The Most Dangerous Game
What is General Zaroff’s justification for hunting humans?
He thinks humans are the only animal that can reason.
What literary device helps tell the story of how the bet came to be?
Flashback
How does the sniper trick his enemy?
He uses his rifle to trick the enemy into shooting, the fakes his death
"His reading suggested he was a man swimming in the sea among the wreckage of his ship."
What type of figurative language is this?
Metaphor
"Then the sniper turned over the dead body and looked into his brother's face."
What type of literary device is this?
Irony
What are the 3 traps Rainsford sets for Zaroff?
1. Malay mancatcher
2. Burmese tiger pit
3. Ugandan spring trap
Why does the lawyer increase the length of the bet from 5 to 15 years?
Because he wants to prove his point that imprisonment will be easy.
What is revealed at the end of the story and how is it ironic?
+ What type of irony?
The sniper killed his own brother (the enemy)
It's ironic because it's the opposite of what is expected (situational irony)
“An evil place can, so to speak, broadcast vibrations of evil.”
What type of figurative language is this?
Personification
"For some minutes he stood regarding the blue-green expanse of the water. He shrugged his shoulders. Then he sat down, took a drink of brandy from a silver flask, lit a cigarette, and hummed a bit from Madame Butterfly."
What type of literary device is this?
Allusion
What is the biggest plot twist in TMDG?
Zaroff revealing that he hunts people
Which literary element is most evident in the surprise ending of “The Bet”?
* be specific!
Situational Irony
How does the setting of The Sniper build suspense?
The war's intensity is dramatic. The enemies approaching, but not knowing their identities is frightening.
"It's so dark... the night would be my eyelids--"
What type of figurative language is this?
Metaphor
“The world is made up of two classes—the hunters and the huntees”?
What type of literary device is this?
Foreshadowing
What was the most significant metaphor in “The Most Dangerous Game?
Rainsford was the jaguar/prey he thought so lowly of.
The bankers decision to kill the lawyer is what main type of irony?
Dramatic Irony - the readers know what the lawyer does not
What is the author's tone when writing this story about the war?
Harsh, judgmental, critical, negative
"He lifted the knocker, and it creaked up stiffly, as if it had never been used before. He let it fall, and it startled him with its booming loudness."
What type of figurative language is this?
Imagery
"It was a dark autumn night. The old banker was walking up and down his study and remembering how, fifteen years before, he had given a party one autumn evening."
What type of literary device is this?
Flashback
What qualities of General Zaroff juxtapose/contrast his favorite activity (hunting humans)?
His politeness and hosting skills. - He's "civilized"
What is ironic about both the lawyer and the banker?
* think of their careers
Lawyer - becomes "imprisoned"
Banker - becomes bankrupt
What BEST describes the theme of The Sniper?
The senselessness and tragedy of war. How cruelly it can turn brother against brother.
"The sniper thought the noise would wake the dead." What type of figurative language is this?
Hyperbole
"But the animal, General Zaroff?"
"Oh," said the general, "it supplies me with the most exciting hunting in the world. No other hunting compares with it for an instant."
Plot Twist