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Reading Comprehension Short Story Recap: The Most Dangerous Game
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In this lesson, our instructor Joel Gonzaga goes over an introduction on a short story recap of The Most Dangerous Game. He starts by discussing the author and the book, then goes through the beginning of act 2 and what is important about this conversation, what we know about the Rainsford, what civilization is according to Zaroff, and what some of Zaroff's values are. He also touches on the antagonist and protagonist.
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Post by Xinyuan Xing on May 19, 2015
Both General Zoraff and Rainsford are excellent hunters: General Zoraff is so good at hunting that he finds hunting animals “Ennuiâ€, and before the encounter with Rainsford no one can survive his game; Rainsford is no less in skills and maneuver, which made his the only survivor of Zaroff's game. Their foundamental difference lies in their attitude toward human. Despite Zaroff's graceful manner and civilized lifestyle, he has no respect for human life. We can infer from his attitude when a poor sailor stuck into the dead swamp and consequently one of Zaroff's finest hound was dragged in. Quote : “One foolish fellow tried it. The deplorable part of it was that Lazarus followed him. You can imagine my feelings, Mr. Rainsford. I loved Lazarusï¼› he was the finest hound in my pack.†The sheer contrast lies in that Zaroff consider the poor guy's struggle for his life as “foolish attemptâ€, but his hound’s misfortune as lamentable. Rainsford, however ,regard Zaroff's game as murder. He disapproved his outrageous hunting of human and play the game only to survive.In the end he fears “the fear of a jaguarâ€, and he kills Zaroff not as a hunter but as a game seeking revenge and security. Will Rainsford give up hunting since he can sympathize the huntee? We don't know and the author offer no moral judgement.
I read this story several times but since my friends in school learn very basic English and literarily none of them use educator.com, I have no one to discuss with. So I just post it online.:) I also have trouble figuring out why Zaroff is a survivor, does it mean he survive from the prosecution of Russian cons?
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