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Post by Admin on Oct 20, 2014 12:09:14 GMT
Post your answers to The Most Dangerous Game questions as a reply to this discussion thread. Adhere to the following directions:
a. Include both names on the post (if you are with a partner).
b. Use complete sentences.
c. Answer each question completely.
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Post by Jack Pickar on Oct 22, 2014 13:27:16 GMT
1.Nature, what I mean by nature is human nature if you are someone who lives alone and hunts you will begin to change your nature and drive you mad to the point of hunting something more difficult like what zaroff does.
2.“And I never grow bored now, for I have a quarry with which I can match my wits.” He after so long off being bored of hunting animals became bored to the point of hunting humans that can match him.(page 20)
“If he does not wish to hunt I turn him over to Ivan.” He is willing to let his companion murder a man because he doesn’t want to be hunted.(page 22)
“He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided.” He had just murdered Zaroff and now lies in his bed with no intention of leaving.
3. He kills Zaroff and is perfectly ok with it he just lies in his bed and sleeps. The message of this book is everybody has an evil side Rainsfords’ comes when he is fine with killing Zaroff.
4.Rainsford vs. Tension He is being hunted by another man. “I must keep my nerve.” (page 24) Rainsford vs. curiosity he hears gunshots and goes after them. Rainsford sprang up to the rail mystified. (page 15) Rainsford vs. insanity He kills a man and lies in his bed. “He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided.” (page 28)
Rainsford vs. Ivan “in his hand held a revolver pointed right at his heart.” (page 16) Rainsford vs. hounds “Your Burmese tiger pit has claimed one of my best hounds.” (page 26) Rainsford vs Zaroff “ Get ready General Zaroff.” (page 28)
“his whole idea was putting distance between himself and zaroff” He at the begin is thinking logically by wanting to put space in between him and Zaroff. (page 24)
“”His hands were tight as he felt someone from the darkness opening them” When his hands are closed he fells sane but slowly insanity is opening his hands and making him crazy. (page 26)
“He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided.” He is now fully controlled by his insanity to the point of after a murder sleeps perfectly peaceful in his bed. (page 28)
6. 1.Chateau:Large country house. His eyes made out the shadowy outlines of a palatial chateau.
2.Purdey’s: British manufacturer of hunting weapons. I hope the jaguar guns we have come from Purdey’s.
3. Brier: tobacco pipe made from the root of a brier tree. Rainsford, reclining in a steamer chair indolently puffed on his favorite brier.
4. Crimea: Area in Ukraine borders the black sea. He was a very rich man, with a quarter of a million acres in Crimea.
5. Pol Roger: Brand of champagne. With it he had a bottle of Pol Roger.
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Kristen W, Rebecca K.
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Post by Kristen W, Rebecca K. on Oct 22, 2014 13:41:35 GMT
1. In one word, re-title the story. The title of the story should reflect the development of the characters, how the story is shaped, and should also reflect a theme.
All people can be evil.
2. Provide three specific instances (brief description and page number) from the story that support your new chosen title. Explain how each reflects the new title.
1) “Thank you I am a hunter, not a murderer.” (p.21)- General Zaroff hunts people instead of animals, because it’s a lot more of a challenge.
2) “The knife, driven by the recoil of the springing tree, had not totally failed” (P.27)- Rainsford killed Ivan with a contraption made from a knife and a tree. It was meant for Zaroff not Ivan but he doesn’t care.
3) “He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided” (p.28)- Rainsford kills Zaroff and sleeps in his bed.
3. At the end of the story, there is a very unique change for Rainsford. What happens/what is this change? How could this change/event influence our interpretation of a message in this text? Explain.
At the end of the story Rainsford changes, he changes because he was forced to kill men for his survival. This can change the message in this text because it shows everyone can be evil. It shows this because in the beginning Rainsford was against the killing of people and by the end he has to kill to survive.
4. This story contains both types of conflict. Identify three examples of each (three internal, three external) and provide a brief description and page number of each example. With each example, label it as Character vs. Specific Outside Force or Character vs. Specific Internal Force (i.e. Rainsford vs. Tree/Rainsford vs. Nerves).
