Question

Which sentence best restates Sanger Rainsford's attitude about animals at the beginning of "The Most Dangerous Game"? Animals are people, too. Animals are a lower life form and have no understanding. Animals should be protected and not hunted. Animals understand one thing -- the fear of pain and the fear of death.

Answer 1

Animals only understand the fear of pain and the fear of death is what Rainsford's attitude about animals at the begging of "The Most Dangerous Game
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Answer 2

Animals are a lower life form and have no understanding.

This question refers to the conversation Rainsford and Whitney have at the beginning of the story while they are standing on the deck of the boat. Whitney brings up the idea that hunting is great for the hunter but not the animal. Rainsford contradicts him and says, "Who cares how a jaguar feels?" When Whitney responds that a jaguar probably cares how he feels. Rainsford dismisses the idea by saying, "They've no understanding." It is Whitney who says that animals "understand one thing - the fear of pain and the fear of death." Rainsford does not care about the feelings of the animals that he hunts.

This idea sets up Rainsford's attitude towards the animals that he hunts. This of course is interesting since later in the story Rainsford becomes the animal that is hunted.