The Most Dangerous Game #1
What is the name of the island that General Zaroff lives on?
Ship-Trap Island
Why does Zaroff want to specifically hunt humans?
Because humans can reason, think, and/or are dangerous.
During the hunt, how does Rainsford finally escape?
The sea (he jumps)
Twenty feet below him, the sea rumbled and hissed." (Connell 202).
What type of figurative language is being shown?
Personification
Why did Rainsford end up on the island?
He falls out of his boat when he drops his pipe.
Why does Zaroff create this "game?"
Hunting has become too easy for him.
Animals are not as entertaining to hunt.
Hunting animals is too boring
Why does Zaroff feel he is justified in this hunt?
He feels people should use whatever power they have to their own benefit.
"The lights of the yacht became faint and ever vanishing fireflies."
What type of figurative language is being shown?
Metaphor
What does General Zaroff do when Rainsford was in the tree the first day?
General Zaroff knows Rainsford is in the tree, but he smirks, blows smoke, and let's him go.
What happens in the final scene?
Rainsford is waiting behind a curtain in Zaroff's bedroom. They fight and Rainsford wins, killing Zaroff.
What is the first major event that happens in the story?
Rainsford falls overboard.
He saw that straight flight was futile; inevitably it would bring him face to face with the sea.
What is the meaning of "futile?"
useless
What is the Burmese Tiger Pit, and what happens with it?
A pit with spikes that is disguised. A dog falls into it instead of Zaroff.
What happens to Ivan?
He runs into a dagger tied to a tree.
How does Rainsford change by the end of the story?
He now has empathy for the animals he has killed:
He knows what it's like to be hunted.
“I wanted the ideal animal to hunt,” explained the general. “So I said: ‘What are the attributes of an ideal quarry?’”
What is the meaning of "quarry?"
animal that is hunted
What is the climax of the story?
Rainsford jumps into the ocean.
Rainsford runs for his life as General Zaroff hunts him.
What type of conflict is this?
Character vs. Character
What "toxic trait" ultimately leads to Zaroff's defeat?
His overconfidence
Whenever he looked up from his plate he found the general studying him, appraising him narrowly.
What is the meaning of "appraising?"
evaluating