victim to a quicksand in the swamp and died.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**7. Where does Rainsford spend the first night of his hunt? ( /1)** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rainsford spends the first night of his hunt in the crotch of a tree.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**8. How many acres did Zaroff’s father have in the Crimea? ( /1)** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">He owns a quarter of a million acres in Crimea.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**9. Why does Zaroff suggest Rainsford wear moccasins? ( /1)** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Zaroff suggests this because he says it leaves a poorer trail and provide a more challenging trail for him to follow. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">10. What caused Rainsford to believe Zaroff knew he was hiding in the tree? Do you think he was right? Give reasons. /3 . <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**10.** **What caused Rainsford to believe Zaroff knew he was hiding in the tree? Do you think he was right? Give reasons. ( /3)** What made Rainsford believe that Zaroff knew he was in the tree was how Zaroff smiled as if he knew that Rainsford was there yet would pretend he hadn't so he may continue his game. Second Zaroff turned his back and walked way from the tree which Zaroff wouldn't do if he didn't know that someone was in the tree and the foot prints just stopped. Zaroff also blew a largely over dramatic smoke cloud towards Rainsford before he walked away almost as if to let Riansford know that he was playing with him.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**11. How does Zaroff stock his island with “game”? ( /2)** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Zaroff stocks his island with game sometimes be accident ("Sometimes angry god of the high seas sends them to me.") and sometimes, "when Providence is not so kind," he sets a trap for ships by indicating a channel where there are rocks.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**12. What happened to General Zaroff at the end of the story? ( /2)** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">At the end of the story General Zaroff loses the "game" with Rainsford, and Rainsford later comes back to kill him after claiming, "I am still a beast at bay." He previously said that whomever lost would become food for the hounds.

This was because Zaroff has never been beaten in a hunting game before, he was glad Ransford was putting up a fight and making his hunt more difficult. Zaroff was growing boared hunting previously and this extra bit made Zaroff feel interested again, as this is when he knew that Rainsford would be more of a challenge.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">13. Inspite of being hurt, Zaroff congratulates Rainsford on his “Malay mancatcher,” why? ( /2) **

<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;">We know Rainsford is an exceptionally fit man because he swam all the way from where he fell from the boat to the shore of the island. We also know this because he manages to set traps that require brute strength and he climbs a tree with ease. Rainford also ran for hours in the underbrush and still had the strength to set traps.

<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?** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**(Especially about how he perceives animal feelings.) ( /5)** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rainsford's state of mind changes dramatically throughout this story. At the beginning when he had the conversation with Whitney, Rainsford mentioned that "Who cares how the jaguar feels" and Whitney replied "Perhaps the jaguar does?" By the end of this story he realizes this is true as he is now feeling like he is the Jaguar. By the end of the book Rainsford confronts the general and says, "I am still a beast at bay." By this they means that he still feels threatened by the general (one might say he still feels like a jaguar being hunted.)

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**16. How does Connell inspire fear without obvious bloodshed/grotesqueness. ( /3)** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">He inspires fear by letting the reader relate to the character in the book and think, what if I was in his position? He also has lots of foreshadowing about how dangerous the island is in folklore and then when he reaches an island, the reader assume it must be this dangerous island from legend. There is also lots of foreshadowing about gunshots. Rainsford hears this at the beginning of the book and again on the shore of the island. The adjectives used to describe the mood and setting and then the aspect of killing other humans makes this book seem cold and frightening. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**-**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Describe the setting:** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">At first the story takes place of a vessel in the Caribbean Sea heading to the amazon where Whitney and Rainsford are going to hunt jaguars. It is late at night and the mood turns slightly spooky when the character's discuss the island. Later on, Rainsford swims to the island and finds his way to a "a lofty structure with pointed towers plunging upward into the gloom" and Ivan answers the door. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ivan is a large intimidating man pointing a gun straight at him, so he tries to explain his situation with no luck. He is scared and worried at this point because he doesn't know where he is or what is going to happen, but once inside the house he finds his host quite inviting. Until Zaroff mentions human hunting, the mood is quite comfortable. With warm cloths and food for him to eat, but then he gets frightened at the mention of cold blooded murder. The mood stays pretty much the same until the end of the book but gets ore intense (almost frantic) once in the woods and swamp.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Type of Conflicts:** Man vs Man, Man vs Environment, Man vs Himself

