Richard Conneell applies foreshadowing to generate a tone of suspense. While he uses suspense in the beginning and throughout the story. he uses various techniques to keep his readers engaged in the life threatening action.
He set the stage be using foreshadowing in the conversation between Rainsford and Whitney on the boat to give us an eery feeling. When Whitney say "(there are two classes in this world), the hunters and the huntees, Luckily you and I are the hunters."(15) Obviously, We can tell that this statement will be compromised in the later part of the story. We are left wondering what will happen; will something happen to Rainsford? What could this sentence link to?
When we meet General Zarrof, the narrator uses imagery very well to give us a sense that this is not a normal island and this is not a normal man; hower, we don't know why. When Jarroff implies he need to "invent a new animal to hunt" (18) a chill is sent up our spine when he says he wants to hunt man and of this moment that man is, Rainsford. We are on the edge our seats when he is thrown into this game. The narrator makes us feel Rainsford's fear with the repetition of the word "nerve 'nerve, nerve, nerve!" and sentences like "trying ot hold onto his nerve" (23)
Rainsford cleverly avoids Rainsford with his impresive traps and bids Zarrof a permanent fairwell, This story was wonderfully filled with suspense that made the reader want to keep reading and reading!
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