1. “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell
Made by Mrs. Kim Romero
Of Jack Britt High School
Edited by Mrs. Maranto
English I

2. Setting and Mood Early 20th Century (1910-1920s)
Yacht on Caribbean Sea
Moves to Ship-Trap Island
Mood-suspenseful; mysterious; adventurous

3. Point of View
Omniscient Narrator-All knowing
3rd Person Point of View

4. Protagonist-Sanger Rainsford
From New York City
Big Game Hunter & Writer
Heading to Amazon to Hunt Jaguars
Believes Animals are meant to be Hunted; They Have No Feelings

5. Antagonist-General Zaroff
From Russia (a Cossack)
An Aristocrat, Hunter, & an ex-Military Man
Lives in a Huge Mansion on Ship-Trap Island
Believes in 2 Classes of People: The Hunters and The Hunted

6. Minor Characters Whitney-Rainsford’s Friend & Fellow Hunter
Ivan-General Zaroff’s Henchman

7. “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell (pgs. 54-74)
Chart the Story by Tracing the Sequence of Plot Events
Climax
Rising Action
Falling Action
Conflicts
Man Vs. Nature
Man Vs. Man
Man Vs. Self
Exposition
Resolution

8. Character Analysis & Motivation
Characterization –Way a writer creates and develops a character’s personality
(can be direct or indirect)
Motivation-Reason for a character’s behavior (why he/she does what he/she does)

9. Rainsford is motivated by the desire to stay alive
If Zaroff catches him he will be killed.

10. Zaroff is motivated by the desire to be challenged in the hunt
Animals had ceased to challenge him.
Rainsford had presented the best challenge yet.

11. Universal Theme
In order to fully understand others, we must first walk in their shoes.