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ackgroundWarmingupUnit12TheMostDangerousGameQuestions/ActivitiesCheck-onPreviewObjectivesWarmingupTheMostDangerousGameUnit12WarmingupQuestions/ActivitiesRetelling

HowmanyroundsofgamedoesRainsfordgothroughwiththegeneral?Whowinsineachround?Mapping

DrawamapoftheislandaccordingtothetextandmarkouttheescaperoutetakenbyRainsford.WatchingMovie(1932)

Discussthefollowingquestionsingroups:Howdoesthecinematicadaptationdifferfromtheoriginalstory?Whichonedoyoulikebetter,themovieortheshortstory?Why?

Check-onPreviewDefinethefollowingwords.1.awildchance(para.34)abitofwildgrapevine(para.36)2.thedeadblackeyes(para.3)thetreesdeadahead(para.38)3.thebayingofthehounds(para.37)

abeastatbay(para.44)WarmingupObjectivesUnderstandthemoralofthestory.Reviewtheelementsofashortstory.Studycharacterization.Appreciatethestyle:verbs,step-up,imagery,ironyandpersonification.WarmingupTheMostDangerousGameUnit12BackgroundHistorySettingAuthorRichardConnell

(1893-1949)Age10:coveredbaseballgamesforthenewspaper,PoughkeepsieNews-Pressatthepaymentof10centsforeachgame.Age16:became

cityeditorofthepaper.Age22:graduatedfromHarvard.Age26:marriedandturnedaprofessionalwriter.BackgroundAuthorHisLife“TheMostDangerousGame〞(1924)WontheO’HenryMemorialPrize,thetopshortstoryprizeinAmerica.IncludedasaclassicintoAmericanprimaryschoolandhighschooltextbooksandtheworld’sbestshortfictionanthologies.

Adaptedintoadozenoffilms—thelatestone:LethalWoman(1998);thebest-knownone:TheMostDangerousGame(1932).BackgroundHisWorksAuthorOneofthemostprolificshortstorywritersofthe20thcentury.Successfulscreenwriterandnovelist.ManyofhisstoriesaremadeintomoviesandTVseries.BackgroundAuthorHisAchievementsBiggamehuntinginAfricanandSouthAmericancountrieswaspopularwithwealthyEuropeansandAmericans.In1909,TheodoreRooseveltandhissonkilled512animalsonanAfricansafari.RightafterWWI,“awartoendallwars,〞theBolshevikrevolutiontoppledtheoldhierarchyofclasses.America’sinterestinCentralAmericaandtheCaribbean,rivalingwithRussia.HistoryBackgroundthesocialmilieuinwhichtheeventsofanoveloccurthemainbackdropandmoodforastoryTextAnalysisSettingReview:Whatisthesettingofastory?Whereisthestoryset?aCaribbeanislandaGothicchateauajungleandaswampIsthissettingsymbolic?Inwhichway?TextAnalysisSettingDetailedAnalysisCharactersThemeTheMostDangerousGameTextAnalysisPlot

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Unit12Whatmorallessondoesthewriterintendtotellbythestory?Ishesuccessfulinthat?Whydomenhunt?Howdoyouunderstand“Humansocietyisnothingbutahuntingground.〞?Humansocietyisnothingbutahuntingground〞?Doyouagree?Whyorwhynot?“Humansocietyisnothingbutahuntingground〞?Doyouagree?Whyorwhynot?TextAnalysisThemeQuestionsforthinking:SocialDarwinismthesurvivalofthefittestself-relianceinthestruggleforsurvivalcompetitionbetweenindividualsinlaissez-fairecapitalismsocialevolutionClassism,Racism,ElitismTextAnalysisThemeThemesRelated“Whenamanwantstomurderatigerhecallsitsport;whenatigerwantstomurderhimhecallsitferocity.〞—GeorgeBernardShawCharacters

Whyisthegeneralsoobsessedwithhunting?Howdoyouunderstandhischoiceofmenasprey?Dohisprofessionandsocialclasshelptoexplainhisbelief

andbehavior?TextAnalysis1.GeneralZaroffDoyouthinkRainsfordisbetterthanthegeneral?ambivalence:similaritytoZaroffvehicleofirony:hunterturned“huntee〞Howishedifferentfromtraditionalheroes?TextAnalysis2.RainsfordCharacters

Russianaristocraticmilitarymaniacdemonicprofessionalhunterobsessedwithhuntingprivilegedclass,classistAmericandemocraticcivilianstill“normal〞humanZaroffRainsford

Stereotype,CossackTextAnalysisCharacters

TextAnalysisPlotHowmanypartscanwedividethestoryinto?Inwhichpartistheclimaxreached?Howistensionbuiltup?suspense(studypara.19)sentencelengthandtype(compareparas.18,34-36,38)Theconclusion/resolutionconsistsofonlyonesentence.Why?Exposition—introductionofthecharacters,backgroundandsettingConflict—strugglebetweenopposingforcesRisingAction—threestatementsthatsummarizethestoryClimax—pointwheretheprotagonistchangesFallingAction—onestatementaboutwhatleadstotheendoftheconflictResolution—theendoftheconflictPlotTextAnalysisPlotDiagramof

