Question

How did you determine that The General traps the

townspeople belongs under Plot, not Theme? How did you figure
out that Cleverness is a valuable trait belongs under Theme, not
Plot?
I determined that The General traps the townspeople belongs
under plot because
I figured out that Cleverness is a valuable trait belongs under
theme because

Answer 1

At the outset of the story, Rainsford is confident about which "class" he belongs to. As he says to his friend Whitney, "Luckily, you and I are hunters." But soon Rainsford will in fact become a "huntee." Although Rainsford uses the word class, which is usually associated with human social classes, he seems to mean that the two classes are the humans and the animals. "The Most Dangerous Game" is partly the story of how Rainsford fights to be treated as a human being by General Zaroff.