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Thrilling Adventures in Big Game Hunting

Immerse yourself in the dangers and thrills of big game hunting with Sanger Rainsford and General Zaroff as they face conflicts between man, nature, and society. Explore the ethical dilemmas of hunting and the unfair advantages in this suspenseful tale by Richard Connell.

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Thrilling Adventures in Big Game Hunting

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  1. The Most Dangerous Game By Richard Connell

  2. The Most Dangerous Game game

  3. The Most Dangerous Game • Characters, Sanger Rainsford and General Zaroff have experienced the dangers and thrills of hunting “big game”. • Big game hunting was a popular sport of the wealthy class during the early 1900s. • People had the desire, money, and time to travel the world and seek challenging animals to hunt. • The plot is centered on key conflicts or struggles that exists between people, people and nature, and people and society.

  4. Pre-reading Survey • Animals have feelings and emotions.

  5. Pre-reading Survey • Hunting is evil and unfair.

  6. Pre-reading Survey • Strength is more important than intelligence.

  7. Pre-reading Survey • Bringing a rifle to a sword fight is unfair.

  8. Conflicts • Internal Conflicts Zaroff Rainsford • External Conflicts person vs. person person vs. nature person vs. obstacle *Skip 5-6 lines for each character (Zaroff and Rainsford) and conflict. You need at least 5 examples per character/conflict.

  9. Ship-Trap Island Map

  10. The Most Dangerous Game 1. a. What are your views on hunting? b. Does it matter if it’s for sport or survival? c. Do you or your relatives hunt? 2. Based on the title, The Most Dangerous Game and our conversation about the word game, what do you think this story will be about?

  11. The Most Dangerous Game 3. What is game as it relates to hunting – give TWO possible answers and describe what would make each the most dangerous. (For example: game = sport; game = prey) 4. a. What is a trap? b. Are all traps physical?

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