Rainsford's Diary Entry Essay: The Most Dangerous Game

“Nerve, nerve, nerve!” he panted, as he dashed along. A blue gap showed between the trees dead ahead. Ever nearer drew the hounds. Rainsford forced himself on toward that gap. He reached it. It was the shore of the sea. Across a cove he could see the gloomy gray stone of the château. Twenty feet below him the sea rumbled and hissed. Rainsford hesitated. He heard the hounds... He had nowhere to run. His life flashed before his eyes, all those times that he had his sights on a gazelle or tiger. Smiling before the cold, lifeless, body. Now he realized that he made the wrong decisions, and he wishes that he could change what he have done to those hundreds of animals that he killed. Now, he stand facing the decision to end his own life or die in the presence of a mad men. He closed his eyes and all the sounds in the world just muted. He stepped to the edge of the shore, raised his arms opening himself to God. Hoping, God wouldn’t punish him and give him mercy. He took his last breath and leaned forward. The …show more content…
Rainsford thought he was dead. He was floating towards the bottom of the ocean. Suddenly two giant hands reached down and brought him up to the surface. Rainsford opened his eyes and he was laying flat down in the middle of the jungle.” How did I get here,” Rainsford asked. There was nobody around. But, he felt eyes on him, everywhere. He felt so exposed. He tried to turn around, he couldn’t move his body. He felt paralyzed, he tried to wiggle his fingers, they moved slightly. Then, he tried to move his toes, they squirmed a little; tears streamed his face. Now, he realizing what had happened to him. The general tried to hunt him and kill, playing the game cat and mouse. Nervousness and fear hit him instantly. Then, he calmed down a little when he realized that Rainsford might assume that he's dead. Once again Rainsford tried to pull himself up, he leaned his head and laid his back to a tree. What was he going to do