Character Development Shelf by ANDREW ELLIS https://padlet.com/2021582ae/z0i0dwsmc0t Made with a warm hug en-us 2017-11-10 17:56:01 UTC 2017-11-14 17:56:08 UTC hello@padlet.com Eckels shows up to the time safari in line 1, appearing confident and collected. However, flashes of what he is feeling on the inside show when in line 10 he attempts to subtly ask if his survival is assured. 2021761lc https://padlet.com/2021582ae/z0i0dwsmc0t/wish/205782493 2017-11-10 18:10:26 UTC https://padlet.com/2021582ae/z0i0dwsmc0t/wish/205782493 In the face of adversity, he finally loses his calm and overconfident facade, revealing his true frightened nature. He strays off the path, watching the other hunters have to cope with the dinosaur by themselves, uncovering his cowardly ways. In lines 298 through 300, Bradbury writes, "Eckels, not looking back, walked blindly to the edge of the Path, his gun limp in his arms, stepped off the path, and walked, not knowing it, in the jungle." 2021761lc https://padlet.com/2021582ae/z0i0dwsmc0t/wish/205782673 2017-11-10 18:10:58 UTC https://padlet.com/2021582ae/z0i0dwsmc0t/wish/205782673 In the end of the story, Eckels realizes his error in straying off the given path when he returns to a changed world. When he finds out that the killing of one seemingly insignificant organism can affect his world as he knows it, he is devastated. This is portrayed in lines 463 through 467 when Eckels says, "Can't we take it back, can't we make it alive again? Can't we start over? Can't we-" 2021761lc https://padlet.com/2021582ae/z0i0dwsmc0t/wish/205786365 2017-11-10 18:21:22 UTC https://padlet.com/2021582ae/z0i0dwsmc0t/wish/205786365 In lines 76 and 77, Eckels asks "Can these guns get a dinosaur cold?" He asks this because he is afraid he will not be able to defend himself from the monster. 2021582ae https://padlet.com/2021582ae/z0i0dwsmc0t/wish/205786495 2017-11-10 18:21:47 UTC https://padlet.com/2021582ae/z0i0dwsmc0t/wish/205786495 Eckels backs away from the t-rex as all the other people shoot it. 2021529jg https://padlet.com/2021582ae/z0i0dwsmc0t/wish/206799178 2017-11-14 16:07:35 UTC https://padlet.com/2021582ae/z0i0dwsmc0t/wish/206799178