Explanation: In this passage from "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell, the stage of the plot structure in which this event occurs is the <u><em>rising action</em></u>. General Zaroff is chasing Sanger Rainsford with his hounds. Now Rainsford reflects about his attitudes towards animals and what it feels like to be hunted. As a hunter, he never knew what it felt like to be chased and hunted.