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Zarof Compare And Contrast-Personal Narrative

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Firstly, Connell builds suspense by lining the story with foreshadowing. As Rainsford is searching for land, he hears “the sound of an animal in extremity of anguish and terror” and a pistol shot, found to be of a “twenty-two...a light gun” not designed for hunting such a large animal as it had evidentially shot. This brings him to the conclusion that there are men on the island—but “what kind of men, in so foreboding a place” (16)? At this vague yet unnerving remark, readers are reminded of the island’s reputation and anxiously speculate who—or what—could give it such a bad name. They remember how frightened even the hard old captain is of this place, and they fear for Rainsford’s safety. Further on, after Zaroff foils all three of the traps

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