4. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Born In New York. (October 17, 1893 –
November 22, 1949)
Began his career at a young age when he did
some time in jail for his father
Became fascinating writer at the age of 10
He graduated from Harvard in 1915.
His works include –
Apes and Angels(1924)
Mad Lover(1927)
The Most dangerous Game
5. The story is about :
Hunter vs. the
hunted
Strong vs. the
weak
Man vs. man
Killing and
murder
7. General Zaroff,General Zaroff,
- Ex-army man
- Hospitable
- Fearless
- Desires for more
- In-human & Insane
- Over confident
- Skilled
8. Ivan,Ivan,
Zaroff's Russian servant, body guard and hunting
partner. Ivan is a giant, he is deaf, mute, and
unintelligent.
Whitney,Whitney,
Rainsford's friend who appears briefly in the
introduction, wondering what it would be like if he
were the hunted instead of the hunter.
9. SUMMARYSUMMARY
Rainsford and Whitney, head towards Amazon
rain forest
Whitney mentions about the Ship Trap island
Rainsford ignores what Whitney has to say
Considers hunting as the best sport
Ignores the feeling of the hunted
Whitney mentions about the fear of pain and fear
of death
10. Later Rainsford goes for the sleep
Wakes up hearing the 3 shots of
gun
Leaps on the rail to see what has
happened
Lost his balance and fell off the
ship
Swims and lands on the island
Follows the sound he hears
Follows the trail of the hunting
boots
Sights an enormous building
11. Opens the iron gate and finds a
gigantic creature (Ivan) standing
with a revolver
Ivan- Deaf and Dumb
Another man enters ‘General
Zaroff’- a Russian noble
Appears to be a generous host
Loves hunting but is bored by
killing animals
He says, ‘ There is no greater bore
than perfection’
12. But he has found a new animal to hunt
That animal has courage, is cunning and able to
reason
Rainsford confused about which animal is
General Zaroff talking about
General then says that he has chosen to hunt
humans
This makes it Most Dangerous Game
13. o Rainsford shocked and amazed with
what he has heard
He is confused as to know where
does these men come from
The General simply mentions that
the island is the Ship Trap
Island…..
The general had dozens of trapped
pupils, collection of heads and
hounds
Rainsford asked him what he
would do if in case he refused to
play the game
14. General persuaded him by saying
that if he caught him within three
days the general would kill him ,
if not the general would be
defeated
General himself would use only a
small caliber pistol
General suggests him to avoid the
"Death Swamp”
Ivan bought a supply of food,
hunting clothes and a knife
He was given moccasins and a
three hours start
15. He set to the woods and
assured to maintain a distance
between himself and Zaroff.
Taking care not to leave the
slightest mark, he climbed the
tree
The First Day
16. The Second Day
The general came searching with an
automatic pistol
The general went away with a smile
as he turned back
Rainsford made, what the general
called a "Malay man-catcher" to trap
the general
But only the generals shoulders got
hurt
That night he set to prepare another
trap " the Burmese tiger pit"
One of the General’s best hounds got
killed
17. The Third Day
•Rainsford was awakened by the sound of the
hounds
•A trick Rainsford learnt in Uganda came up on
his mind
•Through this trick he managed to kill Ivan
•That night general Zaroff had a great dinner
but two slight annoyance disturbed him
•He saw Rainsford behind the curtains in his
room
•At last, Rainsford managed to kill Zaroff and
get rid of his terror
18. INTERPRETATIOINTERPRETATIO
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fear of death and the fear of pain is the
same in case of both human beings and
animals.
‘A wearer only knows where the shoe
pinches.’
makes us feel how inhuman it is to hunt
animals just for the sake of fun and hence it
should be discourage.
