To hook our curiosity, writers drop clues that foreshadow what is going to happen later in a story. What clues at the start of the story foreshadow danger for Rainsford?

"The Most Dangerous Game" is a 1924 story written by Richard Connell. In the story, a man called Rainsford falls from a yacht and swims to an island, where a Russian aristocrat hunts him.

From the very beginning, there are many clues from which we can conclude that Rainsford will be in danger.

For instance, Whitney mentions that the name of the island they pass by is 'Ship-Trap Island.' He points out that this is a dangerous place that would be avoided even by the cannibals. Whitney is aware that this name is 'suggestive', but Rainsford fails to reach that conclusion. Moreover, when Whitney and Rainsford talk about the jaguar's feelings while hunting it, Whitney is certain that it is afraid of pain and death. Rainsford interprets this remark as a joke, not realizing that he will soon be afraid of the same things. The writer foreshadows that Rainsford will be hunted by Zaroff and find himself in a life-threatening situation.

answer: c.   like someone who knows how to behave in public