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The Most Dangerous Game By Richard Connell PowerPoint by Erika Kohlhoff Period 5 9-25-15 Setting “Bleak darkness was blacking out the sea and jungle when Rainsford sighted the lights. He came upon them as he turned a crook in the coastline, and his first thought was that he had come upon a village, for there were many lights. But as he forged along, he saw to his great astonishment that all that all the lights were in one enormous building—a lofty structure with pointed towers plunging upward into the gloom. His eyes made out the shadowy outlines a palatial chateau: it was set on a high bluff, and on three sides of it cliffs dived down to where the sea licked greedy lips in the shadows.” In this setting, Rainsford finally found a building with people in it. This reveals that there is a rich person living on the island, and that Rainsford is curious. He is curious to find someone to help him. This does make the reader curious though: a giant house in the middle of a jungle and no one else there. This foreshadows that something weird might happen because this is not your normal scenario. One of the conflicts that has already happened is Rainsford is battling man against nature; trying to find his way, and find somewhere where there are humans. Setting “The dining room to which Ivan conducted him was in many ways remarkable. There was a medieval magnificence about it; it suggested a baronial hall of feudal times, with it is oaken panels, its high ceiling, its vast refectory table where two-score men could sit down to eat. About the hall were the mounted heads of many animals—lions, tigers, elephants, moose, bears; larger or more perfect specimens Rainsford had never seen.” Rainsford is amazed about how unique and strange the dining room is. It has a lot of animals and is in a way, medieval. This shows that the character that Rainsford meets, is rich, and is a very good and experienced hunter. Also, this proves that something creepy is going on because most hunte