10)
Which statement BEST assesses the relative reliability of the narrator of this selection?
A) The narrator is Rainsford himself and therefore should be considered reliable.
B) The narrator clearly hates Rainsford and therefore should be considered unreliable.
C) The narrator clearly had no investment or interest in how this conflict is resolved.
D) The narrator is not a character in the story and therefore should be considered reliable.

D) The narrator is not a character in the story and therefore should be considered reliable.

Explanation:

"The Most Dangerous Game" is Richard Connell's short story from 1924.

It is about a man called Rainsford who, upon falling off a yacht, ends up on an island where he is hunted by a madman.

The narrator of the story is reliable in that he is not a character in the story. The narration is third person omniscient, which means that the narrator is external to the story and not an active participant in it. Although the story is told from Rainsford's perspective, the narrator uses a pronoun 'he' when describing his experiences.

- "the answers are a and b.  

when cullen speaks of planting while others reap, and standing "abject and mute," he is speaking about the racial injustices present in american society. as these injustices have changed over time, the american identity  has also shifted. those changes are, in turn, reflected in american literature."

explanation:

the intellectual community is a place like a university where people with high marks, or original thought or an outstanding interest in something gather. they take classes together. they discuss things. they argue sometimes, and not always in a friendly way. but if they argue, it is because they are passionate about something, and there is nothing the matter with that.

lately i've been hearing rumors that it is not the way it was when i went to school. the one thing all schools used to have was free speech. the 1st amendment rights were sacred. now i'm hearing they are not. students can be reported and disciplined for giving an off the wall opinion.

that is shameful.

intellectual ideas are meant to be discussed. they are meant to be chewed up and worked on. that is the primary responsibility of every intellectual community. if that is not the way it is, then that is not a school to go to.

social media, in my opinion, and this is just an opinion. i wouldn't take it too seriously, complicates everything to do with human communication. you can want to share things and others feel they have the right to be very critical or sarcastic or mean about what you share. lack of respect is an immeasurable intolerable condition and social media abounds with that sort of thing.

one of the things i really like about is how careful people are because they must have some idea that the mods are exactly what the word says they are. they police this board very well, and what is so remarkable about them is that they are no older than the average grade 12 student.

my hat goes off to them (which means i respect them quite a bit).