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From the first couple paragraphs, List 2 words that help the reader gain more of an understanding of Rainsford as a person.

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Posted by elvismaniac101 on Saturday October 24, 2009 at 10:37 AM and tagged with the most dangerous game.

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  1. pohnpei397 Teacher
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    I don't have a copy of the book (just the text online) so I don't know how the paragraphs are split up in your copy, but here goes:

    The two words I'd pick (if I had to pick words and not phrases) to describe Rainsford are "bah" and "nonsense".

    Rainsford uses these words in response to Whitney's attempts to get him to empathize (or at least sympathize) with the prey he intends to hunt.  By using these words, Rainsford shows that he is dismissive of the "huntees" as he calls them.  There is nothing in what he says to imply that he might not characterize some humans (at least figuratively) as the hunted.

    So at the beginning of the story, we see an arrogant, cold Rainsford who sees himself as a hunter and has no sympathy for the hunted.  But that will change when he becomes the hunted on the island.

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    Posted by pohnpei397 on Saturday October 24, 2009 at 11:24 AM