The Most Dangerous Game Setting Analysis Essay

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The story “The Most Dangerous Game” has many different settings that are placed throughout the island that set the mood and suspense of the story. These settings must be put in the right place when on a map in order to be accurate to the text. When I made my map, I was sure to put the right places in the right spot when I was working on my project. In order to do that, I needed to use the text from the story “The Most Dangerous Game” to determine where to put the General’s home, the courtyard of a dozen dogs, and the rocky shoreline. According to the text from “The Most Dangerous Game”, the General’s home must be placed close to the coast. This can be understood by reading the following statement made after Rainsford fell off the yacht and onto the island: “He came upon them as he turned a crook in the coast line, and his first thought was that he had come upon a village, for there were so many lights.” As you can see, the protagonist was close to the shoreline when he first saw the mansion lights. Using this logic, the General’s home would be placed near the seacoast of the island. …show more content…

Where the courtyard must be placed can be understood by the following: “The general steered Rainsford to a window. The lights from the windows sent a flickering illumination that made grotesque patterns on the courtyard below, and Rainsford could see moving about there a dozen or so huge black shapes; and as they turned toward him, their eyes glittered greenly.” This quote took place in the part of the story where Rainsford is inside of the house, and since he was able to see the courtyard so clearly, it is only logical to place the courtyard behind the General’s

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