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 * Assignment #4 Paragraph: **

" __The Most Dangerous Game" is a short story written by Richard Connell.The story describes three aspects of human nature .First of all, we can see Rainsford and Racroff both are "hunter" .One hunts animals and one hunts people.They clearly show the human's greed.Second, To being the hunter,they have huge ambitions. The last thing mentioned is the ending of the story ,Rainsford had a nice night ,he earned it .So, in a game ,you can't quit ,you have to be brave ,wise to face the dangerous game in your life.__ =3.5/6= = QUESTIONS: Answer the following questions. /32 =
 * Assignment #5 **

1. What is meant by “He lived a year in a minute”? /2 __ He feels very nervous and worried by the time. __

2. What is meant by “I am still a beast at bay”? /2 __ Mans that Rainsford is still going to hunting. __

3. In which sea has Connell set Ship-Trap island? /1 __ Caribbean sea. __

4. How is Zaroff able to finance his life style? /2 __ He invested heavily in American securities after he left his country. __

5. If Rainsford wins the hunt, what does Zaroff promise him? /1 __ To sleep in a nice bed, be able to leave the island. __

6. What happened to Lazarus? /2 __ It fell in death swamp. __

7. Where does Rainsford spend the first night of his hunt? /1 __ On a tree. __ 8. How many acres did Zaroff’s father have in the Crimea? /1

__A quarter of a million.__

9. Why does Zarroff suggest Rainsford wear moccasins? /1 __ They leave pooror trail. __

10. What caused Rainsford to believe Zaroff knew he was hiding in the tree? Do you think he was right? Give reasons. /3

__Zaroff is the owner of the island, he clearly know the direction well ,tree is the best place for hiding. Actually truth is not ,Zaroff didn't find him.__

11. How does Zaroff stock his island with “game”? /2

__He prepare food and supplies to those who landed to his island,and play "game"with them.__

12. What happened to General Zaroff at the end of the story? /2 __ He loses the game and had a nice dinner ,then go to bed with his tired body,and we aren't know after. __

13. Inspite of being hurt, Zaroff congratulates Rainsford on his “Malay mancatcher,” why? /2

__He is the man who survival,to be in this dangerous "game". Zaroff commends Rainsford__

14. How do we know Rainsford is an exceptionally fit man? /2 __ He is brave ,wise ,a hunter who __ __passionately be keen on animals__

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 __He feels worried and suprised by the soud of the gun before he landed to the island. After he was on the island, he met the General, he felt surprise and amazed,he wouldn't think there are human live on the island.Before on the island,he is a hunter ,kill animals,never think about animals feelings, but after he experience on the island ,he will be a kind-hearted hunter ,or maybe not.__ 16. How does Connell inspire fear without obvious bloodshed/grotesqueness?/3 __ Care less about other's feelings __

__To be brave face the thing__

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** Assignment #6 **
Short Stories - Literary Devises Title:___ The most dangerous game ___

Point of View: __Third person, we never know about the two characters thoughts__

Protagonist:__ Rainsford __

What type of character is the Protagonist? __A brave, wise man__

Antagonist: __ Zaroff __

Describe the setting: (time, place, mood and atmosphere): __Time: 20-30 century.__ __Place:on ship trap island.__ __Mood:__ __suspense, full of nervous.__ __Atmosphere__:__weather is not very goos,and near the de sea,full of suspense__

Type of Conflict: __Zaroff's "game" and Rainsford's "game"__

Describe the main conflict: __Both of Zaroff and Rainsford they have tried different dangerous game ,but they all been doing the thing they just think is dangerous.__

Describe the Climax of the Story: __Rainsford drops into the sea ,and the part he plays the "game"with Zaroff.__

How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story?

__Rainsford used to be a cold-blood hunter,but after he plays "game"with Zaroff,he will not be .__

Describe the relationship between the title and the theme.

__The title "the most dangerous game" give us room for supposition, what would a most dangerous game be ?In this story ,the whole plot around the title "game", tells us the real dangerous game .__

How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme?

__The two men have different "dangerous game " ,compare to Zaroff's ,Rainsford's is even "safe".The conflict just give us the sample to compare,to let us know what the real dangerous is .help__ __theme Identification__

How does the climax help to illustrate the theme?

__The "game"starts, suspense is disappear, push the plot to a "most dangerous" 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-flass window." __

Metaphor: __"The resolver pointed as rigidly as if the gaint were a statue."__

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Personification: __"Sleep had given him new vigor, a sharp hunger was picking at him."__

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Symbol: __"The general lit a fresh cigarette".__

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Foreshadowing (give both elements): __"There was no sound in the night as Rainsford sat there, but muffled throb of the engine that drove yacht swiftly through the darkness."__

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Irony: __"For a moment the general did not reply ,he was smiling his curious red-lipped smile."__

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Imagery __:"Hunting tigers ceased to interest me some years ago.I exhausted their possibilities."__

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