Rainsford's Journey

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People change. Like a landscape carved by wind and water people morph with their experiences both good and bad beneficial and detrimental. In Richard Connell's philosophy on hunting after his ordeal spent as the hunted. Rainsford hunting experiences, pria to arriving at Ship Trap Island were overwhelming positive. Connell illustrates this by writing , “ Who cares how the jaguar feels?” (6) He lacks empathy towards his prey. His arrogance of his role as a hunter is shocking. After a horrific stint of being hunted by General Zaroff on Ship Trap Island Connell wrote, “Rainsford knew now how an animals at bay feels.” (22) Being hunted had a profound empathy. In sight of the hunter's perspective shift in this moment, Rainsford will not find

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