Answer:
The parts that make the game sound like a hunt are:
- "Chewing his finger and near to tears as he heard Raghu shouting"
- "And then made off in a panic, half of him wanting to fly north, the other half counseling south."
- “You’re dead,” he said with satisfaction, licking the beads of perspiration off his upper lip, and then stalked off in search of worthier prey.
- "Ravi heard the whistling and picked his nose in a panic"
- "He could run around the garage if he heard Raghu come."
Explanation:
These parts of Anita Desai’s “Games at Twilight” make the game of hide and seek look like a real hunt.
Instead of showing it as a cute children's game, it shows how children feel when they feel that the "hunter" is coming for them, and that they will have to hide and run so that they do not catch them.
The terror in Manu and Ravi also makes them look like a prey, desperate to find a way to escape from Raghu, and always waiting to be their next "victims."
