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“The Most Dangerous Game” Story Elements. Protagonist (main character) Setting (where and when) Plot (story line and events) Conflict (struggle the protagonist undergoes) Resolution (ending or wrap of story). Protagonist. Main character Rainsford
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“The Most Dangerous Game” Story Elements • Protagonist (main character) • Setting (where and when) • Plot (story line and events) • Conflict (struggle the protagonist undergoes) • Resolution (ending or wrap of story)
Protagonist • Main character • Rainsford • Writer, well-known hunter, World War I veteran • Knows tactics to outwit opponents – both animal and human
Setting • General Zaroff’s remote island • Post-World War I and Russian Revolution • Near the Amazon River – Brazil – South America
Plot • Rainsford goes overboard from the yacht • Swims to the nearby island • Comes a bloody trail that he takes, leading him to a mansion • Encounters a deaf mute bodyguard named Ivan; meets General Zaroff • General Zaroff tells Rainsford that he is bored by hunting animals. He has moved on to hunting humans. • Rainsford becomes Zaroff’s “prey” in a new type of game hunting. • Will Rainsford live or die?
Conflict • Man vs. Man – external conflict (force that can’t be controlled) • Man vs. Natural World – external conflict (force that can’t be controlled) • Man vs. Self – internal conflict (forces that can be controlled – thoughts, feelings, intelligence, awareness)
Resolution • Inconclusive ending – no clear statements by the writer to tell us the actual outcome of the final battle between Rainsford and General Zaroff • We assume, though, that Rainsford wins the game because the last man standing would be able to sleep in the comfortable bed in Zaroff’s room.