“To Build a Fire” and “The Most Dangerous Game” Part A. In the story “To Build a Fire” it provides a great amount of writing devices‚ such as: Foreshadowing - to show or indicate beforehand; omen or warning. 1. The behavior of the dog represents foreshadowing‚ how it uses it’s instincts to survive the weather and stray from “danger” 2. The terrible cold. It says several times in the story “Fifty degrees below zero” over and over again‚ a human being can only survive so long alone in the cold
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train. "Mirage" thought Rainsford but it was no mirage‚ he found when he opened the tall spiked iron gate. The stone steps were real enough; the stone steps were real enough; the massive door with a leering gargoyle for a knocker was real enough; yet it hung in all unreality" (Connell ). This quote shows how surprised he is when he finds a mansion in the middle of the island not just any island though its ship-trap island in the middle of the ocean. The only way out for Rainsford "one of the main characters
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thing might make‚ which helps the reader better imagine the scene and relate to the text by thinking about a more relative subject. Later in the text the main character‚ Rainsford‚ mentioned that hunger was picking at him (Connell‚ 20). This is an effective use of personification because Richard Connell helps portray Rainsfords intense hunger by relating it to a living thing that is “picking at him.” This helps deepen the reader’s perspective and sympathy for the character. The author uses personifications
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everyday. Conflict is the driving force behind a story. In the story The Most Dangerous Game‚ they use the conflict Man v.s Man by pitting Reinsford against two men who wants to hunt him instead of animals. The men who want to hunt him‚ General Zaroff and Ivan‚ say that “They’ve grown tired of the usual big game and want to move on to something even more challenging.” At first Reinsford is offered to hunt men with them but Reinsford refused because he says that it’s outright murder. So then they
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Score: ______ / ______ Name: ________________________________ Student Number: ________________________ Directions: Answer the questions below. Use full sentences when applicable. 1. Give two examples of each of the following elements of fiction and nonfiction from the texts you’ve read in Units 1‚ 2‚ and 3. Characters:Fiction: James the teenager‚ Peggy the librarian and Astoria‚ Darla the one who placed the books on the shelves.. Non-Fiction: Desiderata by Elizabeth McCracken Plot:Fiction: Peggy
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The Most dangerous game In the “The Most Dangerous game‚” By Richard Canalled‚ there a guy named Rainoff that falls off a boat and then shows up in a island. There are two people in the story that are both hunters. In this story their is a man named Zaroff that’s hunts humans. In the story “The Most dangerous Game” by Richard Connell there are three main ideas that are important to the story: humans‚ hunters and whether or not there are two types of people‚ hunters and hunters. “Who were the hunters
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their political parties‚ corruption of government created by the increased influence of economic power in politics‚ high unemployment rates‚ and bank bailouts. The Indignant protesters demanded corruption cease and true democracy be established (Rainsford). But the majority view Occupy Wall Street as the first protest to receive major coverage sparking the Occupy movement across the United States as well as eighty-two other countries within a matter of weeks. Occupy Wall Street began on September
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invested into a brewery in Leixlip‚ Positioned only 17 kilometres from Dublin. In 1759 Guinness decided to move to the city himself and set up his own brewery business. Taking a 9‚000 year lease on the 4-acre brewery at St.James’s Gate from Mark Rainsford for an annual rent of £45. Background Arthur Guiness was born into the irish Protesteant Guinness family‚ claiming to descend from the Gaelic Magennis clan of County down. More recent Dna results suggest however‚ that he is also the descendant
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Picture yourself on the edge of a cliff and there are people with weapons closing in on you trying to kill you. In a situation like this you need certain survival tools. Many texts talk about survival such as "The most dangerous game" by Richard Connell‚ It takes bravery intelligence and strength to survive. Let’s begin with intelligence. You need knowledge to get out of sticky situations. For example‚ on page 3 of "Trapped"‚ the author states : "Even with the sharper blade‚ I instinctually understand
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and wouldn’t know what to do if there ever was a crisis. “I’ll give him a trail to follow…” (Connell‚ 11). As he was being hunted Rainsford’s‚ the protagonist from “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell‚ primary instinct was to trick General Zaroff‚ the antagonist who hunts humans‚ and this instinct saved his life. “...dad’s star might have moved further… playing a solo…” (Dominey‚ 235). Tatum‚ the main character in Audition and Subtraction by Amy Fellner Dominy‚ learned from past experience
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