Tom calls Nick Shakespeare referring to the time they spent in college together at Yale when Nick wanted to become an author like Shakespeare. Nick feels that he has moved on from that dream.
I think it's past perfect progressive.
I didn't want to take the tour bus so early but everyone else did and I didn't want to miss out on the sights, so I decided if u can't beat them, join them.
B. Negative, and resentful
In "The Most Dangerous Game," we meet Zaroff and Rainsford. Rainsford is a hunter who is travelling to the Amazon in order to hunt a jaguar. However, he falls overboard and ends up in a semi-deserted island, where Zaroff lives. Zaroff is also a hunter, but he informs Rainsford that he prefers to hunt humans, as they are a lot more interesting. He tells Rainsford that if he is able to avoid being hunted for three days, he will regain his liberty. Although Rainsford does so, and Zaroff accepts not to hunt him anymore, the story implies that Rainsford ends up killing Zaroff and winning the "game."
