PLN #3

In The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell, General Zaroff, the best hunter there is, makes Rainsford who's normally known to be an excellent hunter, feel the spot of prey as they play their dangerous game. To begin Rainsford was talking to Whitney about the jaguars feelings. "Bah! They've no understanding." "Even so, I rather think they understand one thing--fear. The fear of pain and the fear of death." "Nonsense," laughed Rainsford." This passage shows Whitney noting that the jaguar might not feel so well about being hunted and Rainsford totally blowing off the thought as if he doesn't care. Well, this is ironic because Rainsford ends up being hunted later on and he finds it to be not of his liking. He only cares about the prey when the prey is himself. To continue, Rainsford set up a pit with sharp sticks to trap the general, "Three feet from the pit a man was standing, with an electric torch in his hand. "You've done well, Rainsford," the voice of the general called. "Your Burmese tiger pit has claimed one of my best dogs. Again you score." This passage symbolizes how no matter how good you are you can be beat. Rainsford, the extremely talented hunter now faces the fact that his skill is of no good compared to the general who just congratulates him for all his effort in making a flawless trap. Once again,  the prey does feel the pain of being hunted. To finish up, Rainsford on last stand makes a daring decision between potentially life and death. "Across a cove he could see the gloomy gray stone of the chateau. Twenty feet below him the sea rumbled and hissed. Rainsford hesitated. He heard the hounds. Then he leaped far out into the sea. . . ." This section teaches a moral in the story of, it's easy to say things about others but until you've experienced there life you have no idea of what you're saying. Rainsford now experiences the meaning of prey and would most likely never question the feelings of something weaker than him again.