Rainsford Quotes

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Through the development of the character Sanger Rainsford, Connell suggests that human beings are resistant to change even when faced with extreme circumstances.
Goal of Body Paragraph 1: Establish Rainsford feelings about hunting at the start of the story.
Rainsford doesn’t care about how the hunted feels.
“...Not a philosopher…” -- Rainsford implies that hunters aren’t supposed to care how the hunted feels.
“Who cares how a jaguar feels?” -- Rainsford directly says he doesn’t care how the hunted feels.
Rainsford is simpleminded when it comes to hunting.
“Bah! They’ve no understanding.” -- Rainsford thinks animals don’t understand anything.”
“... the hunters and the huntees. Luckily, you and I are hunters.” -- Rainsford has very basic thoughts when it comes to hunting. …show more content…
“...Have a quarry with which I can match my wits.” -- Zaroff is satisfied with what he hunts.
...Must have courage, [cunningness], and, above all, it must be able to reason.” -- Not many animals can reason, foreshadowing what the game is that Zaroff hunts.
Show how Zaroff treats the game that he hunts.
“...Trace of anger...that would be barbarous” -- Zaroff hunts men, but he tries to make it “civilized.”
“...Food and exercise” -- Zaroff takes care of the people he hunts, kind of what he is doing to Rainsford right now...
Goal of Body Paragraph 3: Show how Rainsford still has his hunting instinct even when he is hunted.
Rainsford makes traps for Zaroff, like a hunter making a trap for prey.
“...Crashed down and struck the general” -- Rainsford is still trying to hunt the general even though he is being hunted
“..Wove a rough carpet of weeds and branches...” -- Rainsford is trying another trap because his previous one was successful.
Rainsford still is trying to

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