EXTERNAL
Rainsford vs. Zaroff (24-28)- Zaroff is trying kill Rainsford for sport.
Dogs vs. pit (26)- Rainsford makes a trap for Zaroff but the dog falls in it.
Ivan vs. knife(27)- The knife comes down and kills Ivan
INTERNAL
Zaroff vs. insanity- He wanted to kill people for fun
Rainsford vs. nerves- He has to keep calm in order to run away
Rainsford vs. tiredness- He slept in Zaroffs bed
5. Rainsford develops over the course of this text. Find three different instances from the text (brief description and page number) that clearly identify that Rainsford is thinking, changing, and developing. With each of your examples, explain how that specific instance shows us that Rainsford is changing and developing.
Sleeping in Zaroff’s bed(p.28)- He killed him right before he slept in his bed
Showed up in Zaroff’s room and killed him(p.28)- He said it was wrong to kill humans and he went and killed Zaroff
He set up traps(p.27)- He sets up traps with the attention of killing a person even though he said he was against it
6. 5 Vocab Words that are not defined for you. These words should greatly influence your interpretation of the text. Define each, and provide the sentence where each was used in the text.
Cannibals-eating your own kind-“Even cannibals wouldn’t live in such a Godforsaken place.”
Dense-closely compacted together-“ Dense jungle came down to the vary edge of the cliffs.”
Menacing-suggesting the presence of danger- “The menacing look in the eyes did not change.”
Grisly-causing horror-“ I can’t believe you are serious General Zaroff. This is a grisly joke.”
Hotly-In a passionate or angry way-“ But they are men,” said Rainsford hotly.”
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Joe Guidotto, Andres Penaloza
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Post by Joe Guidotto, Andres Penaloza on Oct 22, 2014 13:42:01 GMT
1. In one word, re-title the story. The title of the story should reflect the development of the characters, how the story is shaped, and should also reflect a theme.
The Evil Inside
2. Provide three specific instances (brief description and page number) from the story that support your new chosen title. Explain how each reflects the new title.
Rainsford was the one trying to be killed, but he end up killing. Zaroff Pg.28
Rainsford tries to kill Zaroff using the Malay Mancatcher. Pg.26
Rainsford killed Ivan with the knife attach to the swigging tree Pg.27
3. At the end of the story, there is a very unique change for Rainsford. What happens/what is this change? How could this change/event influence our interpretation of a message in this text? Explain.
At the end of the story, Rainsford becomes the hunter when he kills Zaroff. He then sleeps in Zaroff’s bed after he just killed him. The message that can now be seen is that everyone has some sort of evil in them, even when the evil was chasing them.
4. This story contains both types of conflict. Identify three examples of each (three internal, three external) and provide a brief description and page number of each example. With each example, label it as Character vs. Specific Outside Force or Character vs. Specific Internal Force (i.e. Rainsford vs. Tree/Rainsford vs. Nerves).
External- (Rainsford vs. Zaroff Pg. 28),( Rainsford vs. Ivan Pg. 16), (Rainsford vs. dogs Pg. 26)
Internal-(Zaroff vs. boredom pg.18-19),(Rainsford vs. himself Pg. 24),(Rainsford vs. curiosity Pg. 14)
5. Rainsford develops over the course of this text. Find three different instances from the text (brief description and page number) that clearly identify that Rainsford is thinking, changing, and developing. With each of your examples, explain how that specific instance shows us that Rainsford is changing and developing.
In the beginning ,Rainsford maked a fake path to fake Zaroff, but then he starts building traps pg.24 and pg. 27
Rainsfold becomes the hunter when he kills Zaroff and the end of the story. pg.28
In the beginning, Rainsford would have never killed a human, at the end he is sleeping in the bed of the man he murdered. Pg.28
6. 5 Vocab Words that are not defined for you. These words should greatly influence your interpretation of the text. Define each, and provide the sentence where each was used in the text.
