Transcript The Most Dangerous Game

“The Most Dangerous Game”
Plot and Character Analysis
Opinion Survey
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Answer Agree/Disagree to the following
statements:
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Hunting is a sport.
Animals have no feelings.
Hunting is evil.
Hunting is unfair.
Strength is more important than intelligence.
Bringing a gun to a knife fight is fair.
Reading Comprehension Check
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Identify the setting at the beginning of the work.
Rainsford has no sympathy for __________.
What happened to Rainsford when he reached for his
pipe?
What’s the first thing Rainsford does when he reaches
shore?
What does General Zaroff think “are the attributes of an
ideal quarry”?
What is the conflict between Rainsford and Zaroff on
page 25?
Interactive Notebook
2 minutes with face partner
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2 minutes with shoulder partner
Compare & Contrast the main characters by
completing a Venn diagram.
Write details that tell how the subjects are different
in the outer circles. Write details that tell how the
subjects are alike where the circles overlap.
Different
Rainsford
Same
Different
General Zaroff
Reading comprehension check
continued:
7. Zaroff’s human quarry usually consist of
___________.
8. What are the directions (rules) for the game? (page
16)
9. What type of “collection” does Zaroff want to show
Rainsford? (pg. 16)
10.What causes Rainsford to become the hunted?
11. How is Zaroff wounded? (page 20)
12. How does Rainsford trap one of Zaroff’s hounds?
13. How and where does the game end? What is meant
by “I am still a beast at bay?” Who wins?
Review Foreshadowing
Class Activity:
Match each event in the first column
with the event in the second column that it foreshadows.
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Whitney tells
Rainsford about the
evil reputation of the
island.
The island is called
Ship-Trap Island, and
sailors fear it.
Zaroff tells Rainsford
that he has found a
new, more dangerous
animal to hunt.
Zaroff knows that
Rainsford is a famous
big game hunter.
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The most dangerous
game that Zaroff
hunts is human
beings.
Zaroff hunts
Rainsford.
Rainsford falls
overboard and swims
to the island.
Zaroff traps ships and
captures sailors, who
serve as his prey.
Format for a Plot Diagram
(Create a plot diagram for “The Most Dangerous
Game” by using this format)
Climax-- point
where the
protagonist
changes
Rising Action – 3
details that
summarize the
story
Exposition --introduces
the characters,
background and setting
Setting:
Protagonist:
Antagonist:
Examples
of Conflicts
Man Vs. Nature
Man Vs. Man
Man Vs. Self
Resolution -- the
end of the
conflict
Theme:
Point of View:
Plot Diagram Review:
Basic Situation
(Exposition)
The famous hunter, Sanger Rainsford,
falls overboard and swims to Ship Trap
Island. Owner of the island, General
Zaroff, hunts men for sport. He will
hunt Rainsford.
Setting
Ship Trap Island
Caribbean
Jungle
Protagonist-Antagonist
Question: Who is facing the conflicts?
This person is our protagonist!
Answer: Rainsford
Question: Who is causing the conflicts?
This person is our antagonist!
Answer: Zaroff
Rising Action-Main Events
1. Rainsford hides up a tree. Zaroff lets
him escape.
2. Rainsford builds a Malay man-catcher
which wounds Zaroff.
3. Rainsford builds a Burmese tiger pit.
It kills one of Zaroff’s dogs.
Rising Action-Main Events
4. Rainsford builds a Ugandan knife
trap. It kills Ivan.
5. Rainsford dives into the sea.
6. Zaroff goes home, believing he has
won the game.
Climax
Question: What is the highest point of
tension and suspense in the
story?
Answer: Rainsford confronts Zaroff
in his bedroom.
Resolution (denouement)
Question: How does the story end?
Answer: Rainsford sleeps in Zaroff’s
bed. Rainsford has killed
Zaroff.
Theme
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You can not understand what a
situation is like for others until you
truly walk in their shoes.
Point of View
Who is telling the story? Is it a character in the
story? If not it is a third person narrator.
Can we get into the minds of all characters and
know their thoughts? If so then it is an
omniscient narrator. If not it is a limited
narrator because we are limited to knowing one
character’s thoughts.
This story is told in a third-person limited pointof-view.
Activity Choice:
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Using what you know about plot and
setting, create a map for Ship-Trap
Island. You must label your map. You
will be given a rubric. You must
include all parts to get all possible
points.
Shipwreck Island Map Rubric
The map must meet the following criteria (1 point each):
It is large enough to take up the whole page.
It is colorful. You may use markers or colored pencils.
It must include walking paths (trails).
Each location is a picture, not just a square with a label on it.
It is neat and visually appealing.
It includes the five locations below. Each = 10 points.
Jungle
Death Swamp (quicksand)
General Zaroff’s chateau (large cottage home) on a peninsula,
surrounded on three sides by water
The Caribbean Sea
The channel where ships are trapped by large rocks with razor edges
Map ______ / 100
Creative Writing
Create and write an alternate ending to “The Most
Dangerous Game” utilizing (and identifying within
your text) the following three poetic devices:
simile, metaphor & imagery. Minimum: 1 page
typed (double spaced) Underline your similes.
Circle your metaphor and italicize your examples of
imagery! Incorporate the following:
 Utilize the quote…He had never slept in a better
bed, Rainsford decided somewhere in your
paper.
 3 similes
 1 metaphor
 5 examples of imagery (1 example for each
sense…taste, touch, smell, sight and sound)
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