We know that Rainsford chose, but we can assume that he spent his three days being hunted wondering both how he was going to stay alive himself and how he was going to kill Zaroff to stay alive. He was hunted and could feel the fear of pain and the fear of death, though he once scoffed at Whitney for believing this. having to change your mind about something especially something you were so certain about is yet another kind of internal conflict all of Rainsford`s internal conflicts are caused by the one external conflict Which is being hunted by the madman General Zaroff.