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."
a.
reason versus instinct
b.
violence and bloodshed
c.
of animals
d.
survival of the fittest

I guess that the answer is violence and bloodshed

Explanation: because in one of the quotes

“…We should have some good hunting up the Amazon. Great sport, hunting."

This proofs that there are hunters and there violent.

the following key ideas correctly express the key sentence.

restate key idea: most people can learn to swim in ten short lessons.

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restate key idea: first aid is to prevent accidents as well as assist in rescue.

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