a story of suspense and action!!!. background –author: –publication –focus richard connell...
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A Story of Suspense and Action!!!
• Background– Author:
– Publication
– Focus
• Richard Connell
• First published in 1924
• Connell's story raises questions about the nature of violence and cruelty and the ethics of hunting for sport.
• Overview– The Most Dangerous
Game
• Hunter Sanger Rainsford becomes stranded on an island
• He finds another hunter, named General Zaroff, living on the island in a dark, secluded mansion
• Zaroff is an excellent hunter as well, and is desperately looking for new challenges to test his hunting skills.
The Cape Buffalo is One of the World’s Most Dangerous Animals
• Literary Focus– Themes and Conflicts
• Violence and CrueltyViolence and Cruelty
• Ethics of HuntingEthics of Hunting
• The Weak versus the The Weak versus the StrongStrong
• Survival of the FittestSurvival of the Fittest
• The Hunter Becoming the The Hunter Becoming the HuntedHunted
• RevengeRevengeGaming Room. Gaming Room. Will Zaroff’s Will Zaroff’s Look the Same Look the Same Way?Way?
• Literary Focus– Setting:
– Point of View:
• Connell sets the "game'' Connell sets the "game'' in a dangerous in a dangerous wilderness of quicksand, wilderness of quicksand, wild seas, fallen trees, wild seas, fallen trees, mud and sand, and rocky mud and sand, and rocky cliffs.cliffs.
• Omniscient third-person Omniscient third-person narrator.narrator.
• Literary Focus– Suspense
– Foreshadowing
• The story’s fast-paced action, life or death plot, and jungle setting all contribute to a sense of anxiety about what will happen next in the short story
• There are numerous clues about the “new game” that Zaroff hunts, but perhaps no clue is stronger than his repeated claim that 1 animal can reason
• Characters– Rainsford
• Rainsford: world famous hunter who doesn’t believe animals have feelings and becomes stranded on Ship-Trap Island.
RainsfordRainsford
• Characters– General Zaroff
• General Zaroff: refined manners, clothing, tastes, and delicate speech contrast with his brutal passion for hunting.
General ZaroffGeneral Zaroff
Questions to Answer AboutCHARACTER
• Who is the main character?
• Who is/are the subordinate characters?
• How does the main character interact with the subordinate characters?
• How do the interactions between the characters affect the plot?
Questions to Answer about NARRATION AND DIALOGUE
• What does Rainsford say about himself?
• What does Zaroff say about himself?
• What do you think about Rainsford?
• What do you think about Zaroff?
What does Rainsford say about Zaroff?
What does Zaroff say about Rainsford?
Internal Conflict
• INTERNAL CONFLICT • In literature and drama, a struggle which takes place in the protagonist's mind and through which the character reaches a new understanding or dynamic change
•What are the internal conflicts that the characters have?
External Conflict
• EXTERNAL CONFLICT • In literature, a struggle between the protagonist and another character against nature or some outside force
What are the external conflicts
that the characters have?
Literal Meaning
LITERAL MEANING • In accordance with, involving, or being the primary or strict meaning of the word or words; not figurative or metaphorical: the literal meaning of a word.
Example: The jungle was green and muggy.
Figurative Meaning
FIGURATIVE MEANING • Of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, esp. a metaphor; metaphorical; not literal: a figurative expression.
Example: His hands were as rough as sandpaper.