HELP!! Read the passage below from "The Most Dangerous Game" and answer the question.
They would be on him any minute now. His mind worked frantically. He thought of a native trick he had
learned in Uganda. He slid down the tree. He caught hold of a springy young sapling and to it he fastened his
hunting knife, with the blade pointing down the trail; with a bit of wild grapevine he tied back the sapling.
Then he ran for his life. The hounds raised their voices as they hit the fresh scent. Rainsford knew now how
an animal at bay feels.
He had to stop to get his breath. The baying of the hounds stopped abruptly, and Rainsford's heart stopped,
too. They must have reached the knife.

Based on the passage above, which of the following themes is evident in the story?

A fear and self-preservation
B self-sacrifice
C good overcomes evil
D value of hard work

Isaw clearly the doom which had been prepared for me, and congratulated myself upon the timely accident by which ! had escaped. another step before my fall, and the world had seen me no more and the death just avoided was of that very character which i had regarded as fabulous and frivolous in the tales respecting the inquisition. to the victims of its tyranny, there was the choice of death with its direst physical agonies, or death with its most hideous moral horrors. i had been reserved for the latter. by long suffering my nerves had been unstrung, until i trembled at the sound of my own voice, and had become in every respect a fitting subject for the species of torture which awaited me. which torture does the passage above reference? a. being eaten alive by rats b.being sliced open by a giant blade c.being killed by falling into a hole d. being burned alive