Being put in a stressful situation can affect anyone even the strongest of people. In many stories and the real world people can be faced with this problem. In the Most Dangerous Game the protagonist is faced with this when he is being hunted by Zaroff the general. When Zaroff finds out that he is who he is he wants to hunt him to give him a challenge. When Rainsford learns what his plans are and realizes that he is going to hunt him he gets serious. Then once his adrenaline is flowing he had to
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Starting off a bit morbid‚ 55 million people die every day. Some deaths are uncontrollable but some are homicides. In reading The Most Dangerous Game we as a class were asked whether or not it is considered okay to kill someone but like a ballot there were mixed results. This can branch out into many different topics ranging from abortion to downright murder. In my opinion‚ I think that killing is justified if you have a probable cause such as self defense‚ death penance‚ and abortion. Self defense
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Prereading Activity #2 (geared toward students who need motivation): 1. Write "The Most Dangerous Game" on the board. Put a square around it. 2. All around the square write the following words: hunting‚ reason‚ ship‚ survival‚ dangerous‚ mansion‚ dogs‚ island‚ game. 3. Tell students you’re going to read "The Most Dangerous Game." The words around the box are associated with the story. 4. Instruct students to make a prediction using each word in a sentence. OR Prereading Surveys:
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“The Most Dangerous Game” The setting of the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell is absolutely essential to the plot of the story. For example‚ the story has to be set on an isolated island. If the setting is on mainland the people trapped would be able to have better resources such as police to get away from General Zaroff and his game. Another example why the story is set on a deserted island is that people would know about Zaroff game and no one would come near the island
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in an island for three days without letting the general to find him out‚ and he hide successfully for three days and won the game. While both To Build a Fire and The Most Dangerous Game represent a surviving story‚ the main character in The Most Dangerous Game behaved wiser for he had accumulated lots of experience and survived successfully. First‚ The Most Dangerous Game tells that the protagonist Rainsford arrived an island as a castaway. Then
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The Most Dangerous Game Summary: The Most Dangerous Game‚ written by Richard Connell has been capturing the attention of readers for many decades. In this story of survival and escape‚ Connell uses many literary devices to create a more interesting and dramatic effect. Some literary devices used in the story are internal and external conflict‚ characterization‚ and role-reversal. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Most Dangerous Game‚ written
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reading "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell there are multiple incidents of suspense. One of these moments is Rainsford’s first encounter with a man named Ivan‚ who greeted Rainsford with pistol pointed straight at his chest. Almost immediately‚ the reader began to anticipate whether this character would die‚ survive‚ or suffer other consequences such as injury causing tension in the story. Another occurrence of suspense is when General Zaroff begins to tell of the most dangerous game‚ hence the
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reader engaged. In The Most Dangerous Game‚ Richard Connell’s use of imagery paints a picture in the readers’ minds. Suspenseful moods that are created by these pictures‚ are what keeps the readers wanting to know what happens next in the story‚ keeping them involved and continuing on with their reading. During the exposition‚ climax and falling action‚ suspense is created when Connell describes the situations that Rainsford falls into with great detail. In The Most Dangerous Game‚ Richard Connell uses
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survival. If we did not have instinct‚ we wouldn’t have learned anything and wouldn’t know what to do if there ever was a crisis. “I’ll give him a trail to follow…” (Connell‚ 11). As he was being hunted Rainsford’s‚ the protagonist from “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell‚ primary instinct was to trick General Zaroff‚ the antagonist who hunts humans‚ and this instinct saved his life. “...dad’s star might have moved further… playing a solo…” (Dominey‚ 235). Tatum‚ the main character in Audition
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Standards-Based Book Report: Fiction *TITLE: The Most Dangerous Game AUTHOR: Richard Conwell # of pages: 32 *THE GENRE IS action‚ adventure‚ mystery‚ and suspense. Some characteristics of this genre are that its action packed story in which the audiences are left at the edge of their seat with the accumulating amount of action going on. Mystery and suspense are the main ingredients that keep the reader anxious and excited to see how the story unfolds itself. *THE PURPOSE OF THIS
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