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The Most Dangerous Game

Literary Analysis

plot summary

Point of view: The Most Dangerous Game" is told from the omniscient third-person point of view.

Characters:Captain Nielsen,Sanger Rainsford, General Zaroff, Ivan and Whitney

setting: Caribbean Sea during the early 20th century

Setting 1: A ship at sea, a dark moonless, warm night. The ship represents safety on a treacherous sea and the narrator falls off the ship into danger.

Setting 2: the island (ship trap Island) is isolated and ambiguous setting up a particular series of events. The island is natural yet unforgiving and hostile.

Language: English

Symbols: The color Red, Darkness, The jungle, The island

Tone: suspense

Themes:

• Competition, Violence, Perseverance, Strength and Skill, Fear, Man and Natural World

Characters:

Sanger Rainsford - A world-renowned big-game hunter and the story’s protagonist. Intelligent, experienced, and level-headed, Rainsford uses his wits and physical prowess to outwit General Zaroff. His understanding of civilization and the relationship between hunter and prey is radically transformed during his harrowing days on the island. Hiding from Zaroff, he recalls his days fighting in the trenches of World War I, where he witnessed unimaginable violence. At the same time, the three-day chase reverses his life of privilege and ease, forcing him to sacrifice comfort and luxury to survive.

General Zaroff - A Russian Cossack and expatriate who lives on Ship-Trap Island and enjoys hunting men. General Zaroff’s high cheekbones, sharply defined nose, and pointed military mustache accentuate his mysteriousness and savagery. With a cultivated voice and deliberate, slightly accented way of speaking, his regal bearing and rarefied aristocratic air belie his dementia and sadism. He hunts human beings to experience the most satisfying thrill.

questions??

  • The story begins with a hunter named Rainsford riding a boat towards an island in the Caribbean where he will hunt animals for sport.
  • Rainsford fell over board after trying to lean over the railing to try and hear a gunshot he heard in the distance.
  • Rainsford swam in the direction of the island from which he heard the gunshot, and passed out shortly after he arrived to shore.
  • After Rainsford awakened, he explored the island, noting that someone had indeed been hunting there the previous night. While exploring he came upon this mansion in the heart of the forest.
  • There Rainsford met a renown hunter named General Zaroff and his deaf/mute servant Ivan. Zaroff invited Rainsford to dinner.

During dinner, Zaroff revealed the new type of “animal” that he hunted for sport after much insinuating. Rainsford was shocked at this and was even more horrified when he was told that he would the next to be hunted.

 After taking his supplies from Ivan, he was given a head start, which he took advantage off, making his way through the jungle, setting traps and just barely avoiding Zaroff on several occassions during 2 of the 3 days that he was given by Zaroff.

 Although several of his traps failed to kill Zaroff himself, Rainsford managed to take out some of his hounds as well as his servant Ivan.

 On the night of the 2nd day, Rainsford was finally cornered at a cliff by Zaroff and was left with no choice but to leap off of the cliff. Zarof assumes him to be dead and heads back to his mansion in disappointment where he rests and eats dinner.

 Much to his surprise, he is confronted by a not dead Rainsford in his sleeping chambers, and is challenged to 1 final fight, the winner of which will get to sleep in Zaroff’s bed.

 Rainsford falls asleep comfortably....

quiz

Biographical information

1. What is the name of the story?

2. How many characters are there? Who are the main characters in the story?

3. Who is the author of the story?

4. Who is the hunter and who is he hunting? (antagonist and protagonist)

5. Give a brief summary of our presentation?

Richard Edward Connell Jr. (October 17, 1893 – November 22, 1949) was an American author and journalist. Connell stories were published in The Saturday Evening Post and Collier's magazines. He had equal success as a journalist and screenwriter, and was nominated for an Academy Award during 1942 for best original story for the movie Meet John Doe.

Books: The Most Dangerous Game, Apes and angels, The sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales.

Reference

Literature, American. Richard Connell.

<http://americanliterature.com/author/richard-connell/bio-books-stories>.

Saver, Grade. The Most Dangerous Game Quotes and Analysis | GradeSaver.

<http://www.gradesaver.com/the-most-dangerous-game/study-guide/quotes>.

Social Issues Contributing To The Universal Message:

The effects of the war: Zaroff has responded to the war with a never ending thirst for power over other’s lives. This fuels his hatred and inflated ego. While Rainsford only recalls the desperation of war and his instinct to avoid these types of difficult violent conflict.

Human vs. Nature: Rainsford is first placed against the sea when the ship wrecks; then he faces the jungle along with all the elements within it.

Human vs. Human: Rainsford vs. Zaroff and his sidekick (Ivan).

Human vs. self: Rainsford had to face some pretty strong emotions, namely fear, in his fight against Zaroff.

definitions

Whitney- Rainsford’s friend and traveling companion. On the yacht, Whitney suggests to Rainsford that hunted animals feel fear. Highly suggestible, Whitney feels anxious as they sail near the mysterious Ship-Trap Island. He argues that evil emanates in waves like light and sound.

Ivan- A Cossack and Zaroff’s mute assistant. A man of formidable physical stature, Ivan has a waist-length black beard and wears a black uniform. All of Zaroff’s captives prefer to flee from Zaroff as prey rather than suffer torture and certain death at Ivan’s hands.

Literature is a used to describe written and spoken material. the term is Derived from the Latin litteratura meaning "writing formed with letters".

Prompts is an act of assisting or encouraging a hesitating speaker.

Literary Analysis is understanding the techniques that make a literary work effective, identifying them in the books you read and writing a brief essay explaining what you have identified.

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