Are there questions left to answer?
...ff’s island man hunt is that of disdain and disgust, and he wants no part of it, but we see a change in his actions as the story progresses. Even though he is the one being chased, he is the one who is being hunted, he himself becomes a hunter. The various traps set up were surely not just to detour General Zaroff, for if that knife struck a lethal blow, or if he plummeted into the Burmese tiger pit, Rainsford would have felt accomplishment. This turn of mood truly comes out in the end where Rainsford confronts Zaroff in his mansion, “The General sucked in his breath and smiled. ‘I congratulate you,’ he said. ‘You have won the game.’ Rainsford did not smile. ‘I am still a beast at bay,’ he said, in a low, hoarse voice. ‘Get ready, General Zaroff.’ “ 1. This leaves many questions to ponder. Did Rainsford release the prisoners? Did he 1. Perrine’s Literature, editors Arp and Johnson, 2002 p. 76 release information to the authorities regarding this man hunt? Or perhaps, did Rainsford become the hunter himself, having felt the rush that Zaroff was talking about? This is what we’re left to think about. Next we look at “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber.” The story begins with a compelling question which almost forces the reader to continue on to find out what exactly happened. But this question is soon answered and we begin to see into the lives of Francis and Margot, and their less t...