Compare And Contrast Rainsford And Zaroff

As a result of the game, Rainsford gets a sense of what it is like being the prey getting chased down. In fact, Zaroff smiled when he came to where Rainsford was, which caused him to become very nervous. Thoughts kept running through Rainsford’s mind about “why the general [had] smiled...and turned back” (Connell 33). Rainsford felt he was being strung along and trapped into similar situations as an animal. Rainsford felt that he would be caught by Zaroff, so he did not make any movement. Rainsford had a feeling that he would be killed instantly so he “froze there, every muscle tensed for a spring” (Connell 33). In other words, both Rainsford and the animals being hunted feel the same great panic when they almost get captured and killed. As