In “the most dangerous game,” rainsford must face not only zaroff, but he must confront his own assumptions about life. rainsford finds himself engaged in an internal as he comes to terms with the ideas earlier raised by whitney—that the world is not made of hunters and the hunted. these distinct lines that rainsford had created for himself begin to blur. as rainsford scuttles like an animal through the dense jungle, closely pursued by his hunter, he also realizes that fear and pain are not exclusively felt by humans.
which literary term best fills in the blank?

Conflict.

Explanation: in literature, a conflict is a struggle between opposite forces, usually between a character (the main character or a very important one) and himself (internal conflict), society or another character (external conflict). In the given excerpt, we can see the description of how Rainsford must face an internal conflict because he must confront his own assumptions about life, for example he starts to doubt that the world is not made of hunters and the hunted.

killed them

explanation:

no, i never do because that’s not the reason for what i speak to or of.