“Who cares how a jaguar feels?” Rainsford replies in response to Whitney’s concern. “I rather think they understand one thing--fear” says Whitney, “the fear of pain and fear of death.” This answer is met with incredulity, “Be a realist [Whitney]. The world is made up of two classes-the hunter and the hunted. Luckily you and I are hunters.” This conversation introduces Rainsford as a flat character - a ruthless hunter; however it also foreshadows the transformation that will earn him the label of a dynamic character as he experiences the fear of being prey hunted by General Zaroff. “Rainsford, as he realizes that he will become a hunted animal, quite naturally reverses his previous stand, recognizing that the hunted can know fear.” (Three Short Stories for
“Who cares how a jaguar feels?” Rainsford replies in response to Whitney’s concern. “I rather think they understand one thing--fear” says Whitney, “the fear of pain and fear of death.” This answer is met with incredulity, “Be a realist [Whitney]. The world is made up of two classes-the hunter and the hunted. Luckily you and I are hunters.” This conversation introduces Rainsford as a flat character - a ruthless hunter; however it also foreshadows the transformation that will earn him the label of a dynamic character as he experiences the fear of being prey hunted by General Zaroff. “Rainsford, as he realizes that he will become a hunted animal, quite naturally reverses his previous stand, recognizing that the hunted can know fear.” (Three Short Stories for