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 * Assignment #4**

It is portrayed in the short story The Most Dangerous Game, written by Rischard Connell what it is like to be hunted like an animal. Rainsford the protangonist of the story was ironically a hunter as well, but felt sympathy for the animals that he hunted when he himself was hunted. Backing up the theory that you can't fully understand someone else's situation until you put yourself in their shoes.

Richard Connell also displays what a human is capable of in both, to fight for your life and survive or the greed of pleasure and boardom. Rainsford just like a large population of the world to day would fight to say breathing in order to live another day. However it is aslo apparent that both halfs of the story relevent to todays society; The disregard of human life for greed or pleasure shown by general Zaroff isn"t all to uncommon. If you were take a look at any road or street with even some cars there's always a few of those drivers who instead of adding just a couple of seconds and to their commute they would rather put the lives of others at risk. 5/6 QUESTIONS: Answer the following questions. /32
 * Assignment #5**

1. What is meant by “He lived a year in a minute”? /2 -That he had a an adrenalinen rush and it felt like time was moving alot slower for him. 2. What is meant by “I am still a beast at bay”? /2 -The hunt wasn"t over and he was still mad. 3. In which sea has Connell set Ship-Trap island? /1 -Caribbean 4. How is Zaroff able to finance his life style? /2 - 5. If Rainsford wins the hunt, what does Zaroff promise him? /1 -That he would be returned to the main land 6. What happened to Lazarus? /2 -He was killed in a past hunt. 7. Where does Rainsford spend the first night of his hunt? /1

8. How many acres did Zaroff’s father have in the Crimea? /1

9. Why does Zarroff suggest Rainsford wear moccasins? /1 - To help cover up his foot prints making him harder to track show he world enjoy the hunt more. 10. What caused Rainsford to believe Zaroff knew he was hiding in the tree? Do you think he was right? Give reasons. /3 -What lead Rainsford to belive that Zaroff knew where he was hiding was when Zaroff smiled then walked away. I believe that Rainsford was right in his thinking, because he has no better reason too smile after looking around and then finding nothing. 11. How does Zaroff stock his island with “game”? /2 -By waiting for ships to crash in to the rocks sorrounding the the island. 12. What happened to General Zaroff at the end of the story? /2 -He was beaten by Rainsford. 13. Inspite of being hurt, Zaroff congratulates Rainsford on his “Malay mancatcher,” why? /2 -Because he finding more join in hunting Rainsford because he is putting up more of a fight then the past people he has hunted. 14. How do we know Rainsford is an exceptionally fit man? /2 -Because he is able to run, swim, and make traps all while being hunted by a man with dogs. 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 lands on the island he is trying not to panic, conserver as much energy as possible and realizes that his bet on survival is to head towards the sounds of what he thinks is an animal. After he meets General Zaroff he feels relief for a moment t but that is soon replaced by fear and anger, he then understands how all the must feel to be hunted when he himself is hunted.

16. How does Connell inspire fear without obvious bloodshed/grotesqueness. /3 -Connell Inspired fear through the character general Zaroff. When Rainsford first meet general Zaroff, Zaroff told Rainsford his intentions on what he was going to do to Rainsford, but told him in such a way that dragged it out and let the idea of it sit in Rainsford's mind letting him think about what was to come and add onto the mental torture. ^ some answers to the questions have been completed Short Stories - Literary Devises Title: The Most Dangerous Game Point of View:
 * Assignment #6**

Protagonist:Rainsford What type of character is the Protagonist?

Antagonist:General Zaroff

Describe the setting: (time, place, mood and atmosphere) Ship-trap island in the Caribbean

Type of Conflict: Man vs man man vs enviroment Describe the main conflict: throughout the course of the story Rainsford is being hunted by General Zaroff.

Describe the Climax of the Story: General Zaroff is just about to go to bed then was interrupted by Rainsford who he believed to have killed earlier in the story.

How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? the hunter becomes the hunted.

Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. The title is the most dangerous game and is related to the theme by if you lose you die.

How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme?

How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? The game isn't over till its over.

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

Simile:

Metaphor: but the chance was slender, and more slender as the yacht raced on

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Personification: the sea licked greedy lips in the shadows

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Symbol:

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Foreshadowing (give both elements): Somewhere, off ln the blackness, some one had fired a gun three times" forshadows the most dangerous game in the story and gives the reader a warning of what's going to happen later on.

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Irony: I have electricity. We try to be civilized here.

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Imagery: He was in a picture with a frame of water,and his operations,clearly,must take place within that frame.