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Lesson 9-The Most Dangerous Game ackground Information Contents I。 Author 工工。工 ntroduction to the Story IL。 The Fox and the cat IV Madame Butterfly W BT E BAC
Lesson 9—The Most Dangerous Game W B T L E I. Author II. Introduction to the Story III. The Fox and the Cat IV. Madame Butterfly Background Information
Lesson 9-The Most Dangerous Game . Author .. rIchard Connell(1893-1929) Born on october 17, 1893 in a New york Richard Cornell state community near the Hudson River, not far from Theodore roosevelts homestead, richard connell started his writing career early, working as a reporter for the Poughkeepsie News- Press while still in high school. He spent a year at Georgetown College W BT E To be continued on the next page
Lesson 9—The Most Dangerous Game W B T L E Richard Connell (1893—1929 ) Born on October 17,1893, in a New York state community near the Hudson River, not far from Theodore Roosevelt's homestead. Richard Connell started his wr iting career ear ly, working as a reporter for the Poughkeepsie NewsPress while still in high schoo l. He spent a year at Georgetown College I. Author To be continued on the next page
Lesson 9-The Most Dangerous Game . Author ... (now University) in Washington, D. C while working as a secretary for his Richard Cornell father, who was a member of Congress. When his father died in 1912, Connell moved back east to attend harvard University. There he exercised his interest in writing by serving as an editor for both the Daily Crimson and the Lampoon, a precursor to W BT E To be continued on the next page
Lesson 9—The Most Dangerous Game W B T L E (now University) in Washington, D.C. while working as a secretary for his father, who was a member of Congress. When his father died in 1912, Connell moved back East to attend Harvard University. There he exerc ised h is interest in writing by serv ing as an editor for both the Daily Crimson and t h e L a m p o o n , a p r e c u r s o r t o I. Author To be continued on the next page
Lesson 9-The Most Dangerous Game . Author the popular National Lampoon satire magazine. Around this time he also Richard worked as a reporter for the New york Cornell American newspaper and served in World War I. Later, he became a free lance writer of short stories and screen lays. He was a very prolific writer. Connell was claimed to have written over 300 short stories W BT E To be continued on the next page
Lesson 9—The Most Dangerous Game W B T L E the popular National Lampoon satire magazine. Around this time he also worked as a reporter for the New York American newspaper and served in World War I. Later, he became a freelance writer of short stories and screen plays. He was a very prolific writer. Connell was claimed to have written over 300 short stories. I. Author To be continued on the next page
Lesson 9-The Most Dangerous Game . Author NOVELS Mad Lover,(1927) Murder at Sea(1929) Playboy(1936) What Ho!(1937) SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS The sin of Monsieur Pettipon and Other Tales(1922) Apes and Angels(1924) Variety(1925) Ironies(1930) W BT E The end of author
Lesson 9—The Most Dangerous Game W B T L E NOVELS Mad Lover, (1927) Murder at Sea (1929) Playboy (1936) What Ho! (1937) SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and Other Tales (1922) Apes and Angels (1924) Variety (1925) Ironies (1930) I. Author The end of Author
Lesson 9-The Most Dangerous Game Introduction to the Story First published in 1924, the story has been THE MOST frequently anthologized as a classic DANGEROUS example of a suspenseful narrative loaded GAME with action. Connell's story raises questions about the nature of violence and cruelty and the ethics of hunting for sport. The Most Dangerous Game gained favorable recognition upon its initial publication in 1924, winning the prestigious O. Henry Memorial Award for Short Fiction. Its popularity was further established when the first film version of the story was produced in 1932. W BT E To be continued on the next page
Lesson 9—The Most Dangerous Game W B T L E First published in 1924, the story has been frequent ly antho log ized as a c lass ic example of a suspenseful narrative loaded w i t h a c t io n . Co n ne l l 's s to ry ra is e s questions about the nature of violence and cruelty and the ethics of hunting for sport. "The Most Dangero us Game" ga ined favorable recogn it ion upo n its initia l p u b l i c a t i o n i n 1 9 2 4 , w i n n i ng t h e prestigious O. Henry Memorial Award for Short Fiction. Its popularity was further established when the first film version of the story was produced in 1932. II. Introduction to the Story To be continued on the next page
Lesson 9-The Most Dangerous Game Introduction to the Story Two sailors Rainsford and his partner THE MOST Whitney sailed into the darkness of the DANGEROUS of sea. They were hunters and headed GAME to the amazon to hunt vicious animals such as Jaguars. They sailed to an island called Ship-Trap Island. Sailors felt this island frightening. The sky was dark and everything was shrouded in darkness when suddenly he heard three gunshots. Then he heard a scream while smoking a pipe. Suddenly the pipe fell and as he tried to reach out for W BT E To be continued on the next page
Lesson 9—The Most Dangerous Game W B T L E Two sailors Rainsford and his partner Whitney sailed into the darkness of the of sea. They were hunters and headed to the Amazon to hunt vicious animals such as Jaguars. They sailed to an island called Ship-Trap Island. Sailors felt this island frightening. The sky was dark and everything was shrouded in darkness when suddenly he heard three gunshots. Then he heard a scream while smoking a pipe. Suddenly the pipe fell and as he tried to reach out for II. Introduction to the Story To be continued on the next page
Lesson 9-The Most Dangerous Game Introduction to the Story it he fell off the board into the sea and the THE MOST waves swallowed his screams. Nobody DANGEROUS GAME could hear his cry for help. His only chance of survival was to swim Rainsford swam towards the screams and found himself on the island. He walked along the shoreline and later found a place that looked like a mansion. There he met General zaroff who bought the island to hunt. He was indeed a sportsman who invented a new hunting W BT E To be continued on the next page
Lesson 9—The Most Dangerous Game W B T L E it he fell off the board into the sea and the waves swallowed his screams. Nobody could hear his cry for help. His only chance of survival was to swim. Rainsford swam towards the screams and found himself on the Island. He walked along the shoreline and later found a place that looked like a mansion. There he met General Zaroff who bought the island to hunt. He was indeed a sportsman who invented a new hunting II. Introduction to the Story To be continued on the next page
Lesson 9-The Most Dangerous Game Introduction to the Story game. His game was to train those men THE MOST whose ships were wrecked, and provide DANGEROUS them with food and a knife for three GAME days. Once they were trained they were led out into the island while Zaroff chased after them and tried to hunt them. If they survived during those three days they had won the game and they were let free but otherwise they would be killed zaroff never ost the game because if one of the men being W BT E To be continued on the next page
Lesson 9—The Most Dangerous Game W B T L E game. His game was to train those men whose ships were wrecked, and provide them with food and a knife for three days. Once they were trained they were led out into the island while Zaroff chased after them and tried to hunt them. If they survived during those three days they had won the game and they were let free but otherwise they would be killed. Zaroff never lost the game because if one of the men being II. Introduction to the Story To be continued on the next page