In the excerpt from "The Most Dangerous Game," Rainsford is depicted as resourceful. He demonstrates this by using his surroundings to create a trap, showing his ability to think critically and effectively under pressure.
Read the excerpt from Part 2 of "The Most Dangerous Game,” by Richard Connell.
He slid down from the tree, and struck off again into the woods. His face was set and he forced the machinery of his mind to function. Three hundred yards from his hiding place he stopped where a huge dead tree leaned precariously on a smaller, living one. Throwing off his sack of food, Rainsford took his knife from its sheath and began to work with all his energy.
The job was finished at last, and he threw himself down behind a fallen log a hundred feet away. He did not have to wait long.
In this scene in both the story and the film, Rainsford is depicted as
angry.
resourceful.
bumbling.
romantic.
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