The Most Dangerous Game

#OMGWhat just happened?What does this quote signify? What is the importance of including it in the beginning?1WITHOUT SPEAKING!!!We are going to focus on the previous question - #OMG, What just happened? -through a silent board discussion.While classmates write their responses on the board, please sit quietly as I come around to check your annotations.

What does this quote signify? What is the importance of including it in the beginning?2The Most Dangerous GameSailors have a curious dread of the place.---Richard ConnellWhat does this quote signify? What is the importance of including it in the beginning?3http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnRxQ3dcaQk

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key and peele rap battles hype man2:46What does this quote signify? What is the importance of including it in the beginning?4Todays Objectives 9/26/2013Students will be able to:Discuss, as a class, the focus and validity of the short story MDG

Consider and determine the most important literary elements

Post it reminder

Homework: On a post it determine the climax of the story and defend your claim in 2 sentences

Todays Objectives 9/30/2013Students will be able to:Focus & elaborate on this past weekends homework question in relation to human nature, existence, and our essential questionEstablish the plot structure of the story and identify the climax Post it reminder

Homework: Refer back to annotations and pick 2passages that best represent character/conflict

PlotExpositionRising ActionClimaxFalling ActionResolutionA friendly reminder to all of you about homework and note taking in classPOST ITS!!!

Todays Objectives 10/1/2013Students will be able to:Review plot structure and discuss details about the climaxDiscuss the most important literary elements in MDG (c+c)Collaborate with peers and determine the passages that best present your literary device

Homework: In your notes section answer the following:What does Connell suggest about reason versus instinct in his short story?

The differentinterpretations and meaning of the wordGame

When you have more than one climaxPlot: The Most Dangerous GameExposition = beginning of story. Introduction of characters and settingRising Action = complications arise leading to the climaxClimaxThe point of no returnFalling Action = tension subsides leading to the resolutionResolution = the end!Simply putPlot Structure is like climbing a mountainExposition starting pointThe rising action is the climbThe climax is the peakThe falling action is the satisfying descent on the other sideResolution ending pointYou start with a challenge, have your characters attempt to overcome that challenge, then build toward the climax = plot structure.Todays Objectives 10/2/2013Students will be able to:Identify and support passages that best represent character and conflict in MDGMake a connection between character and conflict within the short storyHomework: QUIZ TOMORROW!

CharacterWhat Rainsford says about himselfWhat You think about RainsfordRainsfordWhen he opened his eyesa sharp hunger was picking at him. He looked about himself cheerfully.CharacterWhat Zaroff says about himself

What You think about Zaroff

ZaroffLife is for the strong to be lived, by the strong, and if needed taken by the strong.I think Zaroff thinks only the strong survive and he feels he is the most superior. He believes that nobody can suppress himS.T.E.A.LS. What the character saysT. What the character is thinkingE. How the character effects othersA. The characters actionsL. The characters looks.

Todays Objectives 10/3/2013Students will be able to:Identify and support passages that best represent character and conflict in MDGMake a connection between character and conflict within the short storyHomework: QUIZ TOMORROW!

Conflicts Within MDGMan vs. ManExamples:Man vs. SelfExamples:Man vs. NatureExamples: Man vs. SocietyExamples:

The quote at the end. CharacterWhat Rainsford says about himselfWhat You think about RainsfordRainsfordRainsford believes he is civilized even though he was in war, he is not a cold blooded killer (225)He is a very intelligent, brave, well mannered and reasonable man CharacterWhat Zaroff says about himself

What You think about Zaroff

ZaroffSuperior, strong, and talented pg 225An educated man hunting other men; society views his sport as uncivilized as Rainsford complains, yet he sees nothing wrong with itConflicts Within MDGMan vs. ManExamples:Man vs. SelfExamples:Man vs. NatureExamples: Man vs. SocietyExamples:

What does Connell suggest about reason versus instinct in his short story?

Pinning Rainsford and General Zaroff against each other in the hunt allows Connell to blur the line between hunter and prey & human and animal.

This suggests that instinct and reason are not as mutually exclusive as people have traditionally thought.

Example #1:1st example: Whitney, who asserts that animals instinctively feel fear, confesses that Captain Neilsons description of Ship-Trap Island has given him the chills. Without realizing it, Whitney admits that his perception of the island has sparked a sense of dread in him, just as perceived danger induces fear in an animal.

Example #2: Rainsford plays the role of prey in General Zaroffs sadistic hunt. Rainsford comes to realize that all creatures, including people, rely on fear and their instinct to survive to avoid pain and death, just as Whitney had originally argued is valid. Nevertheless, Rainsford remains calm in spite of his fear and works methodically to evade death and even defeat Zaroff. Despite his desire to kill his pursuers, Rainsford keeps his perspective and continues to value human life, therefore remaining more man than beast.