A Sound of Thunder by Luis Gonzalez https://padlet.com/luis_gonzalez100/ie96jmmeuuvw By Ray Bradbury en-us 2019-12-17 20:34:28 UTC 2019-12-20 20:35:27 UTC hello@padlet.com Story Synopsis luis_gonzalez100 https://padlet.com/luis_gonzalez100/ie96jmmeuuvw/wish/425236501  EXPOSITION: A Sound of Thunder is a science fiction short story of 12 pages. Set in 2055 where a company called The Time Safari time allows people to travel back in time and experience the past of the dinosaur. Eckels, an avid hunter, pays $10,000 to travel back to the age of dinosaurs to hunt "The Tyrant Lizard," The Tyrannosaurus Rex.

RISING ACTION: Travis the tour guide, along with his assistant, Lesperance, leads Eckels and two other hunters, Billings and Kramer, into the time machine and they set off to a time 60,002,055 years before the time they were at in the current day.
When they arrive, Travis gives the hunters two specific instructions shoot only the dinosaurs marked, then he starts talking about how if the kill a mouse they could mess up the whole future,t Travis had said"say we accidentally kill one mouse here. That means all the future families of this one particular mouse are destroyed, right?"

CLIMAX:As they anxiously wait for the T. rex, the men hear 'a sound of thunder' - the footsteps of the dinosaur - and Eckels is overcome by the beauty and majesty of the beast. He decides he cannot shoot it. Travis, furious that Eckels has chickened out, tells him to return to the machine. Eckels, in a state of shock, moves the wrong direction, catching the eye of the dinosaur. As the T. rex begins to come after the hunters, they fire and kill it

FALLING ACTION: After they killed the t.rex Travis told them that they could not bring anything home but "they could take pictures while standing near it"(Bradbury page 3)




RESOLUTION: Upon returning to the time machine, Travis notices that Eckels' boots are muddy. He stepped off the path! Furious, Travis threatens to leave Eckels in the past unless he collects the bullets from the dinosaur, which they can't leave. He does so, but Travis still threatens to kill Eckels for disobeying the rules.

Upon arriving back in 2055, Eckels notices that things are off. The air smells weird and the spelling of the company sign is a little different. Eckels looks down at his shoes and notices a butterfly stuck to the bottom, dead. In shock, he asks who won the presidential election and the employee exclaims that, thankfully, it was Deutscher. Eckels groans. Travis aims his weapon at Eckels and there is a sound of thunder.


]]> 2019-12-17 21:13:32 UTC https://padlet.com/luis_gonzalez100/ie96jmmeuuvw/wish/425236501 Characterization luis_gonzalez100 https://padlet.com/luis_gonzalez100/ie96jmmeuuvw/wish/426077025 In page 1 They show Eckels waving a check of $10,000 and asks the man behind the desk that if they grantee that they will comeback alive. This shows that he is eager  and this characterization is indirect. when he waves the check of money.
Travis is someone that follows the rules and he shows this through out the whole story by being the guide to the hunters and also since his job is very important because it can change the whole world.]]> 2019-12-19 20:36:53 UTC https://padlet.com/luis_gonzalez100/ie96jmmeuuvw/wish/426077025 Conflicts luis_gonzalez100 https://padlet.com/luis_gonzalez100/ie96jmmeuuvw/wish/426084180 A conflict in the story is Human vs. Nature when Eckels fights the T.rex.
Another conflict is Human vs. Society because Eckels and other people don`t like the candidate for presidents that`s about to become president.
Another one is Humn vs. Supernatural because Eckels messes with the past by accidentally killing a butterfly causing an effect on the future.
Some Imagery in the story is in page 1 "Warm phlegm gathered in Eckels' throat;he swallows and pushes it down." This tells us that Eckels is nervous that he is going back in time to hunt probably the most famous dinosaur. Another imagery is also in page 1 " the muscles around his mouth formed a smile as he put his hand slowly out upon the air, and in hand wave a check for $10,000 to the man behind desk" this shows that Eckels is also nervous that he might not come back alive.
Another literary element in this story is Foreshadowing for example in page 1 when Eckels asks the man behind the desk that if he would be coming back alive, that gave us a hint that something bad was gonna happen or that someone was going to die. In page's 3 and 4 Travis Starts talking about the Butterfly effect (when you change something in the past and it affects the future) This hints us that someone will do something to somehow change the future.
Another literary element in this story is Symbolism for example in page 5 when Travis talks about how some of the dinosaurs have a red paint on them that allows you to hunt them. Another example of symbolism is how they used the sound of thunder at the end of the story to symbolize a gun shot.
]]> 2019-12-19 21:00:18 UTC https://padlet.com/luis_gonzalez100/ie96jmmeuuvw/wish/426084180 Possible Themes luis_gonzalez100 https://padlet.com/luis_gonzalez100/ie96jmmeuuvw/wish/426169931 A possible Theme I could think of is Always follow the rules because they are there for a reason I thought of this theme because in the story Eckels leaves the Trail he was supposed to be on the whole time and accedentally steps on a butterfly then causing a change in the future/present.

Another Theme I could think of is Don't mess with the past because you never know what affectes what I thought of this theme because Eckels had messed with the past and ultimately changed his original present time. 

And the last theme I could think of is Your actions have punishments I thought of this theme because Eckels had to face a punishment for his action of killing the butterfly.]]> 2019-12-20 06:19:10 UTC https://padlet.com/luis_gonzalez100/ie96jmmeuuvw/wish/426169931