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.

comfortable

explanation:

one type of the adjectives is predicate adjective. a predicate adjective is an adjective which follows a linking verb and modifies or refers back to the main subject of that linking verb.

it usually is used just before the noun it modies.

here in this example:

'penguins seem comfortable in the coolest habitats', comfortable is the predicate adjective which follows the linking verb 'seem' and modifies the noun.

an great real life example for the lottery principle is the real life lottery itself. it adheres to the lottery principle so much it's even called lottery. you apply for the lottery in the manner of getting a ticket and if you are lucky, the goods are distributed to you, in this case, the huge amounts of money. there are other real life example but this is the best one.