<span>`It lends a sense of believability to the absurd events, allowing the reader to suspend their disbelief. I would say this is the effect of the narration, to make the hitting on the head seem believable especially using the analogy of the fly and also his remorse at hitting the man.</span>
Rainsfords character was able to tell that the animal was big, but that the gun used to shoot it was a smaller one. he was also able to tell that the hunter who shot the animal was not able to kill it at first.