Quizzically -showing that you do not understand something or that you find something strange or amusing “he regarded Rainsford quizzically. “I refuse to believe that so modern and civilized a young man as you seem to be harbors romantic ideas about the value of human life.” Pg 21
Barbarous-Savagely cruel, exceedingly brutal “ That would be barbarous” pg 21
Quarry-A place, typically a large, deep pit “ If my quarry eludes me for tree whole days, he wins the game.” Pg. 21
Protruding- Sticking out, projecting “ His foot touched the protruding bough that was the trigger” pg 25
Concealment- The action of hiding something or preventing it from being known. “He leaped up from his place of Concealment” Pg. 26
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Quinlan , Christian and Aidan
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Post by Quinlan , Christian and Aidan on Oct 22, 2014 13:43:26 GMT
1.Murder
2.“Good god, General Zaroff, what you speak of is murder.” page 20
“Thank you, I’m a hunter, not a murderer.” Page 21
“But no animal can reason,” Page 20
3.He changes from the hunter to the hunted. He turned from killing animals to killing humans. In the beginning of the book rainsford is a famous animal hunter and once he fell off the ship he swam to the island then he killed zaroff.
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Karlee Rapp & Gary Dorestan
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Post by Karlee Rapp & Gary Dorestan on Oct 22, 2014 13:44:03 GMT
1. The Evil With in Us
2.When Rainsford killed Zaroff page 28 – It showed show his true sinful desires that have been hidden underneath his good guy personality
Zaroff’s impulse for murdering people page 19 – Obviously, Zaroff’s killing of people would considered a morally wrong thing
The Game itself page 19 – It’s a game that lets out true evil when people are killing one another
3.Rainsford becomes the antagonist himself when he murders Zaroff, even though he didn’t agree on hunting/killing humans before. At first, Rainsford seemed like a nice man with good morals, but he proves that everyone has a dark and evil side to themselves.
4.Rainsford vs Zaroff (external) – They are playing a game in which they must kill each other. Page 27, 28
Rainsford vs Dogs (external) – Rainsford is trying to run away from the vicious dogs and to escapes climbs a tree and makes his way from there. Page 26, 27
Rainsford vs Trap (external) – Rainsfor gets caught in various traps. Page 26, 27
Rainsford vs curiousity (internal) – He doubts whether or not he should go to the island from where he heard the 3 gunshots. Page 14, 15
Rainsford vs thoughts of hunting (internal) – He begins to have second thoughts about animals/human having emotions. Page 18, 19
Zaroff vs terror (internal) – He was afraid of Rainsford when Frainsford surprised attacked him Page 28
6. Prehistoric- belonging to or existing in times before recorded history.
He stepped back from the quicksand a dozen feet or sand like some huge prehistoric beaver.
Blunder – to make a stupid or careless mistake
He knew it would be insane to blunder on through the dark…
Thoroughbred – a horse of pure breed
A thoroughbred horse or hound is worth more than a score of them.
Quizzically – state of being confused or puzzled
He regarded Rainsford quizzically.
Bewilderment – being completely baffled or puzzled
Rainsford bewilderment showed in his face.
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Dan Sellers, Robert Costello
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Post by Dan Sellers, Robert Costello on Oct 22, 2014 13:45:37 GMT
1.DIABLO’S REVENGE because Rainsford gets his revenge on Zaroff.
2.1. Diablo means devil and the devil in the story is Rainsford. Pg 24
2. Rainsford, the devil, gets his revenge on Zaroff. Pg 28
3. Rainsford also killed ivan and the dog. Pg 27
3. He went from good to evil. He started with just hunting animals and went to hunting people.
4. 1.internal-rainsford vs. anxiety he heard 3 gun shots off in the distance. Pg. 14 2. Internal-rainsford vs. tiredness he swam all the way to the shore after he jumped off the boat. Pg. 15
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Christian and Hunter
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Post by Christian and Hunter on Oct 22, 2014 18:23:34 GMT
1. The Hunter.
2.He had to kill General Zaroff. Page 28. Rainsford studied with a lot with hunting and always wanted to try it. Page 18. I hunt the scum of the Earth. Page 15
3. Rainsford changed at the end of the story. Rainsford defeats General Zaroff and it changes his mindset of hunting.
5. “He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided.” He said that because he defeated General Zaroff. Page 28. He turned kind of devilish because of how he killed someone. Page 28.
