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Characters the answer is D
Answer: D) "They indicate a channel," he said, "where there's none: giant rocks with razor edges crouch like a sea monster with wide-open jaws. They can crush a ship . . ."
Explanation: In this part of "The Most Dangerous Game" General Zaroff explains to Rainsford that he hunts humans in his island, and when Rainsford asks why men keep going to the island, the general lights a signal that indicates a channel where there is none, so when the ships were destroyed by the rocks, the sailors are forced to swim to the general's island, where they are hunted, this support the claim that The general does not play fair in his game.
Hektor's perspective reveals he is hesitant to enter the gateway, although he sees it is the only valid option, based on the mistakes of his past.