Answer:
The excerpt is taken from the story " The Most Dangerous Game" written by Richard Connell.
Step-by-step explanation:
Rainsford and Whitney are the two main characters in the story of " The Most Dangerous Game". It was written by the famous author, Richard Connell.
In the story both Whitney and Rainsford went out hunting and travelling in a yatch and they enter into a conversation of the way of the game. It is the game of the prey and how it feels when they are being hunted.
During their conversation the author portrays the character Whitney as a man of feelings. He thinks and feels that animals can understand fear and has empathy for the game.
While on the other hand, Rainsford believes that the world is divided into two part, one who hunts and the other who are hunted. He has no feeling and no empathy for the game. Rainsford is arrogant in nature. Rainsford sees himself lucky as he is the one hunts others.
Both of them were travelling by an island that is famous for its evil stories. Thus the mood of the story in the second part become mysterious and full of suspense.
Later in the story, it turns out that Rainsford falls from the yatch into the water and he ended up swimming to the mysterious island. Here he will be hunted like an animal by General Zaroff.