This week we are discussing the story written by the American writer Richard Connell called “The Most Dangerous Game”. This story even brought him the O.Henry Award.
You can find and download the story here.
As usual, I ask you to think about themes of the story, describe the characters, ask questions, write your comments below…
Zoom Chat:
19:02:58 From Teacher Lee : Rainsford, hunter
19:02:58 From Teacher Lee : Rainsford, hunter
19:03:05 From Teacher Lee : Mysterious
19:02:58 From Teacher Lee : Rainsford, hunter
19:03:05 From Teacher Lee : Mysterious island nearby
19:03:14 From Teacher Lee : Falls overboard
19:03:19 From Teacher Lee : Gunshots
19:03:30 From Teacher Lee : Swam to shore
19:03:39 From Teacher Lee : on the mysterious island
19:03:47 From Teacher Lee : Castle with a giant named Ivan.
19:03:56 From Teacher Lee : Cossack
19:04:03 From Teacher Lee : like the Mongols
19:04:56 From Diana Yarmolinska : cossacks are nothing like the Mongols
19:05:32 From Teacher Lee : General Zaroff was a hunter and the owner of the castle
19:05:34 From Teacher Lee : Hunts men.
19:05:41 From Teacher Lee : Rainsford was to be his prey.
19:05:52 From Teacher Lee : Play with Zaroff or play with Ivan.
19:06:02 From Teacher Lee : 3 days to evade to win
19:06:45 From Teacher Lee : A knife and food
19:07:06 From Teacher Lee : Rainsford tried three traps
19:07:18 From Teacher Lee : Circled around to hide his trail.
19:07:34 From Teacher Lee : To prolong the game.
19:08:25 From Teacher Lee : First trap was a Tree trunk falling on Zaroff.
19:09:22 From Teacher Lee : Injured Zaroff’s shoulder.
19:09:42 From Teacher Lee : Second trap was a pit with spikes in it. Dog stepped into it.
19:10:01 From Teacher Lee : Third trap was the knife on a springy branch. It got Ivan.
19:10:06 From Teacher Lee : Quicksand.
19:12:07 From Teacher Lee : He was fodder for the dogs.
19:12:41 From Teacher Lee : Whitney
19:13:10 From Teacher Lee : The superstition about the island. Sailors and ships dying there.
19:13:21 From Teacher Lee : Whitney said that animals might have feelings.
19:13:35 From Teacher Lee : Rainsford said bah!
19:14:11 From Teacher Lee : When HE was the hunted, he had lots of feelings.
19:14:33 From Teacher Lee : Nobility
19:15:20 From Teacher Lee : Zaroff liked sport, used a .22 calibre weapon (weak).
19:15:38 From Teacher Lee : He didn’t want it to be too easy.
19:15:47 From Teacher Lee : He enjoyed outsmarting the animal.
19:15:59 From Teacher Lee : Eventually, he got bored with animals.
19:16:53 From Teacher Lee : But more of his human prey weren’t too smart either.
19:17:09 From Teacher Lee : So he particularly enjoyed Rainsford’s traps.
19:18:27 From Teacher Lee : Maybe hunting deer with a crossbow might be fun.
19:18:57 From Teacher Lee : Monty Python has a “killer bunny”.
19:19:23 From neuromantic : t
19:19:31 From Vasanth : Here people used to hunt peacock.
19:19:44 From Teacher Lee : wild boars in Spain
19:19:57 From Teacher Lee : animal control
19:20:04 From Teacher Lee : wolves
19:20:17 From Teacher Lee : eat farm animals
19:20:23 From Teacher Lee : deer are harmless
19:21:34 From Teacher Lee : population control
19:22:44 From Teacher Lee : Rivers changed their courses.
19:23:10 From Teacher Lee : Trees growing on the banks of the river.
19:23:21 From Teacher Lee : In 20 years
19:24:18 From Teacher Lee : At dinner, Zaroff was discussing his love of hunting.
19:24:38 From Teacher Lee : He was appalled.
19:24:41 From Teacher Lee : Alarmed.
19:25:00 From Teacher Lee : Where do you get your men who want to ask as prey?
19:25:24 From Teacher Lee : Killing people is illegal.
19:25:42 From Teacher Lee : Claws and jaws.
19:26:50 From Teacher Lee : He “trained” his prey.
19:27:31 From Teacher Lee : The Law of the Jungle: Kill or be killed.
19:27:57 From Vasanth : t
19:28:27 From Teacher Lee : Policemen in India
19:28:43 From Teacher Lee : self-defense
19:28:56 From Teacher Lee : “Deadly force”
19:29:12 From Teacher Lee : The use of deadly force
19:30:37 From Vasanth : t
19:31:54 From Teacher Lee : Death Wish
19:33:13 From Teacher Lee : hand-cuffed him
19:33:19 From Teacher Lee : took him to jail
19:33:24 From Teacher Lee : vigilante
19:33:41 From Teacher Lee : Luring prey to the island.
19:33:57 From Diana Yarmolinska : themes
19:34:01 From Teacher Lee : Deception
19:34:06 From Diana Yarmolinska : deception
19:34:35 From Teacher Lee : Fear
19:34:37 From Diana Yarmolinska : fear
19:34:43 From Teacher Lee : Confidence
19:34:51 From Teacher Lee : “fairness”
19:35:02 From Teacher Lee : survival instinct
19:35:06 From Teacher Lee : sportsmanship
19:35:55 From Teacher Lee : He felt what his prey must have felt.
19:37:16 From Teacher Lee : Sportsmanship
19:38:41 From neuromantic : t
19:40:41 From Teacher Lee : Apocalypse
19:40:55 From Vasanth : tribals?
19:40:55 From Teacher Lee : Apocalyptica
19:40:55 From Diana Yarmolinska : Maya
19:41:48 From Teacher Lee : Native tribes
19:41:56 From Teacher Lee : before the Spanish came
19:42:40 From Teacher Lee : The games…
19:42:40 From neuromantic : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472043/?ref_=nv_sr_3
19:43:27 From Teacher Lee : “The Running Man”
19:46:10 From Teacher Lee : His original ship didn’t come back to try to find him.
19:46:40 From Teacher Lee : Vampires
19:46:52 From Teacher Lee : Lots of money
19:47:04 From Teacher Lee : Servants
19:50:20 From Vasanth : Q
19:50:52 From Teacher Lee : He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided.
19:52:03 From Teacher Lee : Rainsford did not smile. “I am still a beast at bay,” he said, in a low, hoarse voice. “Get ready, General Zaroff.” The general made one of his deepest bows. “I see,” he said. “Splendid! One of us is to furnish a repast for the hounds. The other will sleep in this very excellent bed. On guard, Rainsford.”…
19:53:32 From Teacher Lee : He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided.
19:56:31 From Teacher Lee : Empathy for his prey.
19:57:09 From Teacher Lee : Double entendre19:57:13 From Teacher Lee : on the title
19:57:23 From Teacher Lee : game = entertainment, game = prey
19:59:54 From Teacher Lee : There had to be supply ships.
20:00:22 From Teacher Lee : Which decade?
20:00:59 From Teacher Lee : Ten Little Indians
20:01:07 From Teacher Lee : And then there were none.