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1、英院英院2012级十一班级十一班邵琳邵琳 金洋金洋 苗玮桓苗玮桓Full name: Richard Edward Connell Jr.Born October 17, 1893 Poughkeepsie, New YorkDied November 22, 1949 (aged 56)Richard Edward Connell Jr. )1.He was an American author and journalist 2.He was probably best remembered for his short story The Most Dangerous Game (1924)

2、. 3.Connell was one of the most popular American short story writers of his time, and his stories were published in The Saturday EveningPost and Colliers magazines. . 4.He had equal success as a journalist and a screenwriter, and was nominated for an academy award during 1942 for Best Original Story

3、” for the movie “Meet John Doe”The Milky Way (1936) (writer)Love on Toast (1937) (writer)Okusama ni shirasu bekarazu (1937) (writer)The Cowboy and the Lady (1938) c(contributing writer) (uncredited)Dr. Rhythm (1938) (writer)Hired Wife (1940) (writer)Nice Girl? (1941) (writer)Rio Rita (1942) (screenp

4、lay)Presenting Lily Mars (1943) (screenplay)Two Girls and a Sailor (1944) (writer)Thrill of a Romance (1945) (writer)Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945) (writer)Luxury Liner (1948) (writer)The Most Dangerous Game (1932)A Game of Death (1945)Run for the Sun (1956)Bloodlust! (1961)The Woman Hunt (1973

5、)Turkey Shoot (1982)Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity (1987)The Running Man (1987)Deadly Prey (1988)Death Ring (1992)Hard Target (1993)Surviving the Game (1994)The Pest (1997)The Condemned (2007)The Tournament (2009)HuntsHuntsAt first, they were “the hunters”In the end, they became “the hunted”He is

6、an ex-Czarist-Russian general who has a rich experience in hunting preys(猎物）， he has a great passion about hunting, but gradually he gets bored with the conventional hunting. What can arouse his interest is no longer the animal-hunting, but the most dangerous game, hunting people.To him , life is ju

7、st like Darwins theory of evolution, the survival of the fittest. Only the strongest one can make the rule . Only the strongest one can be “the hunter”The existence of the weak is for the strong to find pleasure .He is a world-renowned American hunter, but during a hunting trip for jaguar(美洲虎）, he a

8、ccidentally falls into the sea, and the first land he finds is the hunting ground of General Zaroff. As a matter of course, he was then forced to be “the hunted”To him, hunting animals doesnt count as murdering, because they dont understand fear, but he considers Zaroff to be a murderer, because he

9、hunts people.He is a deaf and dumb assistant to General. He is extremely strong and has been a lethal weapon .With him, General Zaroff can force those helpless captives to play “this most dangerous game” with him.Apart from being hunted by the General, captives have another ending, that is to be tor

10、tured to death by Ivan He seems to enjoy the process of torturing and murdering those desperate captives.In the end, he dies as a result of Rainsfords trap.Background After the World War 1 In the Caribbean on a Brazil-bound yacht A mysterious Caribbean Island Why and how did Rainsford come to Zaroff

11、?Plot 1.The beginning:invitationof the hunting game at noon on the first day 2.Development:The rounds of the game Round One: Zaroff can easily kill Rainsford and end the game,but he decides to save Rainsford for anther day. Round Two: Rainsford scores a point.Zaroff is slightly injured. Round Three:

12、Zaroff loses his best houndRound Four:Zaroff loses Ivan3.The conflictThe battle of wits between the hunter and the hunted4.The climax5.The resolution:Zaroffs death.Rainsford,who has been hiding in the curtains of the bed,becomes the winnerStructure of the TextStructure of the TextPart 1: Zaroff invi

13、ted Rainsford to play the game and Rainsford was forced to accept the proposalPart 2: The game began and Rainsford tried his best to survivePart 3: The game ended in the winning of Rainsford. And Rainsford proved to be the most dangerous game Writing style and devices Indirect characterization: 1.za

14、roff is an outstanding hunter 2.zaroff is sophisticated and well-eduacted. Direct characterizaion: zaroff is cruel and evil.He amuses himself by hunting He amuses himself by hunting with the most dangerous game: with the most dangerous game: man.man.1.Thick eyebrows and pointed military mustache;2.B

15、lack and bright eyes3.A sharpcut nose4.A spare, dark faceIndirect characterization:1.Wrote a book about hunting.2.Recognizes Ivan holding a long-barreled revolver and pointing his heart.3. counterattack: set trap for Zaroff4. Win and surviveConnells tone Objective, descriptive and non-judgmentalConn

16、ell doesnt show his opinions on Connell doesnt show his opinions on Rainsford or ZaroffRainsford or Zaroff. .Describe the story and plots without Describe the story and plots without ment.Narrative view: the third personNarrative view: the third personatmosphereConnell creates a suspenseful atmosphere: 1. the old charts call the island “Ship-Trap Island” 2.the hunting starts at the nighttheme Zaroff want to justify his attempts with civilized ideas. Iss