6. Placid- not easily upset or excited. That had been a placid pastime compared to his digging now. Executed- put into effect. He executed a series of intricate loops; he doubled on his trail again and again, recalling all the lore of the fox hunt and all the dodges of the fox. Protruding- sticking out. His foot touched the protruding bough that was the trigger. Appraising- “ …appraising him narrowly…”
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jesse dietrich shea adams
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Post by jesse dietrich shea adams on Oct 22, 2014 18:30:37 GMT
1. Hunting the Greatest Hunter.
1.Hunting tigers ceased to interest me years ago. Pg19
2.But no animal can reason objected Rainsford but there is one that can.pg20
I live for danger Mr. Rainsford.
Rainsford then hunted zaroff.
the change was that after rainsford killed zaroff, he slept in zaroff’s bed and even enjoyed it. This twist in the story could completely change the message due to how rainsford is going against everything he stood against about murder. With him even stating that this was the best bed he had ever slept in which showed that he had no regret of killing Zaroff.
External, Rainsford vs. Zaroff pg. 28 when Rainsford killed Zaroff.
External, Rainsford vs. nature pg. 15 when Rainsford fought the current to try to swim to shore.
External, Zaroff vs. nature pg22-28 when Zaroff is trying to hunt Rainsford.
Internal, Rainsford vs. self pg. 22-28 when Rainsford is running from Zaroff.
Internal, Zaroff vs. self pg. 22-28 when Zaroff is hunting Rainsford.
Internal, Rainsford vs. society pg. 22-28 when Rainsford is being hunted all of the people in the area are hunting him.
One instance is when rainsford made a malay man catcher in an effort to stop zaroff. This shows that hes thinking by coming up with creative ways to stop zaroff and that he is developing into a cunning man. When he sleeps in the bed is most likely the largest change of character. Mainly because of how he changed so much. At the beginning he was all against murder and then he kills zaroff with no regret. He is using traps against animals against humans shows he is getting more desperate.
Jungle- land covered with dense vegetation.
Hunting- the practice of killing or trapping any living organism.
Melee- refers to disorganized close combat.
Yacht- a recreational boat or ship.
Mansion- a large dwelling house.
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quin, christian, aidan
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Post by quin, christian, aidan on Oct 23, 2014 18:24:56 GMT
4.Rainsford vs. Zaroff-he kills zaroff page28
Rainsford vs. Ivan- he kills Ivan page27
Rainsford vs. Dog- he kills a dog page26
Rainsford vs. clear headedness- he can’t be clearheaded page24
Rainsford vs. fear- he couldn’t sleep the night before the game page 22
Rainsford vs. nerves -he must keep his nerve page 24
5.He changes his tactics he goes from evading zaroff to setting traps for him. Mindset the way he thinks like when it first starts he is worried about avoiding zaroff by the end he kills zaroff page 28.
6.Yacht- a medium sized sailboat for cruising or racing. "Can't see it," remarked Rainsford, trying to peer through the dank tropical night that was palpable as it pressed its thick warm blackness in upon the yacht.
Slender- Barely sufficient in amount of basis or gracefully thin. There was a chance that his cries could be heard by someone aboard the yacht, but that chance was slender and grew more slender as the yacht raced on.
Bleak –charmless and inhospitable; dreary. bleak darkness was blacking out the sea and jungle when rainsford sighted the lights.
Menacing-suggesting the presents of danger; threatening. The menacing look in the eyes did not change.
Cultivated- try to acquire or develop. In a cultivated voice marked by a slight accent that gave it added precision and deliberateness, he said, "It is a very great pleasure and honor to welcome Mr. Sanger Rainsford, the celebrated hunter, to my home."
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