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It meant that Rainsford was nervous because he was waiting for General Zaroff’ to fall in the hole and that minute seemed to last forever.
 * 1.What is meant by “He lived a year in a minute”? 2/2**

**2.What is meant by “I am still a beast at bay”? 2/2** Rainsford meant that he was still a dangerous animal who will attack back at it's hunter when it is being hunted. It is what the instincts of humans and animals both have, to kill whoever threatens them.

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

**4.How is Zaroff able to finance his life style? 2/2** He invested heavily in American securities, and when he was little he had a rich dad who supplied him with his hunting hobby needs.

**5. If Rainsford wins the hunt, what does Zaroff promise him? 1/1** Zaroff promises him that he would drop Rainsford off to the mainland near a town.

**6. What happened to Lazarus? /22** Lazarus was one of Zaroff's favorite dogs who died from falling into the swamp while chasing a "new animal".

**7. Where does Rainsford spend the first night of his hunt? 1/1** He spends his night on a branch of a tree.

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

**9. Why does Zarroff suggest Rainsford wear moccasins? 1/1** It's a type of shoes and he suggested it because it leaves less trail behind for Rainsford so Zaroff wouldn't be able to follow as easily.

 **10. What caused Rainsford to believe Zaroff knew he was hiding in the tree? Do you think he was right? Give reasons. 3/3** He knew when Zaroff paused to think and then smiled when he was looking at the tree Rainsford was on. I think he was right because when Zaroff walked away from the tree he looked back acknowledging there is something in that tree he will come back to play with again. Otherwise Zaroff would have ran to carry on the search for him instead of walking carelessly away.

 **11. How does Zaroff stock his island with “game”? /2/2** Zaroff's island was named ship-trap island because there were many "giant rocks with razor edges crouch like a sea monster with wide open jaws" to cause many shipwrecks. When the people who survives from the shipwreck comes to the island for shelter and food they are forced to play this game by General Zaroff.

 **12. What happened to General Zaroff at the end of the story? 2/2** The ending suggested Rainsford killed General Zaroff at the end. This is because Zaroff said one will die to furnish a repast for the dogs and the other will sleep on this bed, in the end, the story came to it's conclusion with "He had never slept on a better bed, Rainsford decided. "

**13. Inspite of being hurt, Zaroff congratulates Rainsford on his “Malay mancatcher,” why? 2/2** He congratulated him because not many people are able to make it in the first place and Rainsford was even able to disguise it so well that Zaroff got hurt from it. Zaroff finally thinks there is a worthy opponent to hunt so he was happy

 **14. How do we know Rainsford is an exceptionally fit man? 2/2** He hunts a lot and he was able to swim all the way to Zaroff's island and he also ran a long distance in Zaroff's forest the very next day.

 **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.)5/5** Before he landed he and his shipmate, Whitney were talking about jaguars and Rainsford refuses to believe they are understanding and can feel fear. But after he meets the General and was put in the position of the animal, the huntees instead the hunter, he began to realize and understand the fear of pain and death like an animal. In the end the protagonist changed because he learned a lot from this game and the effect will stick with him for a long time. Also before he meet the General he was careless and relaxed even when he fell into the ocean he didn't panic, but after meeting the General he became to feel sick, anxious, and fear.

 **16. How does Connell inspire fear without obvious bloodshed/grotesqueness.3 /3** He achieves the level of fear by building up tension. He has done this by describing tense moment longer making readers holding their breath anticipating what is about to happen next. The important main building of tension part was the night of the first hunt because that made Rainsford realize: 1. Zaroff could follow a extremely difficult trail in the night, 2. Zaroff knew where he was but was toying with him. This part made readers realize how fearful General Zaroff truly is.

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Short Stories - Literary Devises Title:__The most dangerous game__

Point of View: Third person. Limited

Protagonist: Rainsford

What type of character is the Protagonist? round and dynamic

Antagonist: Zaroff

Describe the setting The place takes place in Ship-Trap island in the Caribbean Sea. The atmosphere throughout the story was mostly tense and anxious. The tension in the story builds up so much in the story you can feel Rainsford's fear. The time probably is around 1918 to 1924 because in the story a song was hummed and that song was from around the 1918, it ends around 1924 because that was when the story was published.

Type of Conflict: Man vs. Man (Rainsford vs. Zaroff)

Describe the main conflict: Man vs. Man because it's a game of survival and Rainsford is running for his life from General Zaroff. Zaroff is also trying to kill Rainsford before he makes it to the third day.

Describe the Climax of the Story:

How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? He changes from not caring what animals feels to understanding their fear of pain and death.

Describe the relationship between the title and the theme.

How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? The main conflict relates to the theme

How does the climax help to illustrate the theme?

Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes): Simile: "The sea was as flat as a plate-glass window..."

Metaphor: "What I felt was a- a mental chill..." "...the night would be my eyelids."

Personification: "...but the wash from the speeding yacht slapped him in the face..."

Symbol: Zaroff's island itself represented death because it was named ship-trap island. The name would make people assume a lot of ship crashed there and people on the ship either sunk with the boat or starved to death, but in reality they were all killed by Zaroff. Either way the island is scary and relates to death.

Foreshadowing (give both elements): When Rainsford was still sailing on the boat he heard gun shots and that foreshadowed in the island that everyone was scared of there was indeed some kind of killing going on. Later Rainsford found out the gun shot was from shooting humans and that the next shot might be pointed at him.

Irony: The ironic part was when Rainsford made fun of how nobody cares what a jaguar (or any animal being hunted) feels but he later went through a near-death experience putting into the position of the animal being hunted.

Imagery: "His eyes, too, were black and very bright. He had high cheek bones, a sharp-cut nose, a spare dark face, the face of a man giving orders, the face of an aristocrat."

Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story. The class theme power and the story relates because the main characters of the story are both trying to gain power over each other and the one with the most power will win the hunt and survive. General Zaroff was also not only trying to gain power over Rainsford, but to everybody who has once landed on this island. He feels powerful when he hunts down the humans that are supposedly his "animals"."

Completion 3.5/5 Effort 4/5 Content 4/5 total 11.5/15

by Shelby Logan and Julia Zhu