Question

Identify the tone in the following passage from "The Most Dangerous Game."
Explain your reasoning. Answer in 1-2 sentences.
"It will be light enough in Rio,"1 promised Whitney. "We should make it in a few
days. I hope the jaguar guns have come from Purdey's. We should have some good
hunting up the Amazon. Great sport, hunting."
"The best sport in the world," agreed Rainsford.
"For the hunter," amended Whitney. "Not for the jaguar."
"Don't talk rot, Whitney," said Rainsford. "You're a big-game hunter, not a
philosopher. Who cares how a jaguar feels?"
"Perhaps the jaguar does," observed Whitney.
"Bah! They've no understanding."
“Even so, I rather think they understand one thing-fear. The fear of pain and
the fear of death."
"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..."

Answer 1

the tone is tense, because Rainsford and Whitney are discussing how they disagree about hunting and the feelings of the animals, but there is clear judgment from Rainsford. He is advising Whitney not to think about the animals, while Whitney disagrees making the conversation tense.