Watch, LIsten, and Study: "Most Dangerous Game"

If you need more clarification about the story, go here:

https://sites.google.com/site/wwwthemostdangerousgamecom/-the-most-dangerous-game

If you want to listen to the story, click here for the mp3:

http://www.sffaudio.com/podcasts/SFFaudioPodcast105.mp3

If you want to watch the 1932 movie version, here it is:



FOR FRIDAY'S TEST:

Know spelling, definition, and parts of speech for all ten vocab words.

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Be prepared to write a short essay response. Choose one of these  questions. You won't have to respond to all, so choose just one to focus on.

Even though it's a short essay, remember to include a strong thesis statement stating the topic and what you believe about it. Then, include details from the story to support your thesis.

1. Which wins in this story: instinct or reason? Explain your answer.

2. A "dynamic" character is one who changes over the course of a story. In what ways is Rainsford a dynamic character in "MDG"?

3. How does the author create suspense in the story? Be specific.

4. Discuss the double meaning of the title of the story.

5. What do you make of the last line: "He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided" ?  Based on that line, what do you think happens after the end of the story?


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Review Q's (mostly taken from your story Q's)

1. When does Rainsford realize what game Zaroff hunts?

2. What's Whitney's opinion about hunting?

3. How is irony a factor in the story?

4. How does Ivan greet Rainsford?

5. What's the setting like?

6. Give an example of Rainsford's deductive reasoning.

http://ocw.usu.edu/english/introduction-to-writing-academic-prose/inductive-and-deductive-reasoning.html

7. What are some of Zaroff's character traits?

8. Why does Zaroff first come to the island? Why does Rainford?

9. Why does Zaroff prefer to hunt humans?

10. Why does Zaroff especially welcome Rainsford?

11. What's a Malay Mantrap?

12. At what point does Rainsford first realize he's going to be the prey?

13. How do you know that Zaroff is aware of his own cruelty?

14. How does Zaroff justify hunting humans?

15. Who dies?

16. How does Rainsford get the better of Zaroff?

17. What's the main conflict/

18. What's important about the last sentence in the story?

19. What are some examples of foreshadowing in the story?