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#OMGWHAT JUST
HAPPENED?
WITHOUT 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.
THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME“Sailors have a curious
dread of the place.”---Richard Connell
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Today’s Objectives 9/26/2013
Students 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
Today’s Objectives 9/30/2013Students will be able to: Focus & elaborate on this past
weekend’s homework question in relation to human nature, existence, and our essential question
Establish 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
Plot
Exposition
Risin
g
Actio
n
Climax
Falling
Action
Resolution
A friendly reminder to all of you about
homework and note taking in
class…POST ITS!!!
Today’s Objectives 10/1/2013Students will be able to:
Review plot structure and discuss details about the climax
Discuss 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 different
interpretations and
meaning of the word“Game”
When you have “more
than one climax”
Plot: The Most Dangerous Game
Exposition = beginning of story. Introduction of characters and setting
Risin
g
Actio
n =
com
plicat
io
ns a
rise
lead
ing
to
the
clim
ax
ClimaxThe point of
no return
Falling
Action =
tension
subsides
leading to
the resolution
Resolution = the end!
Simply put…
Plot Structure is like climbing a mountain Exposition – starting point The rising action is the climb The climax is the peak The falling action is the satisfying descent on
the other side Resolution – ending point You start with a challenge, have your
characters attempt to overcome that challenge, then build toward the climax = plot structure.
Today’s Objectives 10/2/2013Students will be able to:
Identify and support passages that best represent character and conflict in “MDG”
Make a connection between character and conflict within the short story
Homework: QUIZ TOMORROW!
Character What Rainsford says about himself
What You think about Rainsford
Rainsford “When he opened his eyes…a sharp hunger was picking at him. He looked about himself cheerfully”.
Character What Zaroff says about himself
What You think about Zaroff
Zaroff “Life 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 him
S.T.E.A.L
S. What the character says
T. What the character is thinking
E. How the character effects others
A. The character’s actions
L. The characters looks.
Today’s Objectives 10/3/2013Students will be able to:
Identify and support passages that best represent character and conflict in “MDG”
Make a connection between character and conflict within the short story
Homework: QUIZ TOMORROW!
Conflicts Within MDG
Man vs. Man Examples: Man vs. Self Examples: Man vs. Nature Examples: Man vs. Society Examples:
The quote at the end….
Character What Rainsford says about himself
What You think about Rainsford
Rainsford Rainsford 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
Character What Zaroff says about himself
What You think about Zaroff
Zaroff Superior, strong, and talented pg 225
An educated man hunting other men; society views his sport as uncivilized as Rainsford complains, yet he sees nothing wrong with it
Conflicts Within MDG
Man vs. Man Examples: Man vs. Self Examples: Man vs. Nature Examples: Man vs. Society Examples:
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 Neilson’s 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 Zaroff’s 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.