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Section 1: Pages 1-15

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Connell, Richard. The Most Dangerous Game. Tark Classic Fiction, 2007. E-Book.

• The story opens with a conversation between Whitney and Rainsford.

• The two hunting companions are talking on the deck of a ship carrying them through the Caribbean toward the Amazon, where they are to hunt together.

• Whitney explains that they are at present near "Ship-Trap Island," and that sailors are "superstitious" about it (1).

• Rainsford looks in the direction Whitney indicates, but cannot see the island because it is a moonless night.

• The two men argue briefly about the nature of the jaguars they intend to hunt.

• Whitney maintains that the animals can feel pain and fear, and Rainsford mocks him, saying that this is nonsense and in any case does not matter, because the world is made up of just two types...

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