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1、Course:ShortstoryreadingZhu1Classnumber:16101501Name:朱思维Studentnumber:2015303436Instructor:ProfessorYangDate:4th,12,2016TheEvilin“TheMostDangerousGame”"TheMostDangerousGame"isashortstorythatwhichwaswrittenbyRichardConnell.IttellsreadersastoryaboutahorribleexperienceofamanwhoiscalledRainsf
2、ord.Heisahunterwhoisgoingtohuntjaguarwithhisfriends.However,hefallsintotheseaaccidentally.Thenheiswasheduptoalandontheshore.Heiswakedbytheshots.Hefollowsitandfindsacastle.Intherehemeetstwomen,oneiscalledZaroffandtheotheriscalledIvan.RainfordsoonfindsthatthehunteesofZaroffarehuman.Hewantst
3、oleavewhiletheonlywayhecanleavethisislandistoplaythegamewithZaroffandhemustwinhim,orhewillbekilled.Intheend,RainsfordwinsthegameandkillsZaroff.ItseemstobeanironicstorythatRainsfordisgoingtohuntwhileheishuntedbyZaroff.Butafterreadingtheendofthisshortstory,readercaneasilyseethatalmosteveryp
4、artofitindicatestheevilofhuman.Theevilofthepeopleinthisshortstoryisthemaintoneofthestory.Iexplaintheevilofthehumaninplots,characters,specialthingsandlanguageofthisnovelbasedonXunzi’stheoryof"HumanDispositionsareDetestable"(Xunzi,Wikipedia).Thistheorybelievesthatthenatureofthehumanisbad.By
5、analyzingtheseevilthings,Iwanttopassreadersawarning:Theevilofhumanishorrible,watchouttheanimalinourhearts.Zhu2Thefirstpartistheplots.Theauthorusessuspense,specialplotstopromotethedevelopmentsofstoryandinformreadersabouttheevilofthepeopleinthisshortstory.Atthebeginningtheauthorgivesreaders
6、threesuspense.Thefirstsuspenseisthatthemysteriousland,whichismentionedbyRainsford'sfriendWhitey,successfullyraisestheinterestsofreadersandtellsreaderswherethestoryhappens.Italsoexaggerateshorribleatmosphereatthemaintimeitalsosetsthetoneofthewholestory.ThesecondsuspenseisthatthehunteesofZa
7、roffarehuman.ThehunteesofZaroffalsoaremysterious,butreaderscanguessvaguelywhatitis.Inordertoensuretheiranswerisright,theywillkeepreading.ItalsocreatestheconflictsbetweenZaroffandRainsford,pushingthestoryline.Inaddition,theansweralsoshowsthecrueltyofZaroff.Readerscan