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Describe the main conflict:** The main conflicts are that Zaroff is being hunted like big game by Zaroff and later Rainsford kills Zaroff, claiming, he is "still a beast at bay." **(Man vs Man)** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The terrain in the forest is difficult to navigate and there is a quicksand swamp and has claimed one of Zaroff's finest hounds and later Rainsford gets his arm stuck in the quicksand. **(Man vs Environment)** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rainsford eventually learns the true meaning of fear wile being hunted and realizes how it feels to "be the jaguar." **(Man vs Himself)**

The climax of the story is when Rainsford jumps off the cliff. Everything leads up to this and everything changes after (he becomes the hunter instead of the hunted.)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Describe the Climax of the Story: **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rainsford's state of mind changes dramatically throughout this story. At the beginning when he had the conversation with Whitney it was mentioned that Jaguars may not feel fear, but by the end of this story he realizes this is true as he is now feeling like he is the Jaguar. By the end of the book Rainsford confronts the general and says, "I am still a beast at bay." By this they means that he still feels threatened by the general (one might say he still feels like a jaguar being hunted.)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Describe the relationship between the title and the theme.** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The relationship between the title and the theme has two meanings. For one, the word "game" can be interpreted as the game of cat and mouse Rainsford and Zaroff are playing and also that "game" refers to hunting an animal. The most dangerous game would be humans simply because humans can reason and they are cunning.

The climax helps to illustrate the theme by showing how desperate Rainsford was. I doubt he thought he would survive the jump and even if he did Zaroff would find him, so he was basically choosing one death over another just so Zaroff would not win (as this took place on the third night.) Zaroff's lack of compassion for Rainsford, and people in general, "forced him over the edge" parse (excuse my bad pun.) In this case, Rainsford won the game and changed drastically as a character, but is the case of most people, they would not have won they would have been shot and probably would not have a chance to realize how they viewed the state of mind of other animals being hunted. Partially because they may have never hunted before, and partially because they would be more focused on their own fear.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**//Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes)://**

"<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It's like moist black velvet" <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">“Giant rocks with razor edges crouch like a sea monster with wide-open jaws.”
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Simile: **

"Y<span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;">es he was a monster"
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Metaphor: **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Personification:** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"...the dead tree, delicately adjusted to rest on the cut living one..."

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Symbol:** The bed: Is a symbol is victory at the end of the story. "I have never slept better in my life," says Rainsford.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Foreshadowing (give both elements):** When witteney and Rainsford discuss the island many sailors are afraid of and later Rainsford ends up on the island and he realizes how it got it's reputation.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Irony:** At the beginning of the book Witney and Rainsford were talking about how it might feel for a Jaguar to be hunted. He didn't care how animals felt and he thought that all they understood was fear. //"Even so, I rather think they understand one thing-fear. The fear of pain and the fear of death."// However, after Rainsford fell off the ship that he was traveling on and was hunted by General Zaroff, he was the one experiencing the fear, and he understood how animals felt when they were hunted.


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Imagery: **"There was no sound in the night as Rainsford sat there, but the muffled throb of the engine that drove the yacht swiftly through the darkness, and the swish and ripple of the wash of the propeller."

In this story general Zaroff shows no compassion or humanity for his prisoners that he uses for his games. Compassion is a part of human nature, but Zaroff either never learned compassion (as love and affection for other people it built in to us, compassion is not, it it learned,) or he is phyotic (further supported by his comment about his wall of heads.) Even whan Rainsford shows up to kill Zaroff, the general is not afraid. Rainsford, on the other hand, learns excactly what it feels like to be the hunted and the meaning of true fear. He was not particularly compassionate in the beginning towards animal ("Bah! They've no understanding." and "who cares how the jaguar feels.") Rainford doesn't realize his lack of empithy until he is out into the animal's place, then he realizes what true fear is.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story: **

Completion 5/5

Effort 5/5

Content 5/5

Questions 32/32

Total 47/47