The Plot - Basic Situation

1. Rainsford is on a yacht bound for the Amazon. (page 2)
2. Rainsford talks with Whitney about "ship-trap" island. (page 1)
3. The sea is the Caribbean Sea. (page 1)
4. We find out Rainsford is a big game hunter. (page 2)
5. Whitney muses on his thought of the "game." (page 2)

Complications

1. Rainsford loses his balance and falls into the sea. (page 5)
2. Zaroff tells Rainsford that he is bored with hunting most animals. (page 14 and 16)
3. Zaroff tells Rainsford he hunts the most dangerous prey: man. (page 20)
4. Zaroff shows Rainsford how he traps ships with lights that indicate a channel. (page 21)
5. Zaroff asks Rainsford to join him in hunting his prey.
6. Rainsford refuses to join Zaroff in hunting.
7. Zaroff stands below Rainsford (who's up a tree), smiles, and moves on. (page 31)
8. Rainsford builds a Malay man-catcher. (page 33)
9. Rainsford builds a Burmese Tiger Pit. (page 34)
10. Zaroff loses one of his best dogs. (page 35)
11. Zaroff uses the dogs to hunt Rainsford. (page 36)
12. Rainsford kills Ivan. (page 37)
13. Rainsford leaps off of a cliff into the sea. (page 37)
14. Zaroff thinks that Rainsford's dead. (page 38)

Climax

1. Rainsford confronts Zaroff in his bedroom. (page 38-39)

Resolution

1. Rainsford has never slept in a more comfortable bed. (page 39)