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ELIJAH POLLOCK

Short Stories - Literary Devises Title:__

Point of View: 3rd person.

Protagonist: Rainsford. What type of character is the Protagonist? Round and dynamic.

Antagonist: Zaroff

Describe the setting: (time, place, mood and atmosphere)

Early 1900’s, around post WW1 on Shipwreck Island. It’s a suspense / thriller

Type of Conflict: Man Vs Man

Describe the main conflict: Rainsford needs to get back home and the only way to do that is to beat Zaroff who promises that if he wins to take him home.

Describe the Climax of the Story: were Rainsford appears in Zaroffs room after jumping off the cliff and they duel. Rainsford wins.

How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? He goes from heing a hunter with no care for his prey to becoming the prey and having to run from the hunter. he gains a real scence for boath sides of the story between hunter and the hunted.

Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. the tital relates to the theme because the tital is called " the most dangerous game" and rainsford uses his cunning and ends up killing zaroff, ivan, and the hunting dog and truely becomes the most dangerous game.

How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme?

How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? he reappears in zaroffs bedroom to take revenge on zaroff and by taking revenge he becomes to most dangerous game wich is the overal theme of the book.

Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes):

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Simile: "the sea was as flat as a plate glass window"

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Metaphor: "yes he was a monster"

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Personification: "where the sea licked greedy lips in the shadows"

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';"><range type="comment" id="845715">Symbol: The setting its self is a symbol, the jungle is a sybol for the confusion and plays tricks on his phyche thoughout the story.

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Foreshadowing (give both elements): The gunshots he hears while on the boat forshadows Rainsford later having to evade zaroff.

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Irony: when zaroff says <range type="comment" id="725492">"we'll have capital hunting you and i", rainsford believes that they will be hunting animals together instead zaroff means that he will be hunting rainsford.

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Imagery: "Trying to peer thought the dank tropicle night that was palpable as it pressed its warm velvity blackness upon the boat."

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Excellent work Elijah! You really nailed this one!

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