“He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided”, (15). “For some minutes he stood regarding the blue-green expanse of water”,(14).The mood of this scene is intense because you don't know if he will die or survive. In the end of the story Rainsford ended up getting back to the castle faster than Zaroff and was waiting in his bed and when Zaroff saw Rainsford he said they will fight and loser gets fed to the dogs. This shows that Rainsford was being smarter and out thinking Zaroff because swimming to the castle is faster …show more content…
“The knife, driven by the recoil of the springing tree, had not wholly failed” (14).These show that he is getting better on how to survive. This is showing how smart Rainsford is because he is setting up traps to win the fight, he is using strategies. This scene's mood is intense because you don't know what the traps will do or if they will work. In the story Rainsford digs a hole and put spikes in it and covered it with leafs and sticks. Instead of catching Zaroff he catches on of his best hound. And the knife trap end up killing the wrong person but it still shows smart by using traps and them being successful. Rainsford is being smart setting traps to stop