“TheMostDangerousGame〞Setting:Ship-TrapIslandProtagonist:RainsfordAntagonist:ZaroffConflictsManvs.ManManvs.NatureManvs.SelfRainsfordjumpsovertheclifftoescapefromZaroff.RainsfordishuntedbyZaroff(severalrounds).RainsfordswimstoShip-TrapIslandafterfallingofftheyacht.RainsfordhidesinZaroff’sbedroom.RainsfordandZarofffight.RainsfordkillsZaroff.TextAnalysisPlotPlotDiagramof

“TheMostDangerousGame〞TextAnalysisPartI(paras.1-14)

RainsfordcompelledtoplaythegamewithZaroff

PartII

(paras.15-45)

PlayingthegameforthreedaysPartIII

(para.46)ThefinalroundStructureInwhatwaydoesthegeneralspeak?Whatistoldbythediscrepancybetweenwhathesaysandwhathedoes?HowdidZaroffmakeRainsfordaccepthisideaofagame?WhatkindofmanisZaroff,judgedfromhisspeechandactions?(para.13)

PartI:DiscussionTextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisventure(para.6)venturesth

IfImayventureanopinion,I’dsaytheplanneedscloserexamination.venturetodosth

MayIventuretosuggestafewimprovements?venture+prep.

NobodyventuredoutofdoorsduringtheperiodofSARS.DetailedAnalysisTextAnalysisPartI:Words&Expressions(1)rest

(para.6)restwithThefinaldecisionrestswiththePresident.Itrestswiththejurytodecidetheprisoner’sfate.Itrestswithyoutosettleyourdifferencesasbestasyoucan.restonSuccessinmanagementultimatelyrestsonsoundjudgment.

TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartI:Words&Expressions(2)stake

(para.11)atstakeThetensionwasnaturallyhighforagamewithsomuchatstake.Atstakeisthesuccessorfailureofworldtradetalks.stakesth(usu.moneyorreputation)onsth

Hehasstakedhispoliticalfutureontheoutcomeofanelection.haveastakeinsth

Thepartieswhohammeredouttheagreementnowhaveastakeinmakingitworkbecausetheyhelpedtocreateit.DetailedAnalysisTextAnalysisPartI:Words&Expressions(3)Whatanimalsarethetwocharacterscomparedtoseparately?(paras.18,20,24,27)HowdoesRainsford’sawarenessofhissituationchangestepbystep?WhydoesthegeneralidentifyloudlyRainsford’strickeverytime?Whatdoesthisdetailtellusofhischaracter?Arethereanydetailsthathintatthegeneral’scold-bloodedness?TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartII:Discussionplunge(para.16)(anamountorrate)todecreasequicklyandsuddenlyThebank’sprofitsplungedby87%thisyear.tofall,rushorthrowoneselfinadirection

Atleast50peoplediedwhenabusplungedintoariver.plungeadaggerintotheenemy;plungeherfaceintocoldwaterplungeinto(aparticularstateorsituationoranactivity)

Theeconomyisplungingintorecession.Taketheopportunitytoplungeyourselfintoyourcareer.TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartII:Words&Expressions(1)spur

(para.16)tomakeanimprovementorchangehappenfaster

Theadministrationmayputmoreemphasisonspurringeconomicgrowth.ThetradepactswillspuranexodusofUSbusinesstoMexico.spursb(on):toencouragesbtodosthTheirattitude,ratherthandiscouragingPhilip,onlyseemedtospurhimon.It’smoneythatspursthesefisherman(on)toriskalongoceanjourneyintheirflimsyboats.TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartII:Words&Expressions(2)Fillintheblankswiththefollowingverbphrases:plungealong,strikeoff,stretchout,throwdownandspuron.________byasharpsenseofshame,hehad_______________,givingnoheedtothepassers-bywholookedathimstrangely.Togetawayfromthehideoussceneasfaraspossible,he_________fromthemainstreetandblunderedintooneofthosedarkalleys,attheendofwhichhe__________________behindatrashcanandfinally___________inarest.SpurredonbeenplungingalongstruckoffthrewhimselfdownstretchedoutTextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartII:ExerciseWhowonthegameintheend?Whydoesn’tthewritertellusdirectly?Whatmighthavehappenedtothegeneral?Whatmorallessondoesthegeneral’sendtell?Whatwillhappenifthestoryiscontinued?TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartIII:DiscussionReinforcementReadingsDiscussionTheMostDangerousGameUnit12

LanguageWritingWhyisthestorytitled“TheMostDangerousGame〞?Whatdoyouthinkofhunting,or,waringeneral,afterlearningthestory?Haveyoureadanyotherstoriesofthesamevein?Sharethemwithyourgroupmembersanddiscusswheretheirc