What theme of Richard Connell’s story “The Most Dangerous Game” comes through in this excerpt? “…We should have some good huntin
g up the Amazon. Great sport, hunting." "The best sport in the world." "For the hunter," amended Whitney. "Not for the jaguar." "Don't talk rot, Whitney," said Rainsford. "You're a big-game hunter, not a philosopher. Who cares how a jaguar feels?" "Perhaps the jaguar does," observed Whitney. "Bah! They've no understanding." "Even so, I rather think they understand one thing—fear. The fear of pain and the fear of death." reason versus instinct violence and bloodshed helplessness of animals survival of the fittest