Rainsford Case Study

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Moreover, Rainsford wouldn’t need to worry about anything because he can outsmart them. He most likely felt accomplished because of the trail he retraced. He did a “series of intricate loops” he retraced them over and over “recalling all the lore of the fox hunt and all the doges of the foxes” (Connell 32). He did this due to the fact in which he thought retracing the path will cause Zaroff to get confused and lost. This shows he's creative. Meanwhile around the same time, he was being careful. In this case, he was “at a big tree with a [wide] trunk and outspread branches was nearby, and [being careful] not to leave any marks” (Connell 32). Once again he was trying to outsmart the cays to where they wouldn’t sense him so he climbed up the

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