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1. Discuss the two meanings of the title. The one way, the title is saying hunting is dangerous. The other way human is game like deer is game. 2. How important is suspense in the story? How is it developed and sustained? What rules do chance and coincidence play in the story? The whole story is based on suspense; it starts the story with the unknown then reveals slowly. 3. Discuss the characterization of rainsford and general zaroff. Which one is more fully characterized? Are both characters plausible? Zaroff is more characterized but both characters are plausible. 4.Why does Connell include the philosophical discussion between Whitney and Rainsford at the beginning of the story (paragraphs 7-24)? Does it reveal a personal limitation on Rainsfords part? Does Rainsford undergo any significant changes in the course of the story? Do we come to know him better as the story proceeds? I believe that the whole story is based on an odd philosophy, and it does reveal a limitation of rainsford. Rainsford goes though a whole new experience rapidly fast. You learn more about him through the story. 5. Compare the discussion between Whitney and Rainsford and the after dinner conversation between Rainsford and Zaroff (paragraphs 68-145). In these discussions, is Rainsford more like Whitney or Zaroff? How does he differ from Zaroff? Does the end of the story resolve that difference? I think that rainsford is like zaroff in the story but at the end of the story resolves any differences and becomes almost a clone of him. 6. As you read the story, do you develop any expectations of how it might be resolved? Are these expectations met or overturned? The story makes you develop endings at times in the story but it gives a surprise ending. 7. As you go through the story a second time, do you find more significance in any of the action or description than you noticed during the first reading? Yes it lets you have an explanation for some of the wording in the story. 8.Would you describe this story as commercial fiction or literary fiction? This story is a literary fiction. 1.Discuss the way Tub is presented in the opening scene. Does your assessment of his character change in the later scenes? Tub is first seen as a loner, and then becomes more of a bold character in the later scenes.

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2. How does the cold, hostile environment in the story relate to its meaning? When Kenney is hunting, he is very cold and heartless. The story is also hostile with all the shooting going on. 3. Which is the most sympathetic of the three characters? The story deals, in part, with the power struggle among the characters. Which character is the most powerful? Do the balance of power and alliances between the characters shift as the story proceeds? Frank is the most sympathetic of the three characters. Tub is the most powerful of the three characters. The balance of power and alliances was between Kenny and Frank, then as the story goes on it changes to Frank and Tub. 4. How do the physical descriptions of the characters help us to understand them? For example, how is Tubs obesity relevant to his character? The physical descriptions of the characters help us to understand them by giving us an idea of were the character is coming from. Tubs obesity is relevant to his character because he ate a lot and that caused a changing point in the story. 5. The second half of the story includes some surprising twists and turns. How are these more meaningful and substantial than the random plot twists one might find in a purely commercial work of fiction? The twists and turns are more meaningful and substantial because Tub and Frank should be more worried about Kenney but instead they mosey around at different diners. 6. What other elements of the story suggest that this is a serious, literary work rather than merely an entertaining yarn about three hapless hunters? The story is more serious because it has many plot twists then an entertaining yarn. 7. What is the purpose of the scene in which Frank and Tub stop at the tavern for food and coffee, leaving the wounded Kenny in the back of the truck? During their conversation, Frank analyzes his own character and expresses remorse. Are his insights and remorse genuine? Why or why not? The scene to show that Tub and Frank dont fill remorse for Kenney. I think that Franks insights and remorse are genuine. 8. The final plot twist comes in the last two sentences of the story. Here the narrator speaks directly to the reader, giving us information the characters dont know. How is this an appropriate conclusion to the story? What final statement is being made about the characters? This is a appropriate conclusion to the story because Kenney was being haphazard with Tubs And Franks lives now they are being haphazard with Kennys life. The final statement is being made about the characters is that they are clueless.