The reason Rainsford lived was because of reason. One example from the text is when he just started to run from the General. The text says “I'll give him a trail to follow” (Connell, 210). This shows that Rainsford had to think about a plan. He does not just start running around on instinct. He had to carefully plan a way for him to escape from the general because he knew that he was a experienced hunter. Furthermore, after Rainsford got his foot stuck in quicksand it gave him an idea after knowing the ground was soft he dug a hole for a trap. Rainsford says “the softness of the earth had giving him an idea… he planted sharpened sticks to the bottom” (Connell, 212). This states that he used reason to build a trap. When he got
The reason Rainsford lived was because of reason. One example from the text is when he just started to run from the General. The text says “I'll give him a trail to follow” (Connell, 210). This shows that Rainsford had to think about a plan. He does not just start running around on instinct. He had to carefully plan a way for him to escape from the general because he knew that he was a experienced hunter. Furthermore, after Rainsford got his foot stuck in quicksand it gave him an idea after knowing the ground was soft he dug a hole for a trap. Rainsford says “the softness of the earth had giving him an idea… he planted sharpened sticks to the bottom” (Connell, 212). This states that he used reason to build a trap. When he got