Second, if you are not quoting the ENTIRE passage you only need to use the ellipse {…} AND you do not need to put the brackets around the ellipses. So, it would read:

“…Ship Trap Island,[is this comma a part of the quote or is this a period in the original writing]…Sailors have a curious dread of the place. I don’t know why. Some superstition.” (Connell 13) [no comma needed, see site below]

Finally, I would say ____has clearly made his point to others the island [do not capitalize island unless you are using it as the name] is a bad place, no one would want to visit the island, including…

Hope this helps.

I don’t have a copy of the book with me, but it’s obvious you’re writing on The Most Dangerous Game.

The quoted warning, I believe, is spoken by Rainsford’s friend Whitney. So why do you say Zaroff has clearly made the point, when it’s (I think) Whitney you just quoted?

The Zaroff sentence is also a bit run-on and awkward.

You might want to say something like: The author, through the sailors’ conversations, establishes a sense of dread and foreboding about Ship Trap Island. In stark contrast, the protagonist Rainsford, although portrayed as a powerful and ruthless hunter, is rendered uncharacteristically helpless in this setting. He falls into the water, morbidly described as being warm as blood, and is forced to swim to the island.