Characters
This character is a famous big-game hunter who falls from a yacht.
Who is Sanger Rainsford?
Rainsford ends up in the ocean after this happens.
What is he falls overboard from the yacht?
The story takes place mainly on this dangerous island.
What is Ship-Trap Island?
The main struggle between Rainsford and Zaroff is this type of conflict.
What is character vs. character? Or Man vs. Man
Rainsford says the world is made up of two classes: hunters and these.
What are the hunted?
This wealthy man lives in a mansion on Ship-Trap Island.
Who is General Zaroff?
After reaching the island, Rainsford follows these sounds to Zaroff’s home.
What are gunshots?
The island is located in this general region.
What is the Caribbean Sea?
Rainsford’s struggle to survive the jungle is an example of this conflict.
What is character vs. nature?
Zaroff became bored hunting animals because he believed they lacked this ability.
What is reasoning or the ability to think?
This character is Rainsford’s hunting companion aboard the yacht.
Who is Whitney?
Zaroff gives Rainsford this amount of time before beginning the hunt.
What are three hours?
Sailors are afraid of Ship-Trap Island because it has this reputation.
What is a mysterious and dangerous place where ships disappear?
At the beginning, Rainsford believes animals do not understand fear. Later, he becomes the hunted. This is an example of this literary device.
What is irony?
Zaroff gives hunted men food, a knife, and this before releasing them.
What is a three-hour head start?
This huge, silent servant works for General Zaroff.
Who is Ivan?
To escape Zaroff and his dogs, Rainsford eventually does this.
What is jumping from a cliff into the sea?
Zaroff uses lights near the island to make sailors believe this dangerous area is safe.
What are false channel lights?
The dangerous reputation of Ship-Trap Island early in the story hints at later events.
What is foreshadowing?
Rainsford creates this trap using a dead tree to injure Zaroff.
What is the Malay mancatcher?
General Zaroff believes he is different from ordinary hunters because he hunts this type of prey.
What are humans?
At the end of the story, Rainsford surprises Zaroff in this location.
What is Zaroff’s bedroom?
The dark jungle and isolated island help create this overall feeling in the story.
What is suspense, fear, or danger?
One major theme of the story is that a person’s beliefs may change when they experience this.
What is the situation from another person’s or victim’s perspective?
This final sentence suggests that Rainsford defeated Zaroff.
What is “He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided.”?