Excerpt from The Most Dangerous Game
Richard Connell

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

8 "The best sport in the world," agreed Rainsford.

9 "For the hunter," amended Whitney. "Not for the jaguar."

10 "Don't talk rot, Whitney," said Rainsford. "You're a big-game hunter, not a philosopher. Who cares how a jaguar feels?"

11 "Perhaps the jaguar does," observed Whitney.

12 "Bah! They've no understanding."

13 "Even so, I rather think they understand one thing--fear. The fear of pain and the fear of death."

14 "Nonsense," laughed Rainsford. "This hot weather is making you soft, Whitney. Be a realist. The world is made up of two classes--the hunters and the huntees. Luckily, you and I are hunters."
How does the author develop the characters in this short story excerpt?

A) through the thoughts of Whitney
B) through the thoughts of Rainsford
C) through the dialogue between Whitney and Rainsford
D) through the narrator's physical description of Whitney and Rainsford

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