“The Most Dangerous Game” Graphic Organizer



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“The Most Dangerous Game” Graphic Organizer

Prompt: Identify at least two examples of each type of conflict in the story and explain how each conflict makes the plot more suspenseful. Be sure to complete the back side as well.

|Type of Conflict |How do I know? Examples |Quote to support example |Why does this make the plot more suspenseful? |

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|Character vs. Character | | |1. |

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Describe how Rainsford’s views on hunting changed throughout the story (2-4 sentences).

Describe how General Zaroff’s views on hunting changed throughout the story (2-4 sentences).

“The Most Dangerous Game” Graphic Organizer

Prompt: Identify three conflicts in the story and explain how each conflict enhances the plot.

|Type of Conflict |How do I know? Examples |Quote to support example |Why suspenseful? Explanations |

|Man vs. Nature |Rainsford battles the sea and almost drowns as he |“The cry was pinched off short as the blood-warm |Rainsford could have, and probably should have, died |

| |swims for his life to the nearest island which is |waters of the Caribbean Sea closed over his head.” |in the sea since it is so treacherously dangerous and|

| |lined with rocks and is set on a high cliff making it|(9) |the island coastline so forbidding. |

| |difficult to get to the safety of land. | | |

| | |“… the wash of from the speeding yacht slapped him in| |

| | |the face and the salt water in his open mouth made | |

| | |him gag and strangle.” (10) | |

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| | |“For a seemingly endless time he fought the sea.” | |

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|Man vs. Himself |Rainsford struggles with overcoming his crippling |“I must keep my nerve. I must keep my nerve.” (19) |Rainsford’s fear was crippling his ability to think |

| |fear of being murdered. | |clearly enough to devise plans to get away from |

| | |“… he had plunged along, spurred on by the sharp |Zaroff. |

| |Rainsford discovers that Zaroff is a skilled hunter, |rowels of something very like panic.” (19) | |

| |maybe more skilled than he is. | | |

| | |“It sent a shudder of cold horror through his whole | |

| | |being.” (20) | |

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| | |“Then it was that Rainsford knew the full meaning of | |

| | |terror.” (20) | |

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| | |“… Rainsford… was awakened by the sound that made him| |

| | |know that he had new things to learn about fear.” | |

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| | |“Rainsford knew how an animal at bay feels.” (22) | |

|Man vs. Man |Rainsford squares off with General Zaroff in a life |“Hunting? Good God, General Zaroff, what you speak |Rainsford is the underdog in the chase and readers |

| |or death battle. Zaroff is intent upon killing |of is murder.” (15) |typically cheer for the underdog especially if he is |

| |Rainsford, and he has done so to many men so | |the good guy. |

| |Rainsford knows that he will not hesitate to murder |“Your brain against mine. Your woodcraft against | |

| |him also. |mine. Your strength and stamina against mine. | |

| | |Outdoor chess! And the stake is not without value, | |

| | |eh?” (18) | |

|Type of Conflict |How do I know? Examples |Quote to support example |Why suspenseful? Explanations |

|Man vs. Man continued |Examples of the confrontations include: |“… only the devil himself could follow that | |

| | |complicated trail through the jungle after dark. | |

| |Malay man-catcher |But, perhaps, the general was a devil─” (19) | |

| |Burmese tiger pit | | |

| |Switch blade trick that kills Ivan |“It seemed to Rainsford that the general was coming | |

| |The final showdown |with unusual swiftness; he was not feeling his way | |

| | |along, foot by foot.” (21) | |

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| | |“One of us is to furnish a repast for the hounds. | |

| | |The other will sleep in this very excellent bed. “ | |

| | |(23) | |

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