9/10/14 Most Dangerous Game Extra Credit Project - Due before 9/19

The Most Dangerous Game Extra Credit Project

Your task is going to be to create a map of Ship-Trap Island, so that it fits all of the descriptions and events from the story. For example, we don’t know the shape of the island, so you can make the shape whatever you like. However, we do know that there is a bay in the island that Rainsford swims across at the end of the story, and that Zaroff’s home sits on one edge of the bay. We also know that Zaroff can see the rocks and channel lights from his home, so those should be placed accordingly on the map. The name and location of the swamp is also included in the story, so place it where it needs to be placed. Below is a list of what needs to be included:

·      A map key, showing all symbols from the map and explaining what they are.

·      A compass (which could be included in the key) showing North.

·      A trail showing Rainsford’s travel from the point he leaves Zaroff’s home to begin the “game” to his return to Zaroff’s home.

·      A trail showing Zaroff’s travels as they are described in the story. (For example, he leaves the house and  follows Rainsford’s intricate and complicated trail all the way to the tree. Then he returns home. The next day he leaves his home and returns to the tree where he picks up the trail again. After he gets hurt, he returns home, and then returns to that spot again to pick up the hunt.)

·      The channel lights.

·      The rocks in front of the channel lights.

·      Zaroff’s home.

·      The tree where Rainsford spends his first night.

·      The three traps (in the order they occurred in the story and properly named).

·      Death Swamp, which we know Zaroff mentions is located in a specific corner of the island. We also know that one of the traps must be placed next to the swamp because that is the only place Rainsford could have prepared it.)

If you choose to do this project, it must be a minimum of 8.5 x 11 inches. Please feel free to make it larger, though, so you have plenty of space to include everything on your map. You could also make a 3D version of the island if you wish!

THESE MAPS ARE DUE BY SEPT. 19.  THE BETTER THE QUALITY OF THE MAP, THE MORE POINTS THIS WILL BE WORTH, UP TO 25 POINTS.