In 300 words or less, identify a conflict from “the most dangerous game,” identify what type it is, and explain why it is important to the story’s overall themes.

Answer and explanation:

I believe the most important conflict in "The Most Dangerous Game" is Man vs. Man - an external conflict played out between a protagonist and his/her antagonist. In this short story by Richard Connell, the main character - Rainsford - is a hunter who believes the world is devided into two classes: hunters and huntees. And he prides himself in thinking that he is lucky to belong to the strongest of those classes. He does not pity the animals he hunts.

However, as the story develops, Rainsford becomes the huntee. He accidently falls from a yatch and swims to an island belonging to General Zaroff. Just like Rainsford himself, Zaroff is a hunter who does not pity his preys. But he has gone beyond Rainsford, for he has begun to hunt men. Zaroff no longer saw animals as a challenge; they were just too easy to catch. Men, though, have the capacity to reason. Hunting them is more amusing than hunting a jaguar.

At first, Zaroff thinks he has found a colleague in Rainsford. He thinks they will begin to hunt together. Rainsford, however, does not live up to the general's expectations, since he considers what Zaroff does to be murder, not hunting. When he refuses to participate in it, Zaroff makes him his next game. That's when the conflict of Man vs. Man intensifies. Rainsford has to outsmart Zaroff. He is only given some clothes, food, and a hunting knife, while the general has a pistol and dogs. The forest itself is not much of a challenge; Rainsford is knowledgeable enough to use it to his favor. Still, the general is an outstanding tracker and finds him easily every time. In the end, Rainsford defeats Zaroff in his mansion, after hiding in his bedroom. They fight, but the general is no match for Rainford.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

the correct answer is:

from context clues heliotrope is probably a flower.

a heliotrope are peruvian plants that have small purplish plants.