The Most Dangerous Game

Rainsford and Whitney's Views on Hunting

At the beginning of the story, the author lets us know Rainsford's ideas about hinting and Whitney's reactions to these ideas. How do WHitney's and Rainsford's ideas differ? Who would the author want us to know about these ideas at the start of the story?

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Rainsford thinks animals are for sport. He doesn't think animals' have feelings, only instinct. He feels that animals are meant to be hunted by people, this is the natural order of things. Whiney thinks there are ethical concerns hunting animals. Whitney thinks that animals might have more complex emotions than Rainsford thinks.

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