Integrated Quote Examples
Integrated Quote examples
IQ:
After Rainsford outwitted and killed General Zaroff, he won’t the most dangerous game and “he had never slept in a better bed” (235).
Analysis:
Zaroff determines a prize for the winner of the game. Whoever wins will sleep in a good bed. Rainsford did not understand the hunted animal, but now, surviving the pursuit and enjoying the relief gives better understanding.
IQ:
Rainsford usually “[plays] the fox” when he is hunting, but now he “must play the cat of the fable” because he is being hunted (231).
Analysis:
Rainsford’s dire situation of becoming someone’s prey forces him to experience the perspective of the animals he hunts.
IQ: For example, after she is separated from her husband, Annie “decide[s] that she would not go to work as a domestic and leave her precious babes” (36) to anyone else’s care.
Analysis:
She would rather take care of her kids than make more money and hand the responsibility to raise them over to someone else.
IQ:
Even though she wouldn’t be able to work at the cotton gin or lumber mill, she decides to “cut herself a new path” (37).
Analysis:
Annie’s perseverance and provision for her family was evident with her fresh idea to sell her cooking wares to others and to take the food as close to them as possible.
IQ:
Underestimating Rainsford’s ability, the General screamed, “Rainsford! How in god’s name did you get here!” at the appearance of Rainsford in his bedroom.
Analysis:
Zaroff neglects to believe in Rainsford’s ability to evade the hounds after such an grueling few days and stares at Rainsford in shock as Zaroff entered his own bedroom.
IQ:
When Rainsford is thrust into the forest to figure out how to survive on his own, he “must keep [his] nerve” (229) to stay ahead of the game.
Analysis:
As a result of the sudden danger, Rainsford starts to panic as if he is an animal and does not think clearly. He must actually speak to himself to keep a sharp mind and avoid getting caught.
IQ:
In the midst of the hunt, Rainsford continues to have a deeper understanding of an animal’s emotions. General Zaroff is extremely close to him and Rainsford is abruptly hit with a primal instinct “to hurl himself down like a panther” (231).
Analysis:
Because Rainsford has only ever been the hunter, he has never felt his kind of terror. This level of fear is what brings out vicious behavior during a moment offight or flight desperation.
IQ:
When Adam chunked an “imaginary rock” at “a woman driving a blue sedan” causing her car to “swerve momentarily out of its lane,” Seth felt his “jaw drop”(4).
Analysis:
Appalled by Adam’s careless action, Seth comes to see Adam’s actions as out of control. Losing interest in Adam’s ways, Seth begins to worry about the consequences.
IQ:
Seth just wants to be just as popular as Adam but in order to do that he has to make what he thinks are the right choices. Seth is precautious and is “afraid he’d start to cough or do something else really uncool” (3).
Analysis:
Seth wants to be accepted by Adam, which makes him feel the need to have go impress him. Seth thinks he belongs in this friendship and protects it by choosing his actions wisely to avoid not fitting in.
IQ:
Wanting a better life, she “dreamed of fine dinners of tapestries [and] dreamed of delicious dishes served on wonderful plates” ( ) which encouraged her daily ungratefulness.
Analysis:
Desperate cravings for fancy things caused her to feel jealousy toward other people. This jealousy led her to unreasonable demands from her husband.
THESIS Statements:
The author, Richard Connell, uses the conflict of Rainsford’s transition from the hunter to the hunted to illustrate how Rainsford changes from thinking about animals to thinking like an animal.
The author, Todd Strasser, uses what the character, Seth, does, what he says, and how he affects others to illustrate how Seth changes from a boy who is desperate to be in the cool crowd to a young man who cares more about morals than being cool.