What theme of richard connell’s story “the most dangerous game” comes through in this excerpt? “…we should have some good hunting 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."

Have you ever thought you understood a person based on a story that you have heard about them? have you ever guessed about a person's personal life because of the clothes they wore? or, have you judged a person because of their friends? although classifying people in this way is typically discouraged, authors deliberately use your preconceived ideas to you form an opinion about the character or to at least have a better understanding. can you think of a time that you made a character call about someone based on external aspects? were you correct, or incorrect? has anyone ever made an incorrect assessment of you based on external aspects? write two paragraphs about it in your journal.