Thursday, October 4, 2012

Homework - Fishbowl preparation for Friday, Oct 5th



Fishbowl Preparation

Main Text: The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell

Directions: In preparation for the fishbowl discussion on Friday, answer these guiding questions with your thoughts, opinions, personal experiences, and evidence from The Most Dangerous Game. Each response should include at least 2 quotes from the text to support. Answer on a separate sheet of paper.


1.      Civilized vs. Uncivilized? At what point does a person cross that boundary? Who or what can we consider “civilized” in The Most Dangerous Game?

 IIs it inhumane to kill animals? How about humans? Where do Rainsford and Zaroff draw the line? Where do you draw the line?

3.      What does Richard Connell want to communicate to us as readers about humans in general? Consider the background information about big game hunting and General Zaroff’s game. Are humans naturally good, evil, selfish….? What evidence from the story gives the author’s opinion on that?
 
Questions: Write down at least 2-3 questions you would like to explore further or that comes out of your thinking from the previous questions.

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