EXAM NOTES
The Most Dangerous Game
Plot
Exposition: Sanger Rainsford and Whitney’s argument on the yacht
Rising Action: Sanger Rainsford falls off the yacht
Climax: Rainsford fights with Zaroff
Falling Action: Rainsford jumps in the river/Zaroff takes a nap, thinking he won
Denouement: Rainsford kills Zaroff and takes a nap
In a linear plot, a story's "rising action" often follows a chronological, cause and effect pattern of actions.
In addition, the structure of the plot gives weight to inferential meaning.
Conflict: Internal & External
Internal changes are often implied and external changes are known.
EXPLICIT AND INFERENTIAL MEANING
In addition, the structure of the plot gives weight to inferential meaning.
For example, in showing the reader more of the internal struggle within the protagonist, Richard Connell gives weight to the issue concerning the fairness of hunting.
Although the theme is never explicitly stated, an analysis of the plot leads to the inferential meaning of the story.
This story helps bring to light many of humanity's ultimate questions:
What separates man from beast?
What is civility?
What must man do to regain his humanity after experiencing extreme terror?
EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL CHANGES
Sanger, for instance, changes externally from a neat and clean man on a yacht, to a mud- and blood-covered beast fighting for his life.
-external
Sanger also changes from a guy who thought animals feelings weren’t important to knowing that they were and how they felt.
-internal
THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME: TYPES OF CONFLICT
Person vs. Environment
weather, terrain, atmosphere, etc includes such "unnaturally" occurring phenomena as concrete buildings, nuclear fallout, or an abandoned car Beyond the characters control
Person vs. Society
direct physical confrontation, or it can be an intellectual challenge to society’s values, rules, or laws. portrayed as an oppressive “they” or “the system.”
Can mean a whole society of people or a small group
Explanation:
