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=**The Most Dangerous Game ** =

**Short Stories - Literary Devises Title__** The Most Dangerous Game

**Point of View:** Third Person

**Protagonist:** The protagonist is Rainsford

**What type of character is the Protagonist?** The protagonist is round and dynamic

**Antagonist:** The antagonist is General Zaroff

**Describe the setting**

**Time:** Mid 1920's ( after world war 1) **Place:** An island in the Caribbean Sea full of plant life and stocked with wild game **Mood:** suspensive, creepy, sad, scary

Describe the setting! **Type of Conflict:** Man v.s. Man

**Describe the main conflict:** Rainford fell off of a boat and is trapped on an island in the caribbean sea. The only way for him to escape the island is by agreeing to play a game with General Zaroff that risks his life. If he wins the game then he will live and be taken off the island, if he loses he will die. To win the game, Rainford must survive in the wilderness for 3 days while General Zaroff hunts for him. If General Zaroff finds him and kills him before midnight on the third day, then Rainford loses the game and dies.

**Describe the Climax of the Story:** Rainsford used all the tricks he knew (from when he was in the army), to hide his tracks and create traps on the island to outwit and kill Zaroff, but General Zaroff still remains hot on his tracks. The General found Rainsford (even though Rainsford made a complex trail route that he thought would be impossible to follow) and then the General smiled and turned around ; this suggested that Rainsford's best survival techniques were not good enough. After several other traps failed, Rainsford finally came up with a plan to end the game by hiding in the general's room and waiting for him to come in so he could finally kill him. Once the General came in the room, he declared that Rainsford had won the game and could leave the island. Rainsford announced that that wasn't good enough (because he knew that the general would keep killing more and more men), so the General and Rainsford fought to the death with swords.

**How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story?** Rainford never cared about killing animals and never showed the animals sympathy. Later on in the story when he became the hunted, rather than the hunter, he realized what it was like for all the animals he killed and felt bad for them. Rainsford became sympathetic towards animals.

**Describe the relationship between the title and the theme.**

The title is related to the theme because the theme was to put yourself in someone elses shoes. The title, The Biggest Game, is related to the theme because 'the biggest game', could be a metaphor for playing a game that had extremely high wagers. If you won the game and left the losers with nothing (because you won the stakes), than the next time that they play against you they might win and leave you with nothing. You should always put yourself in someone else's shoes because until you do, you will never know what it is like to be in an unfortunate situation until it's too late, because the tables have turned and it ends up being you that has lost the game.

**How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme?**

The main conflict helps to illustrate the theme because Rainsford had never thought about how the animals he hunted and killed felt until he was in the same situation as them. Once the General was hunting Rainsford, Rainsford knew how the animals he hunted felt because he was now being hunted. The main conflict (the General hunting Rainflord), helped to illustrate the theme because if it weren't for the Genral, Rainsford would never had known what it was like to be hunted and would have never learned to put himself in someone else's (the animals) shoes.

**How does the climax help to illustrate the theme?**

The climax helps to illustrate the theme because after all of Rainsford's traps and dodging skills failed, he learned that he was like the beasts that he hunted, scared, unsuperior to his predator, and afraid for his life. After that moment he put himself in the animals shoes and knew for once in his life, how they felt when he hunted them.

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

**Simile:** "... It's like moist black velvet."

**Metaphor:** "What I felt was a-a mental chill; a sort of sudden dread.", is a metaphor in the story for being scared. The "mental chill" was the feeling that something was different about the island that made him scared and nervous.

**Personification:** " An apprehensive night crawled slowly by..."

**Symbol:** The gun shots that Rainsford heard on the island were a symbol that there was people on the island.

**Foreshadowing (give both elements):**

"I've always thought the Cape Buffalo is the most dangerous of big game." "No. You are wrong sir. The Cape Buffalo is not the most dangerous game... I hunt more dangerous game". This is forshadowing because later on in the story, Rainsford realizes that the most dangerous game are people because they can think, stratagize, and reason. Rainsford finds out that the General is stocking his island with people and hunting them for fun, and realizes that he will soon become the game.

**Irony:**

"The world is made up of two classes- the hunters, and the huntees. Luckily, you and I are hunters." This is ironic because later in the story, Rainsford becomes the hunted and is hiding for his life.

**Imagery:** " He wrestled himself out of his clothes, and shouted with all his power. The lights of the yacht became faint and ever-vanishing fireflies; then they were blotted out entirely by the night."

**Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story.**

The class theme, choices, is related to the story because Rainsford made many choices in the story that greatly effected the plot; thus changing the theme. For example, Rainsford chose to be a hunter and kill animals for fun. If he wasn't a hunter, he wouldn't have been on a boat in the caribbean for a hunting expadition, and wouldn't have fell off the boat and ended up on the island. Another example is when Rainsford thought of all the different traps that he could set to kill the General before the General killed him. Some of the traps he chose to make ended badly while other choices of traps he decided to set ended in his favour. This shows that the choices that we make change our future for the better or the worse.

Completion 5/5 Effort 5/5 Content 5/5 total 15/15

The Most Dangerous Game

QUESTIONS: Answer the following questions. /32

1. What is meant by “He lived a year in a minute”? 2/2 When Rainsford was hiding from the General, and waiting for the General to fall in his trap, the tension and anxiety that he was feeling made a couple minutes feel like they were taking a year to pass by.

2. What is meant by “I am still a beast at bay”? /22 A "beast at bay" refers to an animal that is being hunted by a pack of dogs, but is not yet cornered, or caught. The phrase " I am still a beast at bay" means that Rainsford is not caught yet, is still playing the game, and wants to end the game by battling to the death. Rainsford was comparing himself to a beast in the way that he was strong and fierce and was ready to kill in order to protect himself.

3. In which sea has Connell set Ship-Trap island? 1/1 The Caribbean Sea 4. How is Zaroff able to finance his life style? 2/2 Zaroff came from a very rich background and had heavily invested in American securities after the debacle in Russia.

5. If Rainsford wins the hunt, what does Zaroff promise him? 1/1 Zaroff promises him that he will spare his life and give him a ride off the island and back to land.

6. What happened to Lazarus? 2/2 Lazarus (the finest hound in the General's pack), followed a foolish fellow, that the General was hunting, into a swamp of quicksand and died.

7. Where does Rainsford spend the first night of his hunt? 1/1 He spent the first night in a big tree with a thick trunk and outspread branches.

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

9. Why does Zarroff suggest Rainsford wear moccasins?1 /1 Because moccasins leave a poorer trail to be hunted by. 10. What caused Rainsford to believe Zaroff knew he was hiding in the tree? Do you think he was right? Give reasons. 3/3 Zaroff stopped right below the tree and looked up the tree inch by inch and smiled when he looked at where Rainsford was hiding. This suggests that the general knew where he was and was just playing with Rainsford. I think that Rainsford was right that the general knew where he was hiding because the General is a hunter and has very sharp eyes. It would be very unlikely that someone whose eyes are as good as the Generals would miss seeing someone hiding above you. I also think that the General saw Rainsford because the tracks that Rainsford made ended at the bottom of the tree and since Zaroff is such a good hunter, he is trained to follow tracks.

11. How does Zaroff stock his island with “game”? 2/2 The General shines lights on the ocean to indicate that there is a channel; but there is none. Giant rocks with razor edges crush the ships as they go towards the light and the survivers swim to his island; where he can hunt them freely.

12. What happened to General Zaroff at the end of the story? 2/2 The General admitted that he lost the game but Rainsford said that he was still a beast at bay. The General and Rainsford fought to the death and the General died.

13. Inspite of being hurt, Zaroff congratulates Rainsford on his “Malay mancatcher,” why? 2/2 Because the General was impressed and was interested in the hunt rather than being bored so the General was happy that Mr. Rainsford was proving to be interesting.

14. How do we know Rainsford is an exceptionally fit man? 1/2 We know that he is very fit because he is a hunter who hikes throught the woods all the time and used to be in the army.

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.)4/5 Before Rainsford lands on the island he was very selfcentered and had no feeing towards animals and didn't care about how they felt when he hunted them. After he landed on the island, he knew exactly how the animals felt and felt sympathetic for them. After he landed on the island, he became an animal who was being hunted and became aware of the fear, anxiety, and nervousness that the animals felt when he was hunting them and felt bad for them.

16. How does Connell inspire fear without obvious bloodshed/grotesqueness. 3/3 He wrote the story so that the General was like a murderer, killing people for fun as if they were just like any other animal to hunt. The idea that someone could kill people as if it were a game is sickening and inspires fear for what will happen next in the reader's mind. The reader wonders what will happen to Rainsford and if the heads that the General wanted to show Rainsford were human heads. Without describing what things are or happen, Connell gives clues as to what these things that makes the reader imagine the sicking images of these ( e.g. the heads that the General wanted to show Rainsford of the most dangerous game). This method inspires fear without having to describe bloody scenes.

total 30/32

Screenplay

The screenplay was to be uploaded as a PDF file so it would remain in the correct format. Nice choice of shots though.

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THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME TRAILER

1. FADE IN COMPANY GRAPHIC

SJKM Productions

2. FADE IN PRODUCER GRAPHIC

Produced by Shelby Kutyn and Jenna Miller

3. QUIET MUSIC STARTS AND SLOW AERIAL SHOT OF ISLAND

WHITNEY (VO) Somewhere - is a large island... it’s rather a mystery.

RAINSFORD (VO) What island is it?

WHITNEY (VO) The old charts call it ’Ship-Trap Island’. Sailors have a curious dread of the place.

4. CUT TO (ML)

RAINSFORD falling into the water

5. OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT

RAINSFORD knocking on ZAROFF’S door, IVAN opens with a rifle.

6. SUSPENSE MUSIC FADES IN, SLOW TRACKING SHOT

RAINSFORD and ZAROFF sitting at the table.

ZAROFF It is a very great pleasure to welcome Mr. Sanger Rainsford, the celebrated hunter, to my home.

7. CUT TO WS

RAINSFORD and ZAROFF admiring the head collection in ZAROFF’S house.

RAINSFORD Is there big game on this island?

ZAROFF The biggest.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 2.

RAINSFORD What have you imported, General? Tigers?

ZAROFF No, I hunt more dangerous game.

8. REACTION SHOT OF RAINSFORD

9. CUT TO FAST MOTION HAND HELD POV OF PATH, MUSIC INTENSIFIES

RAINSFORD running through the forest, hearing hounds howling.

10. CUT TO LOW ANGLE SHOT

ZAROFF slowly walking with a rifle, looking around and smiling.

11. CUT TO BLACK BACKGROUND, MUSIC QUIETS

RAINSFORD (VO) The world is made up of two classes - hunters, and the huntees.

12. CUT TO PAN SHOT, MUSIC GROWS LOUDER AND MORE SUSPENSFUL

RAINSFORD and ZAROFF swordfighting.

13. CUT TO BLACK BACKGROUND, MUSIC QUIETS

ZAROFF (VO) You’ll find this game worth playing...

14. CUT TO LOW ANGLE SHOT, MUSIC GROWS FAST AND BUILDS

RAINSFORD running through bushes.

15. CUT TO POV PEDESTAL SHOT

ZAROFF looking up at the tree.

16. CUT TO ML SHOT OF TIGER PIT, DOG YELPING

ZAROFF’S dog falling into the pit.

17. SLOW MOTION LONG SHOT,MUSIC STOPS SUDDENLY

RAINSFORD jumping off the cliff into the ocean.

18. CUT TO BLACK BACKGROUND, MUSIC LOW AND SUSPENSFUL

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 3.

ZAROFF (VO) ... and the stake is not without value.

19. FADE IN CU, MUSIC CLIMAX

ZAROFF grinning evilly.

ZAROFF (VO) To date I have not lost.

20. CUT TO BLACK BACKGROUND, FADE IN GRAPHIC, MUSIC DECREASES

The Most Dangerous Game

21. FADE IN ADDITIONAL GRAPHIC

Coming Soon to Theatres

22. FADE IN END GRAPHIC

Directed by Steven